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Webinar Recap: Foundations and Online Collaboration

Submitted by Joe Anderson on 24 June 2010
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Forum One hosted a webinar on June 23 on online collaboration for philanthropic organizations. You can follow the one-hour archived session (or the slides on Slideshare) to get a nice slice of perspective from Amy Gipson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Melissa Schoen of the California Healthcare Foundation.

Prizes to Promote Open Government

Submitted by Jim Cashel on 16 March 2010
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We've written previously about the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive. Among other things, the Directive has led to a proliferation of innovative "ideas sites" across the federal agencies.

Recap: Social Media for Social Impact

Submitted by Jamie Prins on 15 February 2010
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This month, Forum One and Autodesk hosted a panel titled, "Social Media for Social Impact" during Social Media Week in San Francisco. We had the privilege of having four panelists who each told a story demonstrating how the social web had empowered communities around social causes.

Hackathons Aim to Improve Aid Distribution and Coordination in Haiti

Submitted by Michaela Hackner on 22 January 2010
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Crisis camp
Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti.

Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti.

Social Identity Applications: Manage Your Career Online

Submitted by Sandy Smith on 5 April 2010
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In 2009, "social media" became the conventional buzzword to replace "Web 2.0" as the most eye-roll-inducing term of the year. To be fair, social media captured a lot of what was finally maturing: photo sharing sites like Flickr, video sharing like YouTube, professional networks like LinkedIn, and of course getting friend requests from Grandma as Facebook went from avant garde to ubiquity.

Community Matters, Even at SxSW

Submitted by Michaela Hackner on 17 March 2010
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Policy 2.0: Can Online Collaboration Lead to Better Public Policy?

Submitted by Brian Pagels on 6 November 2009
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Team leaders present at the National Press Club

First came "Web 2.0" in which we (the people) got the power to publish, share, comment, friend, follow, tag, and organize online.

Then came "Gov 2.0" and the trumpets sounded for transparency of government data and innovation.

Now, Hope Street Group (a Forum One client) has opened up the policy making process with a new collaboration platform: Policy 2.0.

The concept is simple. The three steps are:

Building Online Professional Networks: Three Stages to Success, 5 Years Later

Submitted by Suzanne Rainey on 15 September 2009
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Online Contests

Submitted by Jim Cashel on 11 August 2009
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NetflixWe have seen in recent years a growing prevalence of online contests. Here are three recent contest efforts that have impressed us.

How to Plan and Run a Good Web Conference

Submitted by Joe Pringle on 7 May 2009
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A lot of organizations we work with are increasingly using web conferencing to have more productive meetings with staff in the field, share knowledge across projects and programs, and conduct training. While the technology is getting better and better (http://www.onlinemeetingreviews.com/reviews/ ">here's a good list of options), putting on a good web conference still requires some preparation and practice. Below are some helpful tips. Before the meeting

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