learn.netsquared.org - Cases & Examples

8by1.com

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:18:33 -0700

From 8by1.com:

8by1 is a wishlist for your world. 8by1 helps you evangelize your wishes for the world, and connects you with similar-minded people who also want these wishes to come true. The 8by1 community empowers even the casual people like you and me to make our world how we like it.

Modest Needs Foundation

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:17:28 -0700

This is distributed philanthropy, using the internet to empower geographically dispersed individuals to provide others in need with small one-time gifts of financial assistance.

Matching Donors

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:16:25 -0700

MatchingDonors.com main objective is to search the world to find potential live donors for people in need of organ transplants.

SchoolNet Africa

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:14:39 -0700

SchoolNet Africa is an independent non-government organization which promotes education through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in African schools.

Taking IT Global

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:11:16 -0700

TakingITGlobal.org is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities.

Malecare

Mon, 22 May 2006 03:09:30 -0700

www.malecare.com Provides support services and an online community to gay men with prostate cancer.

Congresspedia

Mon, 15 May 2006 01:10:21 -0700

Congresspedia is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation and is designed to shine more light on the workings of the U.S. Congress. Congresspedia is part of SourceWatch, a collaboratively-written, wiki-based website documenting the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.

Sourcewatch

Mon, 15 May 2006 01:04:46 -0700

SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. SourceWatch's primary focus is on documenting public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.

The Wikimedia Foundation

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:53:03 -0700

The Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a vision to bring a free encyclopedia to every single person on the planet. This includes people who currently do not have electricity, computers, internet, or even clean drinking water. All proceeds from donations, as with all proceeds from all fundraisers, are fully dedicated to that charitable purpose.

Blogsafer.org

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:46:53 -0700

Link to a NetSquared post about an amazing wiki called Blogsafer.org. Focusing on areas where persecution of bloggers has been the worst, BlogSafer.org contains guides on how bloggers can avoid state persecution around the world.

Library Sucess: a best practice wiki

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:41:22 -0700

A NetSquared case study about the Library Success wiki, a wiki that enables librarians and other knowledge management professionals to pool information about effective professional and organizational strategies.

Ritahelp wiki

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:36:48 -0700

A resource wiki set up to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.

Katrinahelp wiki

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:35:20 -0700

A resource wiki set up to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Tsunamihelp wiki

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:27:34 -0700

This Indian Ocean Disaster Relief Portal lists humanitarian aid resources to help victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Wikipedia

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:24:09 -0700

Wikipedia is probably the most popular wiki in the world. It's an open-source encyclopedia, and it's amazing. Check it out!