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Sun Microsystems and San Francisco's McKinley Elementary School

Tech Soup

While it's recognized that a strong information and communications technology (ICT) foundation is crucial to flourish in a knowledge-based economy, these same school districts often lack the basic resources to ensure that our next generation has those ICT skills and tools.

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Interview with NetSquared project manager Mark Liu: Part 1

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Today, Mark is the manager of TechSoup's NetSquared initiative, a project designed to make sure the non-for-profit sector gets involved early and actively with the newest tools and trends in internet technology. And once we got through catching up, I admitted to him that I was just a bit perplexed about the NetSquared project.

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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Social Media Role Play, Social Media Game, and Angkun - Seeds of the Future

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was not enough of a knowledge base of the Web2.0 workshop, I spoke about tagging. I tried very hard to use Cambodian photos and images in the curriculum, but was not able to find something that represented tagging. After the workshop, John Weeks created a Khmer image for tagging using Angkun. tools and ideas.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post was based on a post developed by Rob Paterson three weeks ago, as we seek to design a pilot project in support of an important multi-constituent project Rob is helping to guide. Deepak Sahasrabudhe, Project lead . . knowledgeable about semantic computing processes. Development Team. .

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

When we have a critical mass of new people, anywhere from 3-7 a month, I try to explain the project as briefly as possible. Why This Matters (to the Public, and hopefully, to You) A public library can grant you access to all kinds of knowledge, but where do you go to add to that knowledge base and stake your claim as an expert?

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Growing Organizational Knowledge

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

That's why so many documentation projects fall by the wayside. Add the answer to the wicki knowledge-base, and then email your user a link. Tags: nptech , km , wiki Authorship must be shared so it represents a complete view of each topic It must be easily updated as reality changes. Writing takes time.

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Don't let Knowledge Walk Out the Door

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

In a recent post I sounded off about needless complexity in Information Systems and pointed out how it creates, among other problems, a huge knowledge burden: it gets more and more difficult for anyone to understand the system. Tags: nptech , km In this case it can even become a problem just to track who did what work.