Information Overload = Action ParalysisWe see 2 problems with Social Actions:1) It creates information overload 2) That information overload, in turn, causes action paralysis.Let's expand Social Actions Alerts to filter and deliver users' interests by keyword and Recommender System.

AMISPROJECT presents the problem farmers and consumers face in the rural communities of Cameroon where seasonal roads make it impossible for agricultural field workers to make frequent trips to monitor farmers' activities. We believe that sending SMS text messages to farmers will educate them before and during the planting season.

Freedom Fone is a free open source software tool that can be used to build and update a dial-up information service in any language. Its easy to use interface lowers the barriers to using Interactive Voice Response for outreach. Freedom Fone empowers non-technical organizations to build automated information services that are available to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Pre-recorded audio files are stored by Freedom Fone in a Content Management System. This is updated through a simple to use browser interface. Callers then phone in to listen to the audio options available to them.

Media literacy tools Calendars Media Ownership (history, policy, effects, $$$) Washington D.C. Policy change efforts (issues legislation, representatives' contact info) Media Justice, Reform, Democracy sector activities Cross sector activities Local, regional, national, international media/communication rights activity More robust organizational information for partnerships and collaborations.

ReadPlayHelp has the potential to add value to any text document already available online (e.g., news sites, blogs, encyclopedias, reference sites.) Attribution to the data source will always be provided and include a link to the original source. The interaction with the data will depend on licensing:For open content, including wikipedia, U.S. government publications, many RSS feeds, and other content licensed as open by Creative Content, ReadPlayHelp will be able to fully embed the text in the Read window and fully parse and reuse the text to create the games.For protected content, such as most news sites and other commercial sites, the ReadPlayHelp activity will make fair use of the protected content. For example, the first paragraph of the article could be quoted and a link would be provided so that the reader could open the article in another browser window.