By Aspiration on June 20, 2005 - 12:58pm
Mark Surman, our friend and ally from IDRC's telecentre.org network, gave us just the nicest plug ever. Thanks so much, Mark! Best of luck and good wishes as you embark on creating the telecentre network.
By Aspiration on June 4, 2005 - 4:42pm
Gideon Rosenblatt's excellent paper on the state of nonprofit technology is a must-read for everyone interested in information technology for nonprofits. From the site:
Three Pillars of Social Source
In the world of scarce resources plaguing the nonprofit technology sector, we currently suffer from a conflation of roles. This paper outlines three functional roles that are essential for a vibrant nonprofit technology sector. These “three pillars†include the “application developerâ€, the “application integrator†and the “application hoster.†Drawing clearer distinctions between these roles will help nonprofit technology assistance providers clarify their organizational missions, which will reduce competitive overlap and pave the way for improved collaboration between organizations. These steps are absolutely necessary if we are to evolve the nonprofit technology sector into a more integrated “social source†movement dedicated to empowering the agents of social service and social change throughout our societies.
