Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

aftre the colaboration cafe tv show on bronx cable tv we were asked to put up a weblog that any colaboratin city could cut and paste theior own concerns searches from - so we've made a start at http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com

updates: Sarkozy demands Paris leading business school http://www.hec.fr/hec/eng/news/news-detail.php?cle=74916&num=1213 give students a choice of how to unlearn MBA .. survey debriefs on which other worldwide business schools are participating will appear here http://www.smbaworld.com/id42.ht ml

-surveys of how to collaborate round this in other cities follow here http://www.ned.com/group/network weavers/news/6/10/

2 rather extraordinary things happened while in London week of sept 11: we got a message that Yunus might want us to search London for the 1000 most collaborative and urgent world changers our http://peoplepower.jp nets can muster

whilst hosting a cafe in the Quakers House I was reminded by a participant what happened in 1931 when 1000 networkers met Gandhi

Footnote collaboration cafe process:

I have now hosted 50+ of these cafes http://worldcitizen.tv/_wsn/page 4.html mainly out of London. This year we are offering a fall festival of cafes on 3 consecutive days but we are also wanting to share what we openly learn with hosts/hubs in other cities if we can find any.

Typically a cafe: -takes one hour; is free but if we get full the most contextually passionate are served -in ideal form we spot someone famous is about to visit a city and we send out an invitation : we can't pay you but if you will meet 10 of us for a coffe we'll sarch all our networks for 10 people who most actively want to be your disciples

In effect collaboration cafes reduce 3-days Harrison Owen "open spaces" to one hour by making the invitation and search process as focused as we possibly can.

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Comment 1 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

superscaling yunus cafe

11.00 am wednesday sept 12 at the nightingale cafe balham tube (3 minutes along the road )

Flow 1 Mostofa Zaman - you tell us for a few minutes any conclusions of the research that you did in Dhaka on yunus supporters forums http://muhammadyunus.org/content /view/59/89/lang,en/ this summer; I will bring copies of the questionnaire you sent out across all our collaboration networks

Flow 2 Leading business journalist alan mitchell will briefly discuss why the games rules of transparency auditing and sustainability investment mapping show that yunus is one of the most sustainable and value multiplying service franchises the world of 2007-2012 can connect to; we will explain how 24 years of tracking coordinated by the UK's senior economist connects with this http://entrepreneurialrevolution .blogspot.com/

(we will note the mathematical conflicts with superscaling the pure microcredit franchise http://www.ned.com/group/econo-p olitics/news/8/0/ , and ask whether similar hi-trust problems will apply to any social entrepreneur's interlocal replication)

we will then invite people to ask questions; and we will aim to work out who wants to help or stay in other ways connected with yunus forum London, or what ideas londoners have for collaborating with this;

overall ... what are the main ways yunus asks citizens -and londoners in particular - to help him network now ; any other special interfaces like Yunus' UK trained pop stars ... how to weave what we learn openly to any other city who may wish to collaborate with the same urgency of focus

Comment 2 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

I was involved at one point with a similar initiative, which has since become Conversation Cafes. See http://www.conversationcafe.org/ I believe I am still one of the moderators of a public discussion list for Conversation Cafes, and would be happy to post an announcement/invitation to that list. Please send it to me in plain text to habib - at - connectexpress.com

I'd also like to encourage you to become a part of Conversation Week 2008, from March 24-30. You can find out more at the Conversation Cafes website listed above.

You may also want to become a part of the Conversation Collaborative -- see http://www.conversationcafe.org/ explore_coll.html

in community (and conversation),

Habib

Comment 3 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

This is an idea that would be fabulous for network weavers.

What would you suggest as next steps?

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In a way I need people to ask questions as to any how's that are not obvious - we can share what we have learnt as well as discussions agendas that seem to lead torevolutions, though what flows in one city and what in another is something we'd love to learn from too

Cafes seem to range from very small and deep meets where someone comes out with an idea and is releived even to find 2 other people passionately believe in it too,

the original idea track world's most trusted people's diaries ahead of time and when you find they are visiting your city make them a networking offer

BREAKING news: it seems that Yunus has upped the ante on Londoners- he will give us 2 hours if we can get 1000 people same place same time same collaboration flows as his- we are just checking that we did understand the invitation, and whether it applies to any city he is passing through

Comment 5 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

Back in 1931 the Quakers networked weaved 1000 people round Gandhi so well that people he became connected through life included: Maria Montessori - she visited India and planted what became the best examples of her peer to peer schooling

Albert Einstein - who refereed the value of Gandhi's leadership as the most sustainable he had ever seen. Soon my grandad whose job as head Raj judge in Mumbai had been to imprison Gandhi saw the light and... ended up writing up te legalese for India's Independence.

How can we in London (or any city) play the best games of network snap when Yunus visits us? What's blocking http://peoplepower.jp today? Can we revisit every global market sector and check which are sustaining human futures? For example, what good are global pharma corps if they dont want to invent vacinations that replace costly treatments they are selling?

if you can take disease out of one person you can take it out of 6 billion - its learning how to do it for one that is difficult; if we don't know how to repeat bililion times, what a shame , what have we learnt?

...

I say there is an endless capability of human beings, we can just have no limits;

...

(dont worry about) conventional wisdom, it hides conventional blunders

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I was asked elsewhere to give details on collaboration cafe as a faciliation tool - this answer may be of some value as it blends more understanding on where te tool came from and where londoners 1000 most colaborative networkers wish to go to

technique collaboration cafe:

collaboration cafe started with the view that 3-day open space is sandwiched by invitation before the space and what actions network after the space (facebook group on open space http://www.facebook.com/group.ph p?gid=2336949583

the question : if citizens only have 90 minutes and space for a 10 person cafe- can anything world changing be done?

we decided perhaps it could if we essentially focused on invitation and post space action

specifically what if a group of citizens -such as members of http://www.simpol.org on whose management board I served for 2 years - around a city shared their votes on number 1 trusted people in change world - who, what context, and searched when any of these number 1's was visiting the city ahead of time; and made the cheeky offer to this world#1 host - we cant offer you speaker fees but we can search all our networks and find you the 10 people who most want to action your work

so because the invitation has been geared to a world change person, the group is there to Q&A how to practice or network weave with that world changer and the post space opportunities to change the world flow truly

londoners have now done about 50 collaboration cafes http://worldcitizen.tv/_wsn/page 4.html http://www.ned.com/group/network weavers/news/6/ we were surprised a fortnight ago by a bonus meta-collaboration cafe offer; with enough people sharing lists of world's most trusted people and why, we were asked could we help map who the 1000 most collaborative people around London are -ie people ready to team up for urgent system transformations if Muhhamad Yunus has time to give such 1000 people two hours of meeting time

quite how we live up to that my friend/facilitator sofia bustamante is spending night and day working on http://grameen.tv

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Collaboration Cafe is being transferred next week to broadway (well actually washington square but what's a few neigbourhood among friends); know anyine in New York who's passionate about any of tehse cafe subjects, please invite the - the more cause passion the better

Date Thursday October 11 11.15 Photosynthesis Cafe (question expert: rick nelson)

12.30 Malaria and community transparency for grassroots health Cafe (question expert: peter burgess)

1.45 Yunus WorldCitizen Challenge Cafe: will your city be first to interact 1000 people meta-collaboration Yunus Forum (question connector: chris macrae)

venue Olive Cafe location: 117 McDougal Street which is close to West 3rd Street just South of Washington Park. --------------------------------- More details- 11.15 is a replay of a cafe in London's festival last month. Rick's photosynthesis architecture and agriculture inventions open up a world of clean energy and clean food abundance. But they conflict with most existing channels and professional interests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C ToYjQFRxXE we believe he's a classic test case of an open source entrepreneurial revolutionary that citizens could network sustainability around - but will we? Rick aims to respond to Taddy Blecher’s request at CIDA Free University (S. Africa) to open source practical peer to peer curricula for sustainability entrepreneurs and wishes to show that photosynthesis architecture around a slum like Kibera would be a 10 times better carbon reinsurance fund than plant a tree.

12.30 Peter Burgess is a Brit whose retirement projects in New York include end malaria and other transparency networks. After a lifetime spent working in many African countries - sometimes with business and genocide going on side by side - Peter, a chartered accountant, can answer questions on what aspects of empowerment in grassroots communities, global aid seldom reaches. His community intelligence webs: http://immconsortium.org http://tr-ac-net.org

1.45 Londoners have been posed a big question by Muhammad Yunus. Can we survey all our change networks for the 1000 people who would most want to be invited for 2 hours to discuss everyone’s collaboration projects including the social enterprise stock market that http://peoplepower.jp could help emerge. This builds on a London cafe which Mostofa Zaman presented after interning with Yunus in Dhaka this summer on: how can Yunus citizen forums empower maximum change. Yunus has selected the Forum value : "impossible becomes possible if right action, right time, right place, right people". Chris co-authored 1984 netfuture book with his dad, future history leaders editor at The Economist. Death of Distance challenges net generation include mapping 30000 replicable social projects by 2010 http://www.normanmacrae.com/netf uture.html

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New York's winter festival of collaboration cafe is being organised by fellow nedster Peter Burgess for 23 january - after the cafes we expect to swarm to the NYU Barnes and Noble where Muhammad Yunus will be greeting new yorkers with his new book; creating a owrld without poverty - socila business, te future of capitalism http://www.publicaffairsbooks.co m/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin/dis play?book=9781586484934&view =tour

http://storelocator.barnesandnob le.com/authors.do;jsessionid=AB9 755D310B5D1C34E0C7769443FDE83

Comment 9 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

location nightingale cafe: 193 Balham High Road, Balham London, SW12 9BE ( 3 minutes from balham tube)

let's take a future history check:

1 Future Capitalism: Yunus 2007

2 Future Capitalism : dad in Bangladesh 9world war 2) 1943 at The Economist 1984

3 Future Capitalism - founder of The Economist 1843

Principles stated in 1984 :

globalisation is the biggest system change ever to hit one generation of humanity 1984-2024. If we compound win-win-win global it will be greatest progress for all of humanity starting with the poorest; if we compound lose-lose-lose global , it will end human sustainability. (System changes have had this impact on countless civilisations before but this time we are all interconnected)

2007 Read social abcd extract of yunus on how to debate whether you are doing stuff systemised by lose-lose-lose global or win-win-win global http://www.valuetrue.com/home/ga llery.cfm

Human sustainability will be lost if we only systemise global-down. We need to integrate Entrepreneurial Revolution's 3 forces- the other 2 being community-up sustainability and boundary zero-risks (eg Larry Brilliant systemise no plagues; or alfonso lingis systemise no wars between cultures)

2007 Read extract of yunus on half-developed capitalism and how social actions are a way any 3 people can sustain community goals; and social businesses can integrate the 3-in-one.

yunus 2007 Our job as citizens -which Yunus Forums invite you to celebrate humanity through - is to collaborate around every community-up or zero-risk boundary method- as well as microcredit a recent favourite of Yunus is Bottom of Pyramid eye care hospital and Free University of Blecher. If we truly connect all community-up and side to side projects we will turn capitalism round from exponentially destructing human sustainability

We are not likely to see another nobel economist with the upward momentum of Yunus make this collaboration city invitation in time to save sustainability

Comment 10 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

last night a collaboration tavern of 20 people in new york including various bankers discussed some of yunus' latest happenings

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/5 16350-grameen-banks-muhammed-yun us-first-nobel-laureate-to-addre ss-an-islamic-finance-forum?ln=e n Bahrain this week: Yunus is headlining the IIFF, which runs in Dubai from April 13-17, and is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai.In his first address, Yunus said the consequences of the turmoil in credit markets represented an opportunity for the global finance sector to consider its current rules and regulation."It is a good time to reflect on what a bank is and does," said Yunus, speaking to a packed-audience of delegates in Dubai. "If I were to ask for a billion dollars for a good global cause, there would be a lot of uproar - but a trillion dollars down the drain, everyone off still playing golf, and not a word spoken."

co-staging keynotes with veolia's water billionnaire next week http://watermeetsmoney.com/

two weeks ago his lunch with President Sarkozy, that leed to the instriuction that france's leading busienss school offers an smba course next fall

I am glad to report that it was agreed that colaboration tavern will become a monthly fixture in new york

Comment 11 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

I was talking with someone near the top of one of the most interesting management schools in the USA if not the world and he said you mean you think Dr Yunus would like me to ask if we could help him with content on how to change what MBAs are taught

to which I say : yes I mean that

to which he says: if you think that's what he wants we can definitely try to help him

--so I guess I had better continue ringing round heads of business schools asking if they have any plans to collaborate with France's SMBA lead:

http://www.hec.fr/hec/eng/news/n ews-detail.php?cle=74916&num =1213

on to stuff which in one sense is more at ground level, but perhaps even more fun to do if you feel so- I have been trying to work on http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com with the 2 principles:

-a different collaboration theme, which one or more of you have kindly talked about collaborationng on, in each historic month (ie forget the dates and lets use the rest of the free web that a blog structure offers)

-if a city or indeed a subgroup likes some of te themes but not others they can always take the code and start a paralel blog

it needs more work, co-editing, both ooncollaboration topics I havent digested yet and to make it clearer what next steps are on stuff itemised but anyhow here's the menu for starters

http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com/2007_12_01_archive.html

dec 2007- can youth poverty be ended in usa and indeed will it be a deciding election agenda - I have borrowed from Darryl's energy on this: I have to say that I dont quite believe Darryl's web will work as is, though with some tweaks it could certainly do something, and of course I'd be most happy to be wrong; if I understand his logic he both wants to transfer current charity giving in usa - if 15% of all charity went to youth in poverty that would fix basic needs if I hear him right as well as expand charity giving. I feel the privacy photos dont really work and that it will be neccessary to partner some of the established childrens charities. But i certainly think the web is an extraordinary demonstrtaion of the issue of being a click away from ending youth poverty, a talking point many action groups could get fired up by- and I congratulate Darryl on getting a 30 minute slot with bronx tv to elaborate on this

http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com/2007_11_01_archive.html

nov 07 Africa Transparency Resources- Spencer is volunteering to be inbox for nominations of who cares locally about African countries among your peers. Collab cafe started in NY with the African transparency and end malaria and community impact analysis work of Peter (and Spencer) so I look forward to this section brewing with any flows we can bring. Over in London diaspora networks we have a lot of deep and hopefully synergetic work coordinated by Lesley.

youth actions

http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com/2008_01_01_archive.html

here I am hoping that marriah will add in suggestions from his recent mail that sounded briilliant; I am not quite sure which of the focal points he identified are happy to be named in a blog so I havent transferred his post directly but I feel there is a huge momentum around social actions coming from:

*what marriah has suggested

*the dialogues between eg yunus and youth particularly on chapter 11 of his book

*the // social action uni of Bill Clinton - whilst I take quite a lot of the wickets of BC as way above my league, it did seem that a major thrust of his 500 student conference at new orleans was to tell them its ok to ask university staff for help in developing community building outreach

http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

postcards from Dhaka

we have 4 people on this circulation list visiting Dhaka in the next 8 weeks doing work (Rachel already there and alexis from new york and mostofa and mark from london) at either ASA or Grameen and also in touch with BRAC university; we look forward to a few postcards from this most practical and heroic place on ending poverty, building community banks , and as Intel announced earlier this week laboratory for what the www can do in connecting the 3 billion people which the first 20 years of the www has given almost no interactive inclusion to http://news.google.com/news?hl=e n&um=1&tab=wn&q=%2By unus+OR+grameen+OR+BRAC+OR++chow dhury+%2Btelecentre+OR+solutions +OR+telecenter+%2Bgates+OR+intel +OR+cisco++OR+schmidt+OR+google& amp;btnG=Search+News

april

vote for a dvd of the 100 most socially actionable youtube videos on the planet

http://collaborationcafe.blogspo t.com/2008_04_01_archive.html

within reason I am happy to open sponsor the cutting of such a compendium if we can vote in the content

anyhow these are how a sample of ideas are shaping up -and I know its just a first stab to see if a step forward or back -

if your biggest collaboration invitation isnt covered either ask to become an editor of the blog or tell one of the editors what it is

cheers

chris macrae dc tel 301 881 1655

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news from the latest dhaka collaboration cafe just intl reporter mostfa zaman, serial interner at Grameen

Grand Prince Hotel. The meeting was for 2.35 Minutes long. The peoples: 1. Rachel. ASA womens worldwide truth branding of microbanking 2. Chris S, ASA Intern; comparing entrepreneurial anatomies of village by vilage - what service franchises do you find in ever bangladeshi villages and how is peer to peer learning swapped across villages 3. Clayton L, Grameen Intern 4. Kojiro, Grameen Intern 5. Richemount, Grameen Intern 6. Benoit, Project Grameen- Veolia Water Company 7.and myself

topics included - why do virtual communities -especially american hosted ones - so often hate to share diaries of open source projects however well they are accelerating; what more does Dr Yunus need to add to the debate of let's unite around wholeplanet experiments how do we bridge our 2000 people knowledge updating network events http://microcredit.tv and those of others trying to save humanity before sustainability's deadlines crash

Comment 13 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

New collaboration cafe website, and first news of DVD10000

http://www.collaborationcafe.net / would enjoy feedback

recent social action learnings:

after 5 of us spending this week in Dhaka the plans of Muhammad Yunus and Bill Clinton to engage youth during the year 2008/2009 seem to be getting exponentially bigger and more collaborative; coincidentally they also seem to match a big obama speech earler this week on the american priority to get back to loving job creation of a humanly productive kind -what industries like banking and professions like economics once used to truly focus on before globalisation took a wrong turn http://www.normanmacrae.com/netf uture.html

flows around 4 cities that I love seem to have extraordinary opportunities to help youth connect this wave together worldwide:

new york (To List)

london & Dhaka (CC List)

Paris - the western city that has so far done most to advance the collaboration dynamics of future capitalism

we have permission from Dr Yunus to pilot DVD10000 - which 25 video stories of youtuble length could be collected on one dvd and circulated to 10000 youth so as to maximise year long social action debates and share good news of community building and sustainability revolutions that the mass media so seldom covers? http://futuresunited.com

thanks, chris macrae us tel 301 881 1655

Comment 14 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

chris macrae said:

...

The meeting was for 2.35 Minutes long.

The peoples: 1. Rachel. ASA womens worldwide truth branding of microbanking

Chris S, ASA Intern; comparing entrepreneurial anatomies of village by vilage - what service franchises do you find in ever bangladeshi villages and how is peer to peer learning swapped across villages

Clayton L, Grameen Intern

Kojiro, Grameen Intern

Richemount, Grameen Intern

Benoit, Project Grameen- Veolia Water Company

7.and myself

topics included -

why do virtual communities -especially american hosted ones - so often hate to share diaries of open source projects however well they are accelerating;

what more does Dr Yunus need to add to the debate of let's unite around

Was the format speed meeting?

Comment 15 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

must have been a tupo from dhaka- I assumed it was 2.35 hours long- not even brillant bangladeshi's are that fast at knowledge collaboration

Comment 16 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

Dr Yunus, Dr Yunus.... tell us Dr Yunus...

reminds me of an episode of the Simpsons... where they have the Dr. from the planet of the apes.... you know Chris.. the more you pour this stuff down people's throats... the more bitter it gets...

Comment 17 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

so liam you make supreme cort judgements for the whole of ned- gee may your gods smile on you

Comment 18 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

Hey Chris,

That's unfair!!! You posted the same response in two different threads...and you misspelt the word court twice!!!

OK... now when you go to the corner and spank your own bottom... make sure you do it soundly and then write the lines,

"I will not appear in court, but u should"

Say 10 hail Dr Yunus's and light a candle for world peace.

regards,

Liam.

Comment 19 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

you know at the end of every day the proof is in the action not in the ned-liam-chat or your wickedly humorous fantasies

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Well said Chris!!! I am sure you are a person of genuine belief in your cause and your hero..... I just think you plug and plug with so much incomprehensible word jargon stuff and try so hard to talk above everyone else in a manner that puts people off and refuse to respond directly to simple messages... did I mention poor punctuation?? anyway I am sure you are of good intent but if you were able to concentrate your communciations and recognize the difference between a dumpmaster approach and taking the time yourself to pick out the key aspects of what you believe.... mate you would kick goals... just stop trying to shove 1 tonne of Yunnus information through the letterbox everytime you post.

peace and power

Liam

Comment 21 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

I thought might as well transfer some old collaboration records before they disappear

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Artisan Collaboration & Cooperatives Members: 21
A place for artisans to exchange ideas about their work and to facilitate collaboration and/or cooperative development.

ArtSFest Members: 11
Collaborative space for ArtSFest planning - join us in cultivating the next generation of arts in the San Francisco Bay Area! Read more about ArtSFest at http://www.artsfestsf.org, or join us here to help in planning our annual festival and year-round p...

Atlas Service Corps Members: 29
Atlas Service Corps is a new international citizen sector organization that identifies rising citizen sector leaders from the developing world to volunteer for one year in the United States. In this year long Fellowship, these Fellows will learn best p...

Basics and More for Non-Profits Members: 109
The goal for this group is to create a place for those already in the non-profit world, and those who hope to join it, to share ideas and basic information about what it takes to start and keep your business going. I am inspired to make this group hap...

Better World Buddies - Social Justice Members: 20
This is a group to look at ways of introducing folks to each other as "Better World Buddies" who are connected by an interest in a "social justice" issue. (This might include things like poverty, child abuse, discrimination, and so on). It's part of t...

Better World Buddies - Technology Members: 28
This is a group to look at ways of introducing folks to each other as "Better World Buddies" who are connected by an interest in a "technology" issue. It's part of the general "Buddies" group. This group could serve as the meeting point to connect wit...

Better World Buddies - Youth Members: 24
This is a group to look at ways of introducing folks to each other as "Better World Buddies" who are connected by an interest in a "youth" issue. It's part of the general "Buddies" group. This group could serve as the meeting point to connect with eac...

Better World Media Members: 216
This is a group to investigate ways of balancing the media to include positive discourse - to bring more attention to what is working, and how to do more of it.

Better World Scouts Members: 17
This is a group which which supports folks who wish to scout out news and service opportunities for a better world.

Better World TV Members: 14
Welcome to an omidyar.net theater. Ever watched a "better world building" movie? Hosted a viewing party? Thought a multimedia appetizer might be just the thing to get you started when you want to dig a little deeper into an issue? C'mon in and share...

Biological Innovation for Open Society Members: 57
BIOS is an evolving international initiative focused on systemic change in innovation systems to democratize problem solving. BIOS recognizes that creativity in biological innovation underpins all aspects of human health and environmental sustainabil...

Biz Plan Buzz Group Members: 297
Join here if you have a social venture or philanthropic project you want to brainstorm with others, with an eye to creating a business model and business plan. Start your own "discussion" page within this group for your project. Read and comment on the ...

Blacklists: Just say "No!" to Members: 13
I would like to have a group where we can publicly declare things we **disapprove** of -- a kind of "just say no to ABC" area. ==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Bl...

blank Members: 0

Book Club Members: 87
This is a group for folks to form an online book club. Each book can have its own discussion, or organize as it makes most sense to you. Participate in as many (or as few) as you like.

Brain Injury SurvivorsSupport Members: 5
A source for ideas/information/inspiration/feedback/support for survivors of brain injury and those who support them (families/friends/volunteers/health care professionals/administrators). Fluid.

Breast Cancer 3-day Members: 11
Dear Friends, The weekend of October 21st, 2005 I'll be participating in a very special and powerful event in the fight against breast cancer. It's called the Breast Cancer 3-Day. This will be my third walk. My first two were in New York in 1999 and 20...

Bridges and Brain Gyms Members: 15
Lost in the local lingo and want to find better ways to connect? C'mon in and explore some of the ideas and terminology people are using to describe better world building activities, and share a few of your own. Exploring featured words and phrases wi...

Broadening the death penalty dialogue Members: 42
How can we use the Internet to broaden -- and deepen -- the dialogue around the death penalty? What tools are at our disposal? How do we engage those who favor the death penalty in a safe, constructive discussion? Who should we reach out to?

Buddies Members: 22
This is a group for discovering and connecting Better World Buddies, to connect people from arbitrary geographical, cultural, age, socio-economic, and personal categories from around the world. It is particularly focused on connecting people who are Fa...

Building Better Students Group >> BBSG Members: 28
This launch of the Building Better Students Group is being seeded by some of the Chief State School Officers selection of "teachers of the year" from over the past 52 years. We're simply inviting some of the best and brightest teachers in the United St...

Business Members: 334
Every sector has reasons to look at business issues that impact both organizations' and people's success.

Camp Fire Members: 20
*I think of this place as an extension of the "Do Something Moments" discussion sparked by Tom Munnecke. This is a spot to park your hat, slide onto a log and loosen the shoelaces. To gather 'round with your cup of coffee or 'smores. A crackling place t...

Candidates 2008 Election Campaigns / Campaigning Members: 28
We want to exchange ideas and engage in projects towards making good things happen in 2008! .. contents:: Goals Analyze Value Systems ==== Very fundamental: knowing what we care about. Inform Voters ==== Connect Communities of Interest ==== Enumer...

Children - Youth - Families Members: 259
What's important in developing all kinds of families and in working with young people.

Clash of Civilizations - Cultivating Tolerance and Understanding of Different Faiths Members: 22
The foundation for much of the current and historic frustration in the world is the belief that one's faith and precepts are superior to all others and, in some cases, one's faith justifies hate and violence. Every major faith has its examples of faith...

Clean Drinking Water Members: 33
The CleanDrinkingWater_ group is about working together to bring clean drinking water to those who have never had this basic necessity. .. _CleanDrinkingWater: /group/h2o/CleanDrinkingWater

Clothes With Conscience Members: 10
ClothesWithConscience will facilitate the building of relationships and ethical exchange of value between wealthy 1st world customer's and 2/3rd world female entreprenuers who own their own custom "art" clothing businesses.

CM_System_Testing Members: 1
We created this group to help us test various features of Omidyar.net

Coffee Klatsch Members: 12
* Just finished a book and you know it's significant but you just haven't put the pieces together to figure out how? * Had an idea and you are sure it's the key....but you're not sure where the lock is? * Just need someone to work through ideas with?...

Collaborative Children's Project Network Members: 31
This group was born of a desire to showcase and collaborate between grassroots projects working with children all over the world.

Collaborative Funding Project Members: 58
Omidyar Network hosted a $50,000 team-based collaborative funding project with the omidyar.net community June 1 - 30, 2006. .. sidebar :: VOTING IS OVER Members can now review the results by clicking the polls_ tab. In this funding project: - The...

Collaborative Project Designs - Designing Collaborative Software / Projects Members: 40
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== Collaborations.US_ - About.Collaborations.US_ - Collaboration.Collaborations.US_ .. _Collaborations.US : http://collaborations.us .. _About.Co...

Commens Commons Members: 5
A group devoted to Semeiotic, C.S. Peirce et cetera. Commens is a mutual mind ... necessary for communication. Semeiotic is the Doctrine of Signs, called for by John Locke, etc. C.S. Peirce is the father of Pragmat(ic)ism and leading figure of Semiot...

Community Members: 4
Contains groups that are focused or based on omidyar.net.

Community - General Members: 19363
Everyone on omidyar.net is a member of this group -- feel free to talk about anything you feel other members might be interested in. Get to know each other, share tips and techniques, have fun!

Community Centers & workspot Members: 29
Many people around the world use computers without owning them. They work at a friend's house, an institution or an Internet cafe. They share resources, but very little helps them to consolidate their identity and maintain continuity. Community center...

Community Decisions Members: 18
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Community Decisions Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & c...

Community Stories Members: 17
This group hopes to share the stories of good things happening in the world because of connections and activities made through online community and networks. * Stories can revolve around individuals. What has happened that you know of because of an ind...

CompuMentor/TechSoup Project Development Members: 78
This group is an experiment in opening up Compumentor's project development process in a very action-oriented way. We will soon--within the next two weeks--be opening several discussions to start the process. Each discussion will concern a specific pro...

Conferences Members: 136
This group is for planning, documenting and sustaining o/net Conferences. Oak Park (Chicago) hosted events in July 2005 and 2006. Other events are planned for Blaine, Washington and Kampala, Uganda! Please join us for `ONgoing gatherings`_! Also, fe...

Connecting Hearts Members: 99
A space to talk about and ultimately develop whatever it takes to make "it" happen with local communities of youth, adults, and families. .. image:: http://www.whirlingrainbow.com/images/heartbeat.gif For a list of Connecting Heart Initatives see our ...

Connectors and the Tipping Point Members: 159
This group is inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's book, "The Tipping Point." "tipping point" n. In epidemiology, the concept that small changes will have little or no effect on a system until a critical mass is reached. Then a further small change "tips" ...

Consensus Engine Planning Zone Members: 16
This group's purpose is to store and manage discussions reguarding the design and implementation of the Consensus Engine tool. I'll update this description as more details develop. The proposal for this project was discussed on the `Consensus Engine t...

Cooking & Restaurants Members: 67
Please tell us your secrets in the kitchen. Share recipes and discoveries. Wine and Beer is included. Tell us about new and old places you Love to eat. How does food extend a culture. How do changes in cooking feed more people. Of interest also wou...

Corporate Social Responsibility Members: 150
Corporate Social Responsibility >> ideas for making businesses better The idea here is fairly straightforward. A thread is started for a particular company, service or product. Contribute to the thread in such a way that we are offering specific ...

Crisis in Sudan Group Members: 166
REMINDER!! this discussion will be archived, effective **September 7, 2007** ------------------------------ To continue the discussion on Sudan, go to <Ned>: http://www.ned.com/group/community-general/news/2/ ================== How it all Started ====...

CRM :: Communications, Reports & Messages Members: 4
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: CRM : Communications + Reports + Messages Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be...

Culture and Community Members: 96
An area to discuss how many diverse cultures share the common bond of community and the need to work together to thrive.

DAILY APRECIATIONS project Members: 36
The main goal of this DAILY APPRECIATIONS project has been to increase our awareness of whom and what we appreciate. We would like to thank you all for contributing more than 2608 appreciations on more than 105 pages as of Sept. 6, 2007! Research ha...

Dance Labs Members: 17
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December 1st Members: 37
Supporting December 1st World AIDS Day, with resources, group ideas, aggregating friends of groups, etc.

Defining Progressive Values Members: 35
Media survey group interested in capturing and defining the values with which we wish in develop in our children, thus in our society.

DEFUNCT-SRM Members: 6
Was a public group, but not really needed any more.

Democracy â€“ General Members: 34
This group will look at trends in democracy, including its spread and decline in nations. Topics of relevance are many, including the impact of technology on democracy (or e-democracy), citizen participation (i.e. issues of institutional design), delib...

Deutsch Members: 11
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Deutsch Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & content will ...

Diabetes: Support Groups + Information by/for Patients Members: 5
==== Diabetes Mellitus Information Homepage ==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, ...

Dialogue and Deliberation, Institutionalization, and Radical Change Members: 44
This group is for practitioners and researchers in the fields of dialogue and deliberation. Our discussion will focus on the forms of individual and cultural change that are preconditions for and/or products of dialogue and deliberation -- and on how t...

Digital Activists for Democracy Members: 9
The internet is an interconnected realm where freedom of speech reigns and "intellectual property rights" are quickly being replaced by "open sourcing." The tools of international communication and access to a world of ideas and resources are available...

Digital Lifestyle Aggregation Members: 29
The time has come for integrated, agrgeagted and highly customizable environments be created to help end-user "hub" their on-line lives together. Digital Lifestyle Aggregators (DLAs) are how to do that. Based upon open standards and open source, this ...

Direct Intervention Network Members: 10
A group intended to stimulate ideas for direct intervention in terms of donated items which could be made available to an individual American living in poverty. Our "Jane Doe" being represented by a single mother on welfare benefit or in low paid emplo...

Doctors and Scientists for Good Members: 20
MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res, Engineers without Borders, the recent data collection efforts by computer scientists to locate missing persons with Hurricaine Katerina, ways to fight malaria, virtual reality technology to enable the disabled, alternative sour...

Drugs Members: 24
All about drug use, abuse, addiction, recovery and rehabilitation. When does use become abuse. Is nicotine more addictive than heroin? Is the CIA really supplying crack cocaine? What have been the effects of reclassfying Cannabis as a Class C drug i...

Economics Members: 98
A place to discuss a broad assortment of topics dealing with economics; Currencies, World Economies, Stock Exchanges, Economic Policymakers, Micro/Macro Economics, etc.

Education Members: 124
This community focuses on ways of improving our educational process, values, shared connections between classrooms, and extending the Omidyar Network Spirit to helping our children.

Education Members: 215
Covering the education spectrum, from early childhood to post-secondary to adult learning.

Effective Alumni Engagement Members: 8
A place for learning about effectively engaging alumni.

EffectiveONet Members: 67
.. sidebar:: What's Hot ProcessIntegration_: Looking past the $25k, Coming together to build an integrated grant-making and proposal support process!! TutorialTourOfWiki_: A quick introductory survey of the topic of Wiki_. TabbedBrowse...

Elections and Democracy Members: 116
This group, which initially focused just on the "2004 US Election," explores the broader issue of elections and democracy, including areas such as how to increase voter turnout, promote democracy, and guarantee safe and fair elections (primarily but not...

Emerging Futures Network Members: 85
Emerging Futures Network ---- http://www.emergingfutures.net members_ `Subscribe to our e-list`_ Visit the `Emerging Futures Network wiki`_ .. _`Subscribe to our e-list`: http://www.emergingfutures.net/email-lists/ .. _`Emerging Futures Network wik...

Empowering Individuals in Community Members: 26
A place to foster and encourage each other's growth and empowerment, in hopes of furthering the ideal of building empowered communities of contributing individuals.

Energy, Sustainable Members: 35
Making a worldwide transition from fossil fuels to sustainable, non-polluting sources is probably the biggest "good thing" I can think of to help make happen. * It would solve global warming * It would take away a major incentive for global WARRING too...

entrepreneurship education using internet technology Members: 61
Supporting (future) entrepreneurs through education is a popular instrument to increase the level of entrepreneurship and indirectly contribute to a sustainable alleviation of poverty. But there is an opportunity to enhance the value of this instrumen...

eNumino & aNomino Members: 6
The fight against spam, spoofing and "phishing" is a combination of legislation (national & international), technology and user involvement (education and action). Everybody forgets that an e-mail is a postcard not even dropped in a postbox... Few know...

Environment - Conservation Members: 235
Preservation and enhancement of the world's natural resources and ecosystem is the topic.

Epidemic of Health Members: 41
This is a group which focuses on ways of implementing the vision of Jonas Salk to create an epidemic of health. "Only a few are needed to visualize and to initiate a process that would become self-organizing, self-propelling, and self-propagating, as i...

Equiforum, Inc. Members: 2
Equiforum is a non-profit with a mission "to improve the scientific basis for resolving conflict peacefully". The first project is to bring to maturity a data standard. CRML (Conflict Resolution Modeling Language) is based on RDF/OWL of the Semantic Web...

Extreme Makeovers for Better World Scouts Members: 10
*Instead of rules, why not examples?* This space is an invitation to help celebrate two things: 1) people who have discovered within themselves the power to make good things happen, and are looking for ways to cultivate the "better world scout" withi...

Farming Members: 25
A group for members wanting to discuss farming techniques and projects in general or in specific geographical locations.

Federation of Communities Members: 43
How can we, or should we, attract new and existing communities into Omidyar.net? What features would best support such groups? Could or should Omidyar.net evolve into a federation of communities, a community of communities? (C.f, State, Federal, and Loc...

Feeling Well Members: 6
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Feeling Well : Incetives / Programs to Personal / Group / Corporate Well-Being / Happiness Online Help / Support Groups Network =...

FOF Members: 4

Foresight Development Members: 8
As the rate of technological change continues to accelerate, it is more important then ever that we have a broader perspective on what the future holds. This is a group to discuss how to develop foresight in order to navigate towards a better future. ...

Fostering a moderate discourse and leadership Members: 30
Studies have found that most Americans, whether Democrat, Republican or Independent, have what would be considered moderate convictions - typically some combination of differing degrees of liberal and conservative beliefs. And yet, our political discou...

FranÃ§ais et Francophonie / French speaking Members: 41
**Dans ce groupe on parle le franÃ§ais** - *Il y aussi des discussions dans les deux langues, et chaque* 'workspace' *contient un rÃ©sumÃ© en anglais* **In this group we speak French** - *There are also some bilingual discussions, and an English speaking ...

Free Hugs Around the World Members: 8
Join us in offering free hugs to all throughout the world and celebrate with us how beautifully this movement is growing.

freehousesproject Members: 7
FREE HOUSES is the name of a new television series I would like you folks to help me create. This is to put all of the words and intent on this site into a very real concrete highly visable representative action of what like minded people can ...

French Tags Members: 9
This group is dedicated to: - Propose French tags with oninclude directive - Test a *parallel/complementary* tagging system with the `del.icio.us toolbar`_ - A test of collective mapping with `IHMC CmapTools`_ - Other tests anybody want to try wit...

Fridge Magnets Members: 33
Found something innovative that you'd like to draw people's attention to? It might be a project or idea being cultivated here within omidyar.net, or something you've found elsewhere that you want to let people know you're getting behind. Use this "dig...

Friends of Heroes - Putting a Face on Childhood Cancer Members: 7
Visit us on Razoo at http://beta.razoo.com/groups/friendsofheroes Friends of Heroes, formerly Friends of Allie is the largest national Friends and Family Light The Night team in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's history. The team was originally created...

Fun 5 - A physical activity & nutrition program Members: 5
Fun 5 Project (www.hmsa.com/community/programs/fun5/) During the past twenty years, the percentage of young people who are overweight has almost doubled. This is despite the numerous known benefits of regular physical activity during childhood which in...

Fun Stuff Members: 132
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Fun Stuff Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & content wil...

Games for Social Good Members: 90
This group will discuss gaming technology as it relates to improving human behavior.

Garden Club Members: 14
Garden types. Gardening tips. Favorite flowering plants. Different soils. What works in different climates. Using native plants. Hopefully some virtual tours.

Geek Revolution Members: 16
Documentation to develop an international online project to establish a collaboratively maintained, democratically run network infrastructure for educational purposes and to promote geek activism. Please take a look at the Workspace for more informatio...

Genealogy & Family Stories Members: 11
A discussion group to talk about where we come from, family legends, mysterious ancestors, immigration histories and the colorful stories passed down from one generation to another.

General Members: 12
Contains groups that don't belong in other categories.

Genocide Intervention Network Members: 10
The Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) envisions a world in which the international community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. **Our mission is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to p...

Genocide Prevention Members: 56
This group will focus on long-term strategies for prevention of mass atrocities and genocide. The discussion will look beyond the immediate aspects of halting a particular genocide, such as in Darfur, to ways of stopping genocide before it begins or i...

GET Local Members: 10
GET stands for Global Energy Transition, which I founded in 2001 after writing an open letter to George W. Bush. http://www.go2zero.com/adechert/solarletter.html Art Goodtimes suggested that the letter might carry more weight if, besides all the end...

Give it to someone who can do more good with it (Oxfam) Members: 24
Give the money to Oxfam and get a real return. .. image:: http://omidyar.makingithappen.co.uk/oxfam.gif This group was formed to put forward the suggestion that perhaps rather than risking money on the wild and wacky, we should put the money somewhere...

Giving Commons - for Giving Tools, Builders and Stewards Members: 32
This group is dedicated to exploring The Gift and the erotic life of property. Lewis Hyde's book_ can be the jumping off point for imaginative explorations, and will form the background for practical design and implementation initiatives that are the fo...

GivingSpace Members: 59
This is a group to continue the work of GivingSpace http://www.givingspace.org. Archives of the discussion list are at http://collab.givingspace.org/forums/community/

Global Corruption Group Members: 18
This Group is to discuss issues and possible solutions to the problem of corruption in the world. According to a 1997 World Bank report, corruption is an abuse of public power for private gains. http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/anticorrupt/Prin...

Global Lives Project Members: 12
An online video encyclopedia of human life experiences. A unique video installation that can be set up by anyone anywhere on the planet. A collaboration of filmmakers, architects, photographers, artists, programmers and designers from around the world.

Global Solutions Ecology Members: 30
This group will examine systems that promote the human capacity for solving problems, reveal the dynamics and resources essential for arriving at solutions, encourage cross-fertilization to adopt and adapt successes, and nurture a global environment tha...

Global Voices Members: 38
We believe in free speech: in protecting the right to speak -- and the right to listen. We believe in universal access to the tools of speech. To that end, we want to enable everyone who wants to speak to have the means to speak -- and everyone who wan...

Good Apple News Service Members: 24
THis is a community to discuss the Good Apples News Service which emerged from the Positive Media discussion group.

Good Question! Members: 26
Consider this little Brain Gym a firestarter for hungry neurons. Ever come across a really good question? One that makes you think about something in a new way, or perhaps something you hadn't really thought about at all? Add it to the deck. Random ...

Grammar Police Members: 21
Pedantic and playful discussions of word usage, grammar, and slang. Word play. Puns. Dialects. All things pertaining to written and spoken language.

Grassroots Tech Co. -- Vision & Advice for YackPack Members: 14
YackPack, the company I started over two years ago, is finally out of stealth mode (whew! -- stealth is no fun). We've received angel funding, and we're growing as effectively as we can. I'm now seeking help and advice . . . My dream is to make YackP...

Great News Members: 11
The media is often so full of discouraging news. This is where we can make some difference. Heard of any Good work from our government individuals, Agencies or citizens? Post your links, stories or comments here.

Gross National Happiness Members: 22
Gross National Product is a very poor indicator of a society's "health". Gross National Happiness, on the other hand, is an appealing alternative. It takes into account the spiritual and general well-being of the population. Let's talk about the possibi...

Guns - The freedom to kill people and be killed Members: 0
The right to bear arms, is touted as the architypal freedom of the American citizen, yet guns are used to kill more people in America than anywhere else in the world. Is this really a freedom, or are people being suckered by the government. 1/ It is a...

Haiti Help Members: 8
Discussions about relief and economic development projects in Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in this hemisphere.

HAPPENEERING - Helping people to discover the greatest difference they can make, and helping them to make it happen in the greatest way it can. Members: 25
The Omidyar Network exists to enable more and more people discover their own power to make good things happen. Some people might need some help toward both discovering this power; some might need help toward applying this power toward making good thing...

Hawaii Sustainability Members: 6
ON internal group at the present time

Heal the Heroes, Heal the World Members: 10
Exploring ways we can help one another heal, and, in turn, how we can practice tikkun olam and thereby heal the world.

Health Care Members: 171
From theory to policy to practice, all aspects of medicine and health can find a home here.

Help Members: 7
Contains site help and other official documentation. - Please post only questions about how to use the site. - For other posts - please check out `the Community General group`_. - For helpful information, select the "workspace" tab above. .. _`...

Helping Members: 26
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== Primary Location: http://Helping.Be ==== Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, lin...

High Heart Herd Members: 8
A group interested in living in High Heart and using Transformational Processes in conjunction with our Equine cofacilitators to accomplish our personal soul missions as we nudge the world into becoming a better place. To join you should have a clear s...

Homowo African Arts & Cultures Members: 10
Homowo African Arts & Cultures began as a dream... Can we build an organization here in the United States to spread the rich cultural traditions of Ghana, West Africa? So many of `Obo Addyâ€™s`_ memories of his childhood and youth are entwined with the ...

How microformats can improve "Better World projects" Members: 6
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: The Use of Microformats for a Better World Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should b...

http://www.omidyar.net/group/safety Members: 3
Safety is a place to share information on safety that you feel will benefit others. For example, I have an article to post that was written by the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of The American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most expe...

Human Trafficking Members: 82
A space to strategize, share information and networks, and to build the global movement against human trafficking!

Humanist Movement - moving to AboutUs.org Members: 0
This group is moving to http://AboutUs.org/HumanistMovement

Humanity United - Internal Members: 20
This Group has been established for Humanity United Staff's use only.

Humanity United Advisory Board Members: 10

i-ACT Darfur Members: 18
This is a place to discuss and decide on strategies and execution methods for realizing the full potential of i-ACT Darfur: to be one of the most inclusive and powerful civilian responses to genocide ever. http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact

Icosystem - Internal Members: 5
Private discussion space for CFM and Icosystem.

Idaho Development Members: 4
This is a collaboration on a new community that has a wi-fi cloud of connectivity and a 100% source of renewable energy in a very pristine Idaho mountain valley.

Image of America Members: 19
The American Dream of "Freedom & Democracy for all" is fragile, There are people in this Nation who feel that select groups have more say than the whole. Democracy is founded on "We the People" (All the People). As long as America is perceived as "not ...

Improving the Source Code of Humanity Members: 34
This Group exists to focus on Changing the Critical Lines of Humanityâ€™s Source Code that are most likely to bring about the most positive societal impact. This will involve two steps: 1. Identifying the line or lines of Humanity's Source Code that cont...

Increase Healthcare Access Members: 6
Approximately 166 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean are partially or totally excluded from access to health goods and services. A solution to this problem can be found. The purpose of this project is to better understand the current bar...

India Members: 14
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== Primary Location: http://ind.ind.in ==== We are interested in organizing information that has to do with or is about India, Indian people, etc. ...

India Rollout of the VistA Healthcare System Members: 15
A group with a focus on catalyzing healthcare delivery in India using the world class VistA software system. A national rollout is a major project that requires a wide range of skills and expertise. The technical component is one of the minor ones and ...

Infectious Good Factory Members: 28
Want to help create a product that triggers a cascade of infectious good? No experience? No worries. Applying for this job has one criteria: heart. In response to Tom Munnecke's exploration of "infectious good", and heralded by a question he shar...

Innocent Cry - Children of Armed Conflict Members: 47
All over the world, innocent children are spending their lives languishing in IDP and refugee camps, sold into slavery, kidnapped and turned into unwilling soldiers, and worse. When children are raised with no hope, what kind of adults will they grow...

Inspirational Photos Members: 12
This group will hopefully remain as a place where we can either post inspirational photos or at least links to inspirational photos. It would also be great if the person posting the photo could also provide a high quality version of the photo for those ...

InteliFaqs Members: 26
InteliFaqs' is using technology, software, the 'Arts' and 'Inspiration' to create, invent and deliver 'new' jobs, business and manufacturing systems, in the prospect of eradicating poverty, joblessness and homelessness in industrialized nations. http:/...

Intellectual Contributions Members: 38
.. admonition:: Intellectual Contributions - A discussion of Copyright and related rights in a digital information world. *"If we as a society want to facilitate the development of artistic culture, copyright doctrine should recognize rights of access...

Intelligent Design Members: 29
Our group challenges limitations of imagination as we strive to identify and realize plans and programs that offer sustainable developmentâ€”especially for people whose lives are directed by poverty and its limitations. We seek to integrate strategies of...

Interests Members: 3
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & content will be updated in the comin...

International Humanities Center Members: 11
http://www.ihcenter.org The International Humanities Center's mission is to work with other independent nonprofit organizations and sponsored projects that are devoted to a vision of ecological and humanitarian stewardship that benefits all of creation...

Internet4Change Members: 52
.. image:: http://www.internet4change.com/9/3/logos/075x060.gif | **Online Community Learning** | A cross-cultural eXperience from `LifeInAfrica`_ on Onet .. _`LifeInAfrica`: http://lifeinafrica.com --------------- This Onet group is where Life i...

Invisible Children Members: 34
This group will facilitate actions on behalf of the goals of the Invisible Children NPO's work for Ugandan children and families. It will also provide an arena for discussions of IC activities, goals and events in Uganda, the US and elsewhere. These y...

Ireland Members: 9
Place for all Irish

Issues Members: 11
Contains groups focused on particular issues.

Issues - General Members: 102
Issues that don't fit in any of the specific issue groups.

Jagran Members: 4

Jean's thing ~ Nurture Members: 28
Norbert suggested I create a group to work on my project--that maybe a project would be an interesting use of group. So this will be a space to develop what I have thus called NurturingU or MetaService. It is about me, in some ways, since it is my visio...

Job Listings & Job Seekers Members: 138
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Job Listings (Help Wanted) & Job Seekers (Jobs Needed) If you know of an opening that fits with the Omidyar.net values, post it h...

Just Democracy Members: 1
Just Democracy is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization, founded and led by law students. Across the nation, JD's chapters will staff high risk polling places on Election Day with law student volunteers to help voters exercise their righ...

Justice Action Center, New York Law School Members: 3
The Justice Action Center brings together New York Law School faculty and students in an ongoing critical evaluation of public interest lawyering. Through scholarship and fieldwork, the Center seeks to evaluate the efficacy of law as an agent of change ...

Juvenile Mental Health Court Project Members: 15
The Juvenile Mental Health Court Project of the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (http://www.bpkids.org) fosters the creation of diversionary court programs (juvenile mental health courts) for youth with serious neurobiological disorders (bipolar, ...

Katrina refugee data entry project Members: 22
Group to organize volunteer data entry of refugee information from across the web.

Kenyan Online Development Association (KODA) Network Members: 5
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Kenya : Kenyan Online Development Association (KODA) Network Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.n...

Keyword Search DINO :: Direct Navigation Engine Optimization Members: 14
The focus of this group is **management**: We seek to enable precise meanings of words and/or keywords. We wish to *enlist* **subject specialists** who understand: 1. language and/or jargon 2. culture and/or communication 3. management 4. commerce ...

Kids+Art+Charity = Giving Arts Members: 14
This group is a place to share ideas and support tangible projects and partnerships that bring together these three things: - PURPOSE: Teaching giving/philanthropy/empathy - VEHICLE: Creative, visual arts programs, workshops and projects - VEN...

kNOw Slavery to NO Slavery Members: 32
kNOw Slavery to End Slavery! Did you know that there are 246 million children slaving across the world? Millions are trapped in bondage, prostitution, trafficking, and other illicit activities. NO country, NO region, NOT a single place on this earth is...

Knowledge Organization Members: 49
A place to continue sharing ideas, resources and inspiration around Jack Park's invitation to explore Topic Maps.

LAP Members: 4
Explore LAP -- a local access protocol -- with Max Gail. A Journey through Community, LAP is a BIG little word within which lies some keys for the in-formation transformation patterned after natural systems. Transformation cannot be extracted like a co...

Leadership Team for Universal Digital Access Members: 6
This group is for discussions for team members of `Learning by Doing Technology Labs`_ for several projects. Although this group is invitation, membership is open to anyone interested in helping acheive the goals described for the Leadership Team for U...

Leisure, Entertainment & Creativity Members: 40
is related to Sports, Movies, TV, Music and Hobbies. Group is general by design. Please join us here and appreciate experience that makes us each unique and the same. A bit of what you do when not in front of a computer. Film making, Photography, and...

Life in Africa Members: 140
Who was here? ----------- In 2005, Ashoka Fellow Christina Jordan joined Omidyar.net in the search for a comfortable place to bring Life in Africa community members in Uganda actively online in a global space that would welcome, nurture, and support t...

Listening Members: 14
This group is about collaboratively learning how to listen effectively.

Local Global Members: 44
Local Global... how to do local stuff on a global scale. At the O-Net conference in Chicago, we started talking about the importance of making effective local action -- where the most effective action usually takes place -- ripple across the globe. Th...

Local Search Members: 4
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Where (Local Search) Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & ...

LogoLink: Local Government Learning Network Members: 7
LogoLink is a global network of practitioners from civil society organisations, research institutions and governments working to deepen democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance. LogoLink encourages learning from field-based in...

lost in the FOOD CHAIN moved to Ned.com Members: 247
.. sidebar:: NED to Ned.com **After 9/7/07** Ongoing <Ned> & most FOOD CHAIN discussions and members have moved to http://www.ned.com, if what you read here intrigues and excites you, please come join us. Exploring, analyzing, chatting about `(and so...

low income housing Members: 7
To strive to achieve funding to take the action of developing low value housing from the 15,000,000 empty houses in the USA as EZOWN HOMES for the 30,000,000+ low income folks in the USA. The houses are sitting empty and useless while billions of dolla...

Lunatics Unlimited Members: 9
This is a group I have set up for those of us who don't fit in to the normal stuff and for those who live their lives on the outside and on the edge, we plan to create off the wall fundraising ideas that would make a difference and would be off the rada...

Macho Youth Leadership Development Foundation Members: 11
We exist because of the need to mentor youth through developing and facilitating the development of potentials, visibilities and capacities of the youth. Through supporting youth's education and information technology skills development, a well informed...

Malaysia Forum Members: 6

Marginalized_Voices_in_Democratic_Deliberation Members: 11
Alternative Spaces: Including Marginalized Voices in Democratic Deliberation is a group of researchers and practitioners who are investigating how voices of marginalized and excluded groups can be included in spaces for democratic deliberation. Case r...

Mathematics for everything and more Members: 61
Mainly around three components: * mathematics has been a central part of human experience and growth from the very beginning. It is certainly not an occidental thing and it should not be a monopoly of specific groups or professions. * We have accumula...

Measuring Success Members: 34
Success A destination or a journey? Measuring Success as a newcomer. My view may differ from many. Success is a progressive realization of a goal that has been properly forecasted and implements measurement stages that are realistic. Rewards and oppo...

Meditation and Yoga Members: 22
This group explores the benefits and challenges of meditation and yoga practices.

MentorArt Members: 3
A team of artists, educators, mentor connectors and digiterati working together on an International Arts Festival and Mentoring portal.

Microfinance Members: 269
This is a space to discuss and learn more about the past, present, and future of microfinance. It is open to both theory and application, both microcredit and the larger topic of microfinance, and both non-profit and for profit initiatives. We originall...

Microfinance experience for USA Members: 9
Microcredit and microfinance; great news about Grameen Bank and Muhammad Yunus. There is Worldwide recognition and millions of winners. There are many other names in USA who provide similar missions to help poor countries, poor nations. There is no othe...

Midwest US and Nearby Canada Members: 30
Items of specific interest for people in the Midwestern States of the US or the Nearby Provinces of Canada belong in this group. This could include information and planning for regional meetings or work on specific regional issues and opportunities.

Mile High Business Alliance Members: 11
The Mile High Business Alliance is a non-profit membership organization of local Denver Metro businesses and supporters working to transform and model an economy built on sustainable practices. We envision sustainable business practices that lead to a h...

mindwiped Members: 0

Mobilize Members: 17
This group was started by Mobilize.org as a means to continue the discussion and interaction between Mobilizer Teams and affiliates throughout the country. To start, we are hoping the tools of Omidyar.net will help to continue the conversations started...

Modern Architect Members: 11
Discuss and collaborate on all aspects of Architecture. Modern Architect refers to Today's Architect, not necessarily the style, although that is also my favorite style so I like the double meaning.

Modo Fac Central Members: 12
To share my ideas and plans for Modo Fac Central which is going to be a second generation social enteprise. Also to find people to give me criticism and feedback so please dive in and let me know what you think.

MUSICLAND BAND Members: 11
This group will focus on The MusicLand Band and was set up as a requirement for the "fund a proposal tool guidelines." There will be different pages about different things being done with the MusicLand Band and other ways of influencing children with m...

Native Cultures Members: 7
A space for Native interests - policial, social, cultural. For native or indigenous peoples from all over the planet and anyone interested in learning and contributing. Some ideas of what activity in this group could include: * What are the problems ...

Natural Business Now Members: 31
Natural Business Now involves sustainovation.org members, the startup social-profit designfluence.org, based in the Silicon Valley, and other interested parties globally. We are interested in companies and individuals who model, act and expand upon the...

Ned moved to Ned.com Members: 81
**<Ned>** a better world experience .. sidebar:: NED to Ned.com **After 9/7/07** Ongoing <Ned> discussions and members have moved to http://www.ned.com, if what you read here intrigues and excites you, please come join us. <Ned> (a philanthropic fr...

Network of Integrated Consumer Knowledge Members: 36
The Network of Integrated Consumer Knowledge is about advancing social causes by giving consumers the information they need to make responsible decisions. As they shop, users will be able to access reviews, ratings, certifications, prices, policies, lin...

Network-Centric Advocacy Members: 211
This project is aimed at building a "how-to" guide for understanding the ways that network theory can be applied to building power and capacity in social change contexts. *Objectives:* http://www.omidyar.net/group/networkcentricadvocacy/ws/index/#obj...

Networked Theory of a Better World Members: 217
This is a group to discuss social transformation and change from the perspective of networks, complexity theory, and adaptive systems. It looks at the role of values, trust, and community, and ways of creating self-organizing, self-propagating virtuous...

Networks Members: 13
ON internal group at the present time

New England Chapter of ACR Members: 8
The New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution - Board of Directors Collaborative Workspace

New Media Works Members: 60
==== New Media Works ==== We want to research and develop any/all forms of online media. That's a pretty broad scope -- please help us by introducing us to what your focusing on right now. Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses wil...

New Social Enterprises Members: 291
A group for those interested in new social enterprises, both for-profit and nonprofit. For social entrepreneurs, funders, and those who like sharing ideas about the social sector. Not for pie-in-the-sky musing, but for discussion of real projects. Co...

NLP and Language Members: 22
.. admonition:: Content under Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 .. image:: http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/us/88x31.png :target: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ I've placed all the content I've added here on omidyar.net...

Non American Members: 27
Hi Everyone, Welcome on board, I guess when I set this up I was thinking that the main forums are all a bit focused around America some of us are a bit left out by not knowing where Oakland is, or being in a time zone where it is 2am and we are still ...

Nonprofit Blogs Members: 12
A place to list nonprofit blogs found in the nonprofit blogosphere. This group will help bring together nonprofit blogs found through nptech, net2, nonprofit blog exchange, and other places.

NU_Group Members: 31
NUIndex_ .. _NUIndex: http://www.omidyar.net/group/nu_group/ws/nuindex/ This group is about forming new relationships that allow us to create an environment of reeee seaf galdee **REEEE** Relevant, Effective, Efficient, Enjoyable, Elegant ...

NY Appreciative Inquiry Special Interest Group Members: 4
The New York Area Appreciative Inquiry Special Interest Group, formed through the Organizational Development Network of Greater New York on December 15, 2004. It is our hope to create a supportive community of practitioners to bring more strength based ...

O.net Civil Liberties Union Members: 19
<FIRST DRAFT> **The OCLU is a non-partisan, watch-dog group that concerns itself with protecting most forms of free speech from the concentrated attacks from select individuals or small groups.** The objective is not to circumvent the o.net point syst...

O.NET TOWN HALL Members: 50
.. sidebar:: O.NET TOWN HALL The date for the next O.NET town meeting is August 6-8, 2006. See: `ONET TOWN HALL`_ Everyone who is a member of omidyar.net is encouraged to participate. Come all ye! .. _`ONET TOWN HALL`: http://www.omidyar.net/...

O/Net Bond: Local, Regional, International Members: 55
This group facilitates local, regional and international connections here on O/Net. Workshops and conferences, local meetups, consultant/project board by geography and other user-created tools for coming together. Please tell us about yourself, your a...

OFFERED ADS - Offers, Networking Contacts or Freebies Members: 25
STATEMENT OF INTENT This is not a discussion group. Treat it as a resource. Treat it as the Offer Ads/Freebies section of o.net. The group is intended to provide a one-stop entry point for anyone looking to offer an introduction, .... or to simply po...

Omidyar Mini-Action Network Members: 136
Our community can work together as a group to make projects happen one at a time, with a goal of one a month. It is preferable that they be small projects that donâ€™t require much in the way of cash (the first one up only needs frequent flyer miles). W...

Omidyar Network Members: 144
Omidyar Network ---------------- Welcome to the Omidyar Network group on omidyar.net. Omidyar Network is committed to unleashing human potential on a global scale. We invite you to: - See a financial overview of `Omidyar Investments`_ - View a co...

Omidyar Network - Internal Members: 74
This Group has been established for Omidyar Network Staff's use only.

Omidyar Network - Internal 2 Members: 33
This Group has been established for Omidyar Network Staff's use only. .. image:: https://www.omidyar.net/group/on-internal2/file/5.37.11625937375/get/welcome.png :target: https://www.omidyar.net/group/on-internal2/ws/

Omidyar Network Archives Members: 12
Archives group for Omidyar Network

Omidyar Network Enzymes Members: 3
Internal group of Omidyar Network.

Omidyar Network Exec Team Members: 4
Omidyar Network executive team workspace.

Omidyar Network Gallery Members: 15
The Omidyar Network Gallery is a showcase of works related to the members and projects of this community. We feature artwork and creative sparks from members, project photos and images, multimedia links and abstract installations. Shows can be as wi...

Omidyar Network Information Exchange Members: 5
space for Omidyar Network staff use

Omidyar Network Information Exchange 2 Members: 30
Omidyar Network internal information space

Omidyar Network Information Exchange3 Members: 2
Omidyar Network internal information space

omidyar.net API Members: 8
This group is for users of the omidyar.net API.

omidyar.net Tags Members: 28
This *could* be a central repository for a poor-man's tagging system.

ON Intelligence Community Members: 10
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, group just started Wednesday, Jan 5, afternoon. But the following is the initial vision. * `Discussion Directory`_: Help build the omidyar.net discussion directory, so that the cool stuff is easy to find! .. _`Discussion Direct...

ON Microfinance Members: 117
Microfinance Group ================== In the last year, Omidyar Network has funded a range of microfinance initiatives, partnering with a wide network of people and organizations. Together, we are working toward a collective goal of accelerating the gr...

Onet 4 Africa Members: 66
Onet 4 Africa is a welcoming, action oriented space for finding workable solutions to the range of *practical & logistical challenges* that arise in the course of our African Uplift activities at Onet. Members of this group share lessons learned about ...

ONet Bloggers Network Members: 22
Members of this group are engaged in using blogs as a form of **Omidyar.net community outreach and engagement** in the **blogosphere** and in the **broader internet community**. By re-publishing our personal ONet posts to our blogs or by otherwise using...

Onet Guide Service Members: 29
The Guide Service will provide one-to-one assistance for new members to Omidyar. New members will not need to seek out the service; experienced Guides will reach out directly to the newcomers. A dedicated Guide will help a new member find their feet, le...

ONet Members Search Assistance Service Members: 6
Some of us believe that we in the West often assume that because some people who are living in developing countries and have access to the internet, it is therefore easy for them to conduct extensive web searches to find out who else there may be who is...

ONTime Members: 15
.. image :: http://www.omidyar.net/group/ontime/file/3.30.11399474303/get/ONTimeWatch2.png :alt: CLICK HERE to see ONTime news. :target: /group/ontime/ws/index/watch `Submit News`_ View `Archive`_ .. _`Archive` : /group/ontime/ws/archive/ Ed...

Open Capital Members: 22
Open Capital is the concept of partnership finance through the sharing of risk and reward. Risk is shared through a guarantee society or clearing union, where trade credit between buyers and sellers is subject to a mutual guarantee. Revenues are share...

Open Document Format Research & Development Members: 4
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Open Document Format Research & Development Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should ...

Open Education Initiative Members: 5
Everyone should have the same opportunity for a first rate education. By freely providing university courses via the Internet, any person on the web can have the opportunity for self betterment. Let's get involved to encourage universities to join th...

Open Source Members: 140
This group is about Open Source as in open source software, but also open source as a mindset of giving and doing good things first. Many discussions have been started on the topic. Let's create a group!. Please join us to sponsor it!

Open Source Infrastructure Members: 14
This is a group dedicated to helping to create and promulgate open standards for new kinds of micro-content. The idea is that shared servers filled with media, people, events, reviews, topics - and yes Pierre - Listings - will eventually be real. Ther...

Open Space Research Members: 33
For a place to discuss and Research 'Open Space' concepts

Open Voting Members: 23
Open Voting was pretty well described in a 1993 paper by the late great Irwin Mann: http://archive.cpsr.net/conferences/cfp93/mann.html Not a lot of people were listening at the time. What we have wound up with is a quirky and corrupt voting system. ...

OpenOnet Members: 16
This group is for users to work on improving the omidyar.net software openly.

Opok Farms Planning Members: 15
As this project grows there are multiple conversations happening that I'd like to consolidate in a group. Also needing wiki spaces and would not like to clutter up the lia group with it all.

Organizations Members: 5
Contains categories of organizations.

Organizations - General Members: 96
For organizations that don't fit in other categories.

Other Members: 86

Our Sacred Center Members: 6
**Our Sacred Center** **Within Rests the Power of God** It is something that connects us, makes us whole and gives us peace. It is an experience of complete harmony within and outside of ourselves with everyone else who is exactly as we are and we are...

p2p Foundation Members: 10
P2P Foundation ============== The Foundation for P2P Alternatives aims to foster research on the emergence of P2P forms of human organisation, and to develop a theory of emancipation congruent with our times. URL = http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.p...

p2pAid Members: 5
Vision ====== Many of us have worked remotely and online in situations of emergency, attempting to contribute where possible with information, knowledge and resources to alleviate extreme human conditions. Information and communication are powerful t...

Pandef Members: 5
This is an internal group. If you are a member, please proceed to `Home Page`_. .. _`Home Page`: /group/pandef/ws/index

Parenting Members: 23
A place to offer stories, insights, to get and give advice and anything else on the subject of parenting. For parents who are trying to raise children in the best way they can, and to learn more about themselves and have fun in the process.

Party Groupies Members: 7
This is a place for FUN!!, we can use this space to link to some of the most obsurb anti-any-party pages on the net.. and if anyone decides that they wish to post similar remarks thruout the Omidyar Network, they just might find thier postings added here.

PBnJ Members: 3
An experimental connection between a group of five amigos who are working to cultivate specific projects.

Peace Pages. Members: 16
With respect to World Peace and Peace Tiles, WE wanted a set of Peace Pages where all of the energy, great and small, is directed toward various kinds of peace. From the pastoral to the militant, this is the place where individual writing, ideas, effor...

Peace Park Members: 11
Building a Peace Park in a way to protect and develop community space that encourages instrospection and reflection through nature, beauty, diversity and culture.

PeaceTrek Members: 12
THE CONCEPT PeaceTrek is a youth centered program providing a "Trekking" experience that will contribute to cross cultural understanding and peace. The program is an incubator for lifestyle changes that will encourage new, Sustainable Living lifestyle;...

Philanthropy Members: 110
A place to share the magic and joy in giving service, creating miracles, and contributing love in a combined effort to shape our world.

Philanthropy - Massachusetts, USA Members: 80
This Omidyar.Net group is for everyone who is interested in the effectiveness of the philanthropic sector in Massachusetts. The Bay State consistently earns a high rank on the United Way's "State Of Caring Index," and very low one on the Catalogue For ...

Philanthropy Tool Makers of Omidyar.net Members: 22
As an extension and expansion of the original OMIDYAR NETWORK request to Omidyar.net community to work out a tool to "find/vet/decide" on philanthropic investments/donations we are starting this group to be the "Philanthropy Tool Makers". The resulting ...

Podcasting Members: 25
In case you haven't heard, Podcasting is the big freight train that's quickly bearing down on broadcast media. It's the production of audio content specifically for the purpose of distributing it as MP3's over the internet. These podcasts are download...

Poetry Members: 30
For every one to do concise & precise wordings on interesting topics to optimize the fun or wisdom within this great network

Policy - Politics Members: 177
A good place to work with all levels of representative government, including public sector employees and the populations they serve.

Policy Consensus Workgroup Members: 6
A space to collaborate on projects with the Policy Consensus Initiative and the National Policy Consensus Center. This is an experiment in using Omidyar.net's collaborative tools to overcome distance.

Positive Discourse Members: 52
This group will address the emerging disciplines of understanding systems from the perspective of positive, life-affirming qualities of humanity. This includes Positive Psychology, Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Deviancy, and the general perspective of...

Poverty Members: 193
Dedicated to the proposition that global poverty is a problem we can solve in our lifetime. Convinced that poverty is one of the worst problems facing mankind and the root of many social and environmental pathologies. Interested in causes, effects and...

Poverty in America Members: 88
In a nation as resource rich as America, how on earth can there still be people living in poverty here? This Group is setup to index discussion and links that might lead to helping in the elimination of this phenomenon.

Private sector Members: 91
Groups operating in the private sector should join this group.

Progress In Mexico Members: 11
Showcase for Economic and Social Development Enterprize Projects in Mexico

Project Development Members: 6
This is a group for five of us to develop a project.

Property Networking Club Members: 12
Property Networking Club aim to put together all experienced and new property investors, this is a place where we can discuss about new ideas, forming business partnership and most important forming lifetime friendships, Property Networking Club aims to...

Public Art Members: 8
This group is intended as a place to discuss public art. This includes, but is not limited to the following topics: o Social Value and Benefits of Public Art o Existing Works of Public Art o Temporary Installations o Public Art Programs and Funding...

Public participation in environmental decision making Members: 15
This group will discuss the theory and practice of public participation in environmental decision making. The insufficiency of public policy in the US and abroad that is designed to ensure a framework for a sustainable society is partially the result o...

Public sector Members: 53
Groups operating in the public sector should join this group.

Publishing Our Book Members: 3
A space for developing book and publishing projects associated with `Emerging Futures Network`_. .. _`Emerging Futures Network`: http://www.omidyar.net/group/efn/ws/index/

Punta Laguna Members: 5
Biocultural diversity conservation in the Yucatan Peninsula

Q4 Funding Project Members: 85
Update: Here's a link to the list of `organizations eligible for matching funds`_. Omidyar Network launched a new funding project with the omidyar.net community on October 30, 2006. .. _`organizations eligible for matching funds` : /group/fp06/ws/s...

Quality of Medical Care Members: 36
For the past two years I've had a chance to assess the Private medical care 'from inside' delivering services to various medical institutions... I would like that the Omidyar network of people contibutes to the issue of improving the quality of medica...

Random acts Of Kindness Members: 25
One of the things I have considered a selfless act is randomly helping others, without notice or even without the beneficiary knowing it was you. This group is for opinion and information on what you think about or maybe what you have done that is cons...

Rare and Orphaned Diseases Members: 13
A place for doctors, patients, scientists, families, counselors, philanthropists and advocates who are interested in rare and orphaned diseases to try to network online.

Rebuilding New Orleans Members: 9
A connecting space, idea exchange and resource center for people working to rebuild post-Katrina New Orleans, and for those who'd like to support these efforts.

Reflections on omidyar.net Members: 35
This group is intended to take a long term, introspective look at omidyar.net. Is the network growing and evolving according to its initial values? If there are future streses on the network (particularly, rapid growth rate), this community will be a p...

Refugee Exhibit Members: 4
This is a private group to work on creating an exhibit for children about the issues surrounding the world's 20 million refugees.

Regional Members: 46
Groups focusing on particular regions of the world belong here.

Religion Members: 133
All aspects of spirituality and theology, from religious to secular, can be addressed here.

Removed Members: 0
Removed

Removed Members: 0
Removed.

Rennaissance Philadelphia Members: 4
The Rennaissance Philadelphia group is an space for nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, corporate representatives, legislators, funders and other individuals to come together to discuss Philadelphia's social and economic rennaisance. Over the last 10-15 y...

Resolved Members: 1
group disbanded

Resources for Omidyar.net Purpose Members: 28
This group will offer resources (books, journals, articles, experts, conferences, etc.) providing information in support of the mission of the Omidyar Network: "We exist for one single purpose: So that more and more people discover their own power to ...

Revisioning Criminal Justice Members: 17
A place to explore healing, effective, and money saving solutions to the US criminal justice system. Now the leader in the percetage of people it incarcerates, here we will envision other paths and policies the US can take.

RFP :: Requests For Proposals Members: 3
=================================== RFPS :: Request For Proposal Search =================================== Due to omidyar.net closing down, much of the archived discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will be replicated at several new web sites:...

Rural Health Care Foundation Members: 17
.. image:: http://static.flickr.com/100/313956851_aa23ef6224_s.jpg This group is for all people need to make the world alittle better place for the Rural Disadvantaged Communities in Africa Rural Health Care Foundation is a Non Profit Organization A...

Sailing Club Members: 7
I've been meaning to create this group for a long time, but since the `Little Comedian`_ has been out of the water for more than a season, the need was not pressing. .. _`Little Comedian` : /group/conference/news/16/0/ The purpose of this group is for...

SaltSpring Organization for Life Improvement and Development Members: 29
SOLID is a non-profit society dedicated to support and empower HIV-AIDS affected families in sub-Saharan Africa. We aim to provide a model for other communities to join us in the fight against poverty and HIV, resulting in committed global friendships. ...

Salute to Veterans Members: 18
for everyone and anyone. The primary goal is to encourage and support those helping other or those in need of support. We will send messages of support to people involved with Peacekeeping based on region and effort. It should be channelized in discu...

save the Internet Members: 18
The future of the Internet is at stake. Network Neutrality is being dismissed. incumbents envision tiered access: can you spell digital divide squared? Coalitions are forming. What can we do? That's what this group is for: to figure it out and t...

Scaling Up Public Engagement :: Experiments in Participation Members: 21
Join in a set of discussions that revolve around the conditions that enable the HIV/AIDS virus to thrive. Help us identify ways to successfully engage the public in this long-term effort and take personal action to end AIDS in your lifetime.

Science for Microenterprise Members: 15
SciMice Institute's o/net home page.

Science Frontier Members: 26
The Scientific Frontier group has been formed to give a home for the discussion of subjects such as the `Global Consciousness Project`_ which, while being scientific in nature, is definitely on the cutting edge of science. Nanotechnology would fall unde...

Second Life Members: 107
A group for all things about the virtual world of `Second Life`_. .. _`Second Life`: http://www.secondlife.com

Seeing Beyond Sight: Photographs by Blind Teenagers Members: 35
---------- JOIN this group (button below) to be in the loop on special off-line SBS events, news, or new stuff on O.net. ---------- This group is for collaboration among O/net members for the *Seeing Beyond Sight* project. The group was created summer...

Seniors of omidyar.net Members: 5
A welcoming space for seniors who are interested in making the world a better place. The purpose of this space is for 1) A place to meet others with similar interests and quality conversation 2) A place to brainstorm solutions that we can find indivi...

Services & Service Listings Members: 7
==== Services Available ==== Due to omidyar.net closing down, much of the archived discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will be replicated at several new web sites: ==== Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ ...

Services Information - Internal Members: 3

Shambles Members: 5
Shambles is an organization to support the international school communities (teachers, support staff, administrators, students and families) in 17 countries in South East Asia ... although it seems that lots of schools worldwide are now finding Shambles...

Shared Worries for a Better World Members: 7
One thing that really hit home with me while living overseas was that the world over, all people have more or less the same worries when it comes to things that they fear most. Enough food for the family, a place to live, those kinds of things. Let's s...

Site Development Members: 20
This internal group is for work related to the development of omidyar.net

Skills Members: 3
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Skills Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & content will b...

Sky River Management -- Internal Members: 42
Private group for internal Sky River Management discussions.

Slow Conversations Members: 15
This is a group dedicated to exploring ways of supporting high quality conversations by slowing down the pace of conversation to allow more reflective, focused dialog. Inspired by the Slow Food Movement, it seeks to restore the art of conversation to o...

Small Change News Network Members: 10
In July, 2004 we cooked an idea at the Giving Conference in Chicago, that began as gBay, expanded into Giving Market and has been established in the world as Small Change News Network. It now lives at http://www.smallchangenews.org ...and I'm wanting n...

Small Pond Welcoming Space Members: 289
.. admonition:: Welcome to the Small Pond Group! This page was created by some o-net users because some of us relative newcomers to o-net felt that o-net was too vast and difficult to navigate in the beginning. It is very easy to get lost in the hard...

Smart Women Members: 47
A place for conversation, connection, community, and great new ideas.

Social Enterprises and Development Members: 7
I would like to start this group to discuss and examine the role and effectiveness of Social Enterprises as a tool in development particularly community development and gender empowerment in US and developing countries. I would welcome your input and di...

Social Investment Marketplaces Members: 28
This group is a learning and sharing space for people driving the creation of social investment marketplaces, to share and learn from common challenges and be inspired by new ideas. This space is supported by Keystone Reporting http://www.keystonerepor...

Social Justice - Human Services Members: 264
The focus is on addressing the different needs of people of limited means or under-represented status.

Social Posters. "Your Power To Social Change". Members: 10
Social Posters. "Your Power To Social Change". Do you want to change something in this society? Do you want to make people aware of the challenges in our society like teenage pregnancy, loss of self esteem due to excessive debt through credit cards et...

Social sector Members: 131
Groups operating in the social sector should join this group.

Social Source Members: 5
Social Source is a model for supporting nonprofits with affordable, accessible and high quality technology. It relies on joining open source software development with an ecosystem of providers to effectively create, deploy and support nonprofit technolo...

SolSeed Members: 33
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Sources of Inspiration Members: 18
Insights, Inspirations, Information. A place to recharge, cultivate, and inspire! Take a break, relax a bit, and share from the heart what is currently adding meaning to *your* world. Whether it be an insight, experience, story, quote, or information -...

Speaker / Consultant / Conference Network Members: 14
For those interested in working to develop a speakers/consultant/conference network that focuses on using strength-based, appreiciative and participatory methods for working with children, youth, families and communities. *The name of this group, our ...

Spiral Dynamics Members: 19
.. on-include:: /sd/SpiralDynamics

SPSS :: Sustainable Products & Safe Sustainability Members: 11
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Sustainable Products & Safe Sustainability Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should ...

Stanford Peace Project for Kids Members: 37
We are seeking to bring about global harmony in 30 years by connecting kids around the world. Yes, this is an ambitious project. However, we believe today's technology opens new doors for global friendship and understanding. We also believe that friends...

Start-up $omething Members: 263
Discuss the range of challenges and potentially help point to other groups and resources. Predominantly, we want to share and learn for the benefit of many. We will try to help evolve your concept, idea or cause, as you take the steps towards your goa...

State by State: ICT policy and practices Members: 42
In the United States, States can (and have) served as policy laboratories and incubators for new initiatives and programs. This is not particular to the Information and Communication (ICT) sector, though ICT offers a means of transforming the business ...

Student World Assembly Members: 2
This group aims to seek out support for a relatively new nonprofit, the Student World Assembly (SWA). The SWA, founded in September 2003, endeavors to create and support a global democracy by connecting college students around the world, and encouragin...

Sudan File Space Members: 5
This group has been created to accomodate the growing number of files necessary for all of the activities related to Sudan. Please continue to use the `Crisis in Sudan`_ group for your discussions. Thanks! .. _`Crisis in Sudan`: http://www.omidyar....

Suggestions for omidyar.net Members: 146
Intro ----- This group is dedicated to capturing member suggestions for how to make omidyar.net better for everyone. While all suggestions are appreciated as input to help us decide, the final decision for what gets implemented and how is made by the ...

Sustainable Development Members: 8
Sustainable Development -concept and practice- are being defined since the last fifteen years for global/international institutions but the local areas are not having enough voice to be represented on how this can really work in small spaces, called com...

Sustainable_Living Members: 140
Sustainability calls for personal transformation. It is not something that happens to someone else â€“ it is something you do yourself. You do it for yourself out of personal conviction. It is about right values, right livelihood and right living (paraphr...

Tagging Feedback Members: 17
Welcome to the Tagging Feedback group â€“ formerly the â€œTagging Sandboxâ€. Give us your feedback --------- - The current version is a prototype that shows only some of the features that are possible. - Check out this `Tagging Feedback workspace`_ to...

Talloires Network Members: 13
===================== The Talloires Network ===================== Promoting the Civic Roles and Social Responsibilities of Higher Education ================ The Talloires Network is a collective of individuals and institutions committed to promoting t...

Targeted Currencies Members: 109
Currencies are the tools for catalyzing currents. Currents/Flows are what makes any living system (like a community, economy, ecosystem or organism) a LIVING sytem. This group is a place to explore transcending scarcity & competition and learning to ...

Technology Members: 341
Not just the Web: a place where all kinds of applied scientific and engineering knowledge are valued.

TechSoup Nonprofits in Second Life Members: 14
This is a workspace for TechSoup - Nonprofits in Second Life. It houses our weekly meeting notes and pointers to resource information related to building a nonprofit community in Second Life.

Teens Members: 33
This group explores practices and programs that support teens in finding their own strength and in seeing the potential they have to create more good in the world.

Texas Death Penalty Members: 9
.. sidebar:: **C O N T A C T . I N F O** :Web Page: http://www.texasmoratorium.org :Phone: 512-302-6715 :email: admin@texasmoratorium.org .. line-block:: Texas Moratorium Network 602 West 7th St...

Thai Educational Reform Members: 7
I have been teaching in the Thai educational system in one form or another for 6 of the last 8 years. Like every other school system in the world, it needs work. Like most other school systems in the world it needs major work that is not easy. Thai tea...

Thailand: Online Collaboration Workshop Members: 14
This group will be the umbrella group for a growing number of online collaborations in Thailand. If you represent a group doing online collaborations in Thailand, please feel free to associate with us! Please visit our `Welcome page`_ to see how to ge...

ThankFest 2005 Members: 5
============== ThankFest 2005 ============== Thursday, September 1st, 2005 ============================= On September 1st, 2004, the question was ... - *Who are you going to thank today?* Today, the question remains the same. It's got the same power...

The 'European' Dream Members: 17
There's been quite alot of writing over the last year about a growing cultural divide in the United States -- and a growing cultural divide across the Atlantic as well. Books like, "Of Paradise and Power"(Robert Kagan; Knodf, 2003), "A Declaration of I...

The Blogalization Nation Members: 17
Blogalization / "blO-a&-l&-'zA-sh&n / n.: "to make worldwide in scope or application by means of cross-language blogging or other forms of collaborative communicative process." Blogalization is an open community of ad hoc communicators who post in one ...

The Constitution of Omidyar Net Members: 65
Using Omidyar.net as a living example of a new community being formed, let us ask what is its Constitution? For proft? Non profit? Ownership? Copyright? Rights and obligations? Public or Private?

The Corporation and The Rule of Law Members: 35
Many of you have seen (or have read the book) `The Corporation`_. .. _`The Corporation`: http://www.thecorporation.com/ This group would explore coordinated action on some of the issues raised in the film. I'm not stuck on the film... anyone with so...

The Effective Communication of Important Ideas Members: 50
How can we communicate ideas effectively in order to bring about social change? What fundamental principles and strategies are involved? What examples can we point to and learn from?

The Emancipation Network Members: 21
A place to discuss TEN and for o-netters to get involved in its growth.

The Freecycle Network Members: 4
Welcome to The Freecycle Network, or freecycle.org. We are a nonprofit organization empowering individuals to give items to each other in their local communities on a global scale rather than throw these items away (a sort of free ebay or cyber curbside...

The Global Classroom Connection Members: 53
The Global Classroom Connection was created to establish meaningful and enduring personal connections among young people of vastly different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds in order to lay the groundwork for a generation with a broader and more ...

The Global Marshall Plan Members: 11
A group intended to promote discussion of Global Marshall Plan concepts and strategies, as advocated by the Global Marshall Plan Initiative at http://www.globalmarshallplan.org/

The Joy of Sleep Members: 15
Sleep quality directly affects our mental and physical health. Yet most adults don't make sleep a priority. Many people live in a state of constant sleep deprivation, which has negative effects on emotions, cognition, social relationships, and abilities...

The Omidyar Network Index & 'R&D' Showcase Members: 118
The Omidyar Network has attracted many very good, worthy and interesting proposals, projects and ideas. This Group is designed to serve as a **'General Index of the Proposals, Business Plans & Projects'** that can be found on the Omidyar Network site. p...

The Omidyar Network Proposal Showcase Members: 458
Omidyar Network Proposal Showcase is a place to submit proposals and get feedback on those proposals from anyone on omidyar.net. There will soon be a new group that will serve as an index for proposals on the network and it will be linked here when it i...

Thoughts for the day Members: 6
Did some simple word just struck a chord in you? Did a small action of a child remind you of something more? Did a thought just cross your mind to deliver an answer to a long buried question? Did you just understand something in a more profound way? I c...

To Be for All Members: 10
If you would like to announce something, write about something, do something or whatever -- then you can do so here. MG started this with a different focus -- I figure it may as well be put to some use. This group follows the `Stop&Go`_ rules (being d...

Toasters, Cats, and Snowflakes Members: 15
This is a group to collect activities relating to a book that Tom Munnecke is writing called Toasters, Cats, and Snowflakes. This book will contain essays on topics relating to complexity theory, chaos theory, adaptive systems, positive psychology, lin...

Top Members: 6
This group contains the top-level groups.

Transition Members: 581
Remaining transition schedule: ---------------- :Sep 7: All content on the omidyar.net platform was frozen as it exists. Only the "About Me" section of one's own profile is editable. :Sep 7 - Dec 31, 2007: Existing omidyar.net members can si...

Travel & Wanderlust Members: 85
|Omidyar Earth| Tell us your travel adventures, plans and expectations. Share experiences and how the culture exposure has helped you understand the world. Help can remove some barriers for others in transiting Global borders. Did you meet locals ...

Trikone Members: 3
Trikone is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people of South Asian descent. Founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Trikone is the oldest group of its kind in the world. South Asians affi...

Tsunami, Aid & Reconstruction Members: 43
The reasons for dedicating a new group to the issues arising from the Asian Tsunami disaster are quite simple. First, to provide a single gateway to new and existing discussions on the Tsunami disaster. This will require the support of the omidyar.net ...

TWWW Thailand Members: 10
This group will focus on events and programs that will facilitate making **The World We Want** in Thailand.

UC Berkeley Members: 20
This group seeks to increase UC Berkeley's participation in the Omidyar Network, and to support high-impact, student-led projects, with initial funding from the Omidyar Network Enzyme initiative, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Int...

UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues Members: 101
This group is a part of UC Santa Cruz's Computer Science 80J course entitled "Technology Targeted at Social Issues." The main focus of this course is to give students the opportunity to explore how technology can be used to change the world. Students ar...

UK Social Enterprise Members: 6
There is much innovation within the UK social enterprise movement, which includes the development of the community interest company and incorporation into government policy and yet more ideas such as Open Capital asset based finance and the Limited Liab...

United People of the World Members: 21
We want to bring to gether people who share a few fundamental ideological beliefs. **All members can edit this group** **Goals:** 1. Create a SOP (Statement of Principals) that we all share. 2. Support activities that are in line with our SOP. **Re...

Uplift Academy Members: 91
The uplift academy is an organization designed to discover and replicate patterns of uplift in a highly scaleable manner.

Uplift Expeditions Members: 25
Purpose: To learn about the ways that time-limited "expeditions" might be used to quickly gather natural allies and resources together to produce a knowledge product about a specific uplift opportunity. To share these knowledge products with both the o...

Urban Prosperity Initiative Members: 26
The Urban Prosperity Initiative advocates the development and implementation of actionable business models that serve and empower individuals who are currently at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Please see http://www.omidyar.net/group/up/ws/Projects...

US Count Votes Members: 11
US Count Votes was created to develop a national precinct-level election-results database, a crucial foundation for scientific analysis of the accuracy of vote counting that is currently missing in the United States. A comprehensive database of elect...

Using http://www.ValueBond.co.uk to give something back to society Members: 2
http://www.ValueBond.co.uk is a charitable online shopping channel which allows consumers to give to charity without costing them a penny every time they shop.The objective of this group is to foster support for this project globally as it is currently ...

Utility Software - Open Source Members: 33
This is the place where you can suggest new open source utility software. Even your own tips, tricks, suggestions and experience

VASE - Vancouver Aboriginal Social Enterprise Members: 6
VASE is a community driven initiative to promote early childhood development within the urban aboriginal community. The business plan is to build a social enterprise based on the creation of a line of Aboriginal centric ECD products. The goal is to turn...

Vegetarian & Flexarian Experiences Members: 14
This group is for: 1) Vegetarians or flexarians (frequent vegetarians) to exchange vegetarian experiences and tips in living the vegetarian ways. In other words, how is being vegetarian impacting your life? 2) For non-vegetarians interested in taking up...

Venture Philanthropy Members: 79
A discussion of the issues and challenges faced by the venture philanthropy community. Questions to be considered: 1) What philanthropic models work best?; 2) How do you measure social results?; 3) In its short life, is VP making a difference -- what ar...

VillageTheGame Members: 6
About: Village (www.villagethegame.com - HQ out of Stanford, CA) is an educational multiplayer online real-time strategy game for the PC that immerses the player into the role of an [social] entrepreneur building companies to bring prosperity to the v...

Violations of the Self (mind/body/spirit/etc) Members: 10
What is rape? Can a woman rape another woman? What is the difference between sexual harrassment and hitting on someone? Does someone have to be purposeful in his/her actions in order to be abusive? Hopefully, we can discuss these questions and other...

VIP-Psychotherapy Members: 6
Volunteers In Psychotherapy (VIP) aims to correct problems managed care and cutbacks at public clinics have brought to psychotherapy. VIP provides truly private therapy in exchange for substantial volunteer work our clients provide independently and pr...

Visions4Africa Members: 27
**21 June 2001** - Spring changes into summer In this space, I am coming out of the closet, so to speak, with some of the stranger part of me. Taking a deep breath as I begin to type... During the week **before** the World Trade Tower attacks on 11 ...

WAM_Women Advancing Microfinance - Atlanta Members: 6
WAM-Atlanta is a member of `WAM-International`_, Women Advancing Microfinance. This group will be used as a place for members of the Atlanta group to communicate and to work on projects together. From the WAM-Int'l website: The mission of Women Adva...

WANTED ADS - Help, Advice or Networking Contacts Members: 152
STATEMENT OF INTENT This is not a discussion group. Treat it as a resource. Treat it as the *Want Ads* section of o.net. The group is intended to provide a one-stop entry point for anyone looking to build networks of contacts, solicit an introduction...

WDI: Simple Solutions to Waterborne Diarrheal Illnesses Members: 28
This group arose out of the Q4 2006 Omidyar funding proposal. The intent of this group is to work towards elimination and treatment of waterborne diarrheal illnesses. We see this happening in lifting awareness, focusing on solutions to the problems and...

We Are Americans Members: 19
This is a group set up by `Barbara Spalding`_ to discuss the role and status of immigrants in America, and how we can improve their status and our appreciation for what immigrants have done for America. .. _`Barbara Spalding` : http://omidyar.net/user/...

We Got The Beat Members: 20
We Got The Beat >> damn good music talk If music is your sickness; this is your disease baby. Rarely does an hour go by there's not some music playing at the office or in the house. Good music does good things for the soul and spirit. :: ...

Web Design :: Designing Websites That Work Members: 6
==== Web Design :: Designing Websites That Work ==== Due to omidyar.net closing down, much of the archived discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will be replicated at several new web sites: ==== Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see ht...

Web Empowerment :: Tools & Techniques Members: 6
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Empowerment : Empower Your Life Online! Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be l...

Web Wonks Members: 136
Lets discuss usability, interface and Design-Development. Multimedia, Gaming, Tools and System software, Open Source, Commercial content management and syndication. Sites you like and dislike. Announce your site or Beta. Site marketing, promotion and...

Welcome Wagon Members: 173
A Newcomer's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)? Greeters? Tour guides? A Front Porch? Buddies? Connecting "Connectors"? Other such tools? This group is to work on anything to make it easier for new people to become acclimated to this network so t...

What Constitutes a Living Wage? Members: 14
A subject of much interest to me as of late. Having completed Peace Corps service during which I made $600 US a month and taking a job at a great non-profit upon return, at which I made $270 US per month after paying for health care, I am curious to se...

Windmill Tilting Society Members: 46
This is a community of those who wish to discover and tilt windmills; to find opportunities for making the world a better place which may at first seem silly or insignificant, but in fact are core of the creative discovery process. It will provide compa...

Wishcraft Members: 10
A place to connect, share, and learn how to dream big again. The main idea behind Wishcraft? -- *tell someone!* Tell them what your best version of the future looks like, then let the six degrees of separation go to work. Whether you're looking to chas...

Workshops Members: 28
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Workshops Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & content wil...

World Heritage Conservation Members: 26
Professionals and organizations involved in world heritage conservation.

World Peace Members: 68
Ideas for achieving world peace go here. -------- Just a bit on how this started. In October, I posted an idea during a discussion in the Stanford Peace Project for Kids group. Bruce Denney started a discussion based on what I had said. Recently, I d...

World's Water Crisis Members: 53
The water group is a WelcomingSpace_ that serves to raise awareness about the World's Drinking Water Crisis. The group connects people and organizations interested in working toward a solution to this crisis. We invite you to join us and share your e...

Worldchanging Members: 152
Worldchanging.com explores new tools, models and ideas for improving the world and building a future which is bright, green and just. Every day, our international team of contributors brings you new looks at the environment, development, technology, sc...

Wounded Warriors Support (Vets with injuries/disabilities) Members: 7
This group will explore creative ways to help wounded warriors heal, regain abilities and to live full satisfying lives. For example, I suspect that much of the new work in the trauma field (biofeedback, relaxation response) hasn't yet been utilized as...

WTF: Winning Truth Feedback University of Collaborative Knowledge Members: 14
==== Much of the discussions, wiki and group contact addresses will continue at several new web sites: ==== .. contents:: Feedback University Online Help / Support Groups Network ==== see http://help-support.net/ (site should be live today, links & c...

Ya Can't Let Cancer Ruin Your Cay Members: 6
Our goal is to help families who are facing the ultimate challenge: their child has cancer. The book, "Ya Can't Let Cancer Ruin Your Day" has given great comfort to many families. We want to see a free copy of the book made avaiable to any parent whose ...

YackCasting Members: 1
How to use YackPack to YackCast to the network and discuss issues privately.

Youth Transition Funders Group Members: 45
This group focuses on improving the lives of our most vulnerable youth - those that have not received adequate education, those in the juvenile justice system, those transitioning out of foster care, and teen parents.

Comment 22 on Collaboration Cafe - how easy can we make it for youth demands' of worldwide changes

Chris, you didn't transfer any collaboration records. All you did was transfer group names of defunct groups - some of them defunct long before Omidyar ended. What's more, you copied them and lost all of the original links so you link to nothing.