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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

As the art critic John Berger said in his book Ways of Seeing , “We only see what we look at. Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that stewards Wikipedia, regularly asks for feedback from stakeholders and publishes what they share, along with any changes that are made to the programs from that feedback.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? " Who could argue with that? Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool.

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 are about empowerment of individuals, and connecting people to each other by the content that they create, or are interested in. I think Web 2.0,

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