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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

The nonprofit world’s approach to funding does not, and will not, work for the capital intensive, open source driven, risk-laden landscape of technology today. Only technology companies (with some exceptions in the open-source world) do that well. It costs millions to build a tech platform.

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Gaming the Talkback Experience with the Signtific What If? Machine

Museum 2.0

Jane McGonigal and the folks from IFTF have released a new future-casting game/collaborative experience called Signtific Lab. What excites me is that Signtific provides a very deliberate framework that prioritizes collaborative thinking and dialogue. question and allowed open response, it would not be as good.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Random Thoughts on Life and Work blog shares some planning questions about " Project SharePoint or how the organization will use Microsoft's SharePoint for internal collaboration and communication. There's been lots written on educational technology blogs about personal learning environments that assume deep understanding of the topic.

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