Christine

Omidyar Network XX

Back in the office today after two weeks of conferences...and reminded of what a female-friendly place Omidyar Network is! Check out these numbers:

Muni Wireless XX

Environment: The MuniWireless 2005 conference sponsored by MuniWireless and the marvelous Esme Vos.

XX Marks the Spot

It's time to share one of my many odd obsessive habits...I count women. I counted them in English and calculus classes. I counted them at New York Venture Capital Association gatherings. I counted them in business school. Comdex. Networld. Microsoft Web Tech Ed. Interop. DEMO. CEO symposia. Why? I like to order what I see. These numbers mean something to me. I like knowing what the numbers actually are. And besides, why not add things up?

At any rate, here's the first set of numbers that I have to share. I'm going to post these for a while to see if anything interesting comes of it.

Social networking increases retention for nonprofits

I was thrilled to hear some nonprofit success stories while at N-TEN. (So much content at these nonprofit conferences has to do with things that are NOT working.) The best results of applied technology seemed to come from social networking. Folks that invested time into social networking achieved measurable growth - isn't it nice when promises are kept?

Why social networking contributes to growth

Applying Open Source Tools to Nonprofit Advocacy

Another thoughtful panel at the N-TEN conference was a session covering the "Next Generation of Open Tools." Although the well-meaning panelists did a tidy job of defining Web 2.0 - and the idea of more engaged constituents was appealing - the nonprofits in the room found it hard to see how open source tools could apply to their efforts.