Just read a bit in Business Week about how businesses are finally starting to adopt Web 2.0 tools into their work.  Nothing revolutionary in there for me, but I actually thought the format of the article was really interesting.  I'd like the nonprofit sector develop a set of categories like this (sort of) and a list of the technologies that can be applied.  An inspiration sheet for folks looking to use new tools to meet their mission.

Now is the time when the technologies available really reflect our values and goals, and it would be great to come up with a giant list of "what if we did that?" So, I think I'll try to spark something over in the Emerging Tech Affinity Group.  Join me!

At our "Making it Happen" table, we discussed how we could use tagging to help make social change, not just organize our own work.  We decided that we should come up with a few tags for the nonprofit sector and start getting them out there by recruiting "Tagvocates" who vow to: 

1. Use the tags all over the place
2. Recruit other tagvocates for their tag(s)

The plan is to get a set of tags out there, the aggregate the content (maybe with Suprglu?), and then foster a discussion about how we can use the content that we're tagging for social change.  For example - can a legal services organization use a set of tags to help aggregate content about Seattle area housing for their clients and agreggate it on their site?  Can an enviro group use a tag to aggregate info about a local developer to expose ant-environmental practices?

Hi folks!  My name is Holly Ross and I'm the director of Programs at N-TEN, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network.  Our mission is to help nonprofits use technology more effectively to meet their missions.  My job is make that happen by building ocmmunity to help folks find the answers they're looking for and advocate for the things they need.  I'm excited to take part in