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NGOs Win Greater Trust than Media and Businesses
	According to an international poll, nonprofits are trusted more than media, businesses, or governments. This trend is particularly true in the United States, where trust ratings for nonprofits have risen from 36 percent in 2001 to 55 percent today. When you consider what's happened in this country in the last four years, this should come as no surprise. Posted: 1/26/05; 2:59:04 PM #

The Change Masters
	In The Change Masters, Fast Company, despite its characteristic capitalist bias, nonetheless offers a fascinating perspective on the 25 organizations that they think are changing the world for the better. Posted: 1/26/05; 2:54:04 PM #

Open Systems for Open Politics

The World Social Forum opens this week in Brazil. The 1000 or so computers that will help empower this gathering are running a suite of open source software systems put together for this purpose over the course of the last two years by volunteer programmers from India, Brazil, France and Britain. The applications include the technology for live webcasting of over 400 panels and workshops. Posted: 1/26/05; 2:49:02 PM #