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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration.

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American College of Preventive Medicine’s Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration.

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Free Webinar: Collaborate with Wikis

Tech Soup

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m. Pacific time will review the basics of wikis, including software options, best practices, advantages, as well as drawbacks.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all." Global Energy Observatory ? s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s See Thomas Friedman? s vision for GEO is ?to

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all.". There has been a rising consensus that we need to transform our global energy system to reduce energy usage and to shift to less carbon intensive energy sources.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. There is major emphasis on what is possible when ingenuity, 11K gb internet connections and collaborative teams intersect. Photos by Jamie Stobie and used with permission from the photographer. He has seen it all.

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Mapping Web2.0 Censorship: Access Denied Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Via Global Voices Advocacy blog. This project will also track and explore the relationships between anti-censorship groups in different parts of the world who are collaborating to defend the right to access web 2.0 The Map was created using data from the Open Net Initiative (ONI), Global Voices and the Global Voices Advocacy section.

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