Consider, for example, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's new Flickr Plant Project. The museum has a database of 300+ plants, and they wanted to "do something" with the related plant images. $5.33. $40.21. 40.21. $12.74. 12.74.

The Obama system learns as it goes along, allowing volunteers to feed information gleaned from their work back into the database via their web browsers. In Rockingham County, Adamson's group began by recruiting additional volunteers by phone, using lists available through the Obama and North Carolina Democratic Party websites. The team doesn't waste time knocking on every door, but goes instead to targeted homes identified It is nice to see the ways that Obama and McCain are wrestling with the new network collaborative power fueled with modern tech. This is a good peek into

He leading a workshop in North Carolina at RTPnet on Open Source CMS and CRM systems . One of the smartest, funniest, and best trainers in the nonprofit technology space is my colleague, John Kenyon . I wish I lived near by - because I'd definitely go.