Good friend and Indianapolis Marketing and PR professional, Lorraine Ball, was speaking to me about Adobe Contribute, a low-cost web publishing alternative to other platforms such as Adobe’s Dreamweaver.
transparency
Wow, that’s Transparency!
More about Wikinomics - Background on the Authors
Hey All,
I wanted to beef up the book review with a little historical perspective on the authors. This way, you not only learn about the one fragment of their careers, but also why you can trust their information and opinions when it comes to the topic of online media, communications, et cetera. I figured this component to the review would be valuable - I know I find it refreshing when I open the dust cover and find out the author has been working diligently in the field relevant to the book, rather than hunting squirrel or formulating a new pancake recipe for the past 15 years...
Source: NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org blogsEnvisioning a Firefox Extension for Political Transparency (With Mockups!)
This post is based on a proposal I created for MAPLight.org in early April '08. The mockups are also dated to that time.
Firefox extensions have a huge, largely untapped potential for social change. By changing the way we interact with the web, a browser extension can highlight issues, expose relationships, and raise awareness as people browse the web. More specifically, a Firefox extension could help illuminate the connection between money and politics when and where that connection is often most needed -- when people search for and visit legislators' websites.
Source: NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org blogsBuilding the Perfect Social (Benefit) Network - Interview with Scott Stadum from Idealist.org
Scott Stadum, User Experience Analyst from Idealist.org talks to us about the importance of data portability and shares his vision of a perfectly optimized online network of volunteers.
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Responsible Marketing - Interview with Patrick Byers from Outsource Marketing
Patrick Byers, CEO and President of OutSsource Marketing talks to us about responsible marketing, passions, and what social benefit organizations are missing out on if they neglect social media.
Fighting Taxation Without Information: Interview with Eric Odom
Eric Odom talks to us about how the Sam Adams Alliance is using open source software to bring transparency to the corners of American democracy that often go overlooked.
Jed Sundwall: What is the stated mission of the Sam Adams Alliance?
Eric Odom: The Sam Adams Alliance has existed for a year and a half. It's a 501(c)3 that focuses and education and information and it also has 501(c)4 because of our work across the country with activists and leadership training.
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