by Kare Anderson | Oct 10, 2010 | Book, collaboration, Collective Clout, community, Local, non-profit
“I had a woman in Idaho tell me that her options for employment went from one job to hundreds because of her ability to work from home after receiving broadband,” said DigitalBridge founder, Kelley Dunne. In partnership with others including Internet providers he...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 17, 2010 | behavior, Book, Collective Intelligence
One Saturday a friend who lives on Nob Hill in S.F. drove a zipcar over to visit me in Sausalito. He was eager to tell me about his trip to Istanbul, paid for by renting out his spare bedroom. Earlier that morning, via a freecycle posting, a stranger picked up some...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 8, 2010 | Book, Caring, Co-Create, collaboration, Collective Intelligence
“The bottom-up world is to be the great theme of this century.” ~ Matt Ridley Nobody can know everything, nor do everything well. Yet you can know someone who does – or know somebody who knows somebody who does. And that may be the secret to staying...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 2, 2010 | behavior, Caring, Collective Intelligence, community, Local
What makes a community abundant in this new new normal world? In this uncertain economy where budgets of local governments and non-profit budgets will continue to get slashed, it is especially heartening to read the mutual-reliance message inherent in this book. How...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 28, 2010 | Book, CrowdSource
Like the Aussies, you’d probably jump at the chance to preserve your country’s past – especially if you could fit your volunteer work into convenient breaks in your day. That’s why it’s worth your while to learn about the crowdsourced Trove project. But another...
