(ISF) FW: New SSRC Report on "Civil Technologies: The Values of Nonprofit ICT Use"

(Dear Colleagues:  I'll take an inside tip from Becky Lentz
any day. 
Best regards from Deborah)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lentz, Becky <B.Lentzfordfound.org>
Date: Jan 4, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: [techfunders] FW: New SSRC Report on "Civil
Technologies: 
The Values of Nonprofit ICT Use"
To: techfunderslist.nten.org


Dear Colleagues,

Please excuse any cross posting; this might be useful in
advance of
our Summit later this month.

Happy New Year,
Becky Lentz


-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Forlano [mailto:forlanossrc.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:18 PM
To: Laura Forlano
Subject: New SSRC Report on "Civil Technologies: The
Values of Nonprofit
ICT Use"

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of a new report,
"Civil
Technologies:  The Values of Nonprofit ICT Use," which
was authored by
Ken Jordan and Mark Surman with generous funding from the
Ford
Foundation.  This report is the last in a series of three
major
reports on the Internet, governance and civil society that
were
published by the ITIC program.

The report explores exemplary instances of nonprofit ICT
adoption by
civil society groups from around the world, and draws
attention to
ways the values of civil society are reinforced and extended
through
their use of digital tools. It is informed by eleven
interviews
exploring the specific ICT implementations that had a
significant,
positive impact on the operations of civil society groups. 
These
include:  Advocacy Project eHomemakers.net (Malaysia),
Fantsuam
Foundation (Nigeria), Front Line Defenders (Ireland), Brian
Fitzgerald, Greenpeace, Interfaith Project, The Center for a
New
American Dream, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA),
Planned
Parenthood, Ruckus Society, St. Christopher House (Canada).
The report
is available for download at: http://www.ssrc.o
rg/programs/itic/.

Thanks again for your ongoing interest in SSRC programs on
media,
democracy and the public sphere.  For a list of ongoing
programs in
this area, please see: http://www.s
src.org/program_areas/mdps/.

Happy holidays to you and warm wishes for the New Year!

Best regards,

Laura Forlano


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