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Off-line companions
Describe your idea:
Each and every "tech idea" should be obliged to have a creative off-line companion ...
Neighbours in the Global Village
NABUUR.com www.nabuur.com Amersfoort, Netherlands |
www.nabuur.com is a new concept in people-to-people global citizenship. The world is a global village and Nabuur facilitates contact among the neighbours.Nabuur builds virtual neighbourhoods around local communities in developing countries, to assist the latter to deal with their problems in th... |
Wireless Networking in the Developing World
http://www.wndw.net/ The web |
The massive popularity of wireless networking has caused equipment costs to continually plummet, while equipment capabilities continue to increase. By applying this technology in areas that are badly in need of critical communications infrastructure, more people can be brought online than ever ... |
Lightstalkers
November Eleven www.lightstalkers.org United States |
Lightstalkers is a networking tool designed for mobile journalists, especially photographers. Media professionals constantly on the move, wrestling with gear, visas, and communication, depend on each other for up-to-date intelligence and resources. By connecting them directly with each other, Lig... |
Civic Footprint civic participation tool
Center for Neighborhood Technology www.civicfootprint.org Cook County, Illinois |
The Civic Footprint is a website dedicated to helping residents of Cook County, Illinois determine the political and civic geographies associated with where they live. These geographies include: |
Africa Source 2
Multiple (see points of interest) wiki.africasource2.tacticaltech.org/ Uganda, Africa |
This wiki was used to plan and dynamically record the agenda and event proceedings for the Africa Source 2 Conference that took place in Uganda, Africa from January 8-15, 2006. Africa Source II was an eight day hands-on workshop aimed at building the technical skills of those working with NGOs in Af... |
Never Again International
neveragaininternational.org global |
Never Again, an international youth network, was founded at the Institute for International Mediation and conflict Resolution’s 2001 Symposium at The Hague by a group of students and young graduates from around the world who created a collaborative international partnership. Never Again aim... |
Tools for Online Collaboration
Describe your challenge:
What are some examples of low-cost, easy to learn tools for online collaboration and project management?
Preventing Wiki-Spammers and Trolls
Describe your challenge:
How can non-profit & volunteer-run organizations that are using wikis and similar technologies prevent or control abuse of their sites by wiki-spammers and trolls?
Ideas and solutions:
Here are a few ideas to start:
--Empower trusted users as site editors who can regularly patrol content.
--Require creation of user ID's for content creators & block input from problematic users.
--Engage trolls and spammers in discussion of the issues that concern them. Sometimes people considered trolls or spammers are just trying desperately to have their opinions and beliefs recognized and discussed.
Strategies for introducing non-tech folks to wikis?
Describe your challenge:
Wikis offer exciting possibilities for non-profit groups looking to enhance their use of the internet as a powerful organizational tool. For example, wikis can be used internally to plan & track projects and to create flexible online meeting spaces, or publicly to create discussion forums or to gather & publish rapidly changing content.
The learning curve associated with wikis and similar technologies, though, sometimes creates a barrier for groups that otherwise stand to benefit from their adoption. What are some strategies for overcoming these barriers and introducing non-techy folks to the benefits of wikis as an organizational tool?
