The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is holding an Open Innovation Competition as part of the ITU Telecom World meeting being held in Geneva this October. The two-part competition includes separate sections for Young Innovators (people under 25) and Digital Innovators (geeks and techies) working with NGOs and nonprofits.

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Nice to meet you all! I've become aware of NetSquared during my research on activism and organizations using innovative communication tools, and Claire encouraged me to link my survey here for all of you to see (thank you!), so...

Fair Tech | Tecnologia Justa 2011 is a week long service/participatory learning trip to San Ramon, Nicaragua in early January of 2011. The primary focus will be on the issue of the fair and appropriate use of information technology in emerging economies. You can learn more about this upcoming tip at: http://fairtech2011.wordpress.com/

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the final project showcase of the Masters’ students at School of Information at UC Berkeley. The 15 projects, most of which entailed a software program of some form or another, spanned a wide variety of areas, reaching from more customer-friendly business registration services for the Californian government to several project to improve communication and evaluation within the university to a web-based collection browser for the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UCB to an online marketplace for the food industry.