Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia.

Chapter 100

Chapter Network Open Source Wikipedia 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

More to the point, he proposed in his 1902 book, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, that the survival of animal species and much of human progress depended on the tendency to help others. That I even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the ???gift gift economy,??? People who???s MySpace , etc.

Gift 50

Gift Wikipedia Myspace Proposal 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. So how do we propose to pay for it?

Netsquared 50

Netsquared Nptech Summary Project 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

” While Wikipedia is the fifth most visited web site, its budget and staff is relatively small and it relies on 100,000 contributors across the world to create and edit content. In 2009, the foundation began by harvesting almost a thousand proposals for future directions from community members through online crowd-sourcing.

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Open Source Open Case Study Wikipedia 92

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

All who were involved agreed that intervention was needed to save the condor, but what kind of intervention became a point of bitter contention. It was a packed hearing and all these people were bringing up challenges (to the proposal). In 1991, condors began to be released back into the wild. A puppet feeds a condor chick. It soars.”.

California 95

California San Diego Impact Story 95

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning.

Library 20

Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20