Global Activism, harnessing the full power of a networked world [View All]

GLOBAL ACTIVISM, WWW-STYLE

Katherine Reilly and Mark Surman, YES! Magazine Nearly all activists use the Internet for e-mail and websites. But only a few have begun to harness the full power of the emerging networked world.

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In the quest for global peace and social justice, the Internet and other emerging network technologies provide powerful tools to support our work. But most organizations have not moved beyond e-mail and basic websites, they haven't yet learned truly strategic uses of these technologies. Put simply, the tools are in our hands, but most of us have not yet decided what to build. Below, we present a glimpse of what the future might hold based on our research on organizations that are out front in their innovative use of these emerging technologies.
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