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For my mom on Ada Lovelace Day

Amy Sample Ward

She’s Geeky – “he brainchild of Kaliya Hamlin, She’s Geeky gives women in technology an opportunity to get together and discuss the unique issues they face in their respective fields. How have you connected with other women in technology or science to learn or collaborate or build community? What do you think?

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Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide

Forum One

As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasn't sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the barrier to entry for all citizens in government decisions. But our discussion quickly turned to local solutions. It's only the beginning.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. It is used in brainstorming because it speeds up the discussion. The facilitator indicates that they will summarize the discussion and names the themes in play and then invites moving the conversation onward with “any more comments? Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Any many more.

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"Real Time Web" Summit - Thursday, October 15, Mountain View CA

Forum One

The real-time web is creating new opportunities in business, media, communication and collaboration. We are bringing together industry leaders using the real-time web in social networks, financial services, media and nonprofit groups to discuss: * the state of the art, science and business of the real-time web. REGISTRATION.

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Live from Transparency Camp '09 in DC

Forum One

And the " bar camp " format, or unconference or "open space" approach, really leads to meaningful topics and peer to peer discussions. We had about 28 people from a range of organizations - really good discussion ( see notes ). Tags: Events Technology Communication Collaboration Strategy. See the chart of sessions.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If We also saw some.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If We also saw some.