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The Ten Faces of Innovation

Tom Kelley runs an innovation consulting firm. In The Ten Faces of Innovation he describes a vision of innovation that has a place for everyone. His ten faces are The Anthropologist, The Experimenter, The Cross-Pollinator, The Hurdler, The Collaborator, The Director, The Experience Architect, The Set Designer, The Storyteller, and The Caregiver. I think too often innovation is seen as the role of specialists or of certain very specific personality types, so it is encouraging to see a vision that is so inclusive. Posted: 10/20/05; 6:04:53 PM #

MapAction

We saw some of the relatively new power of online mapping during Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans. MapAction is a UK based NGO that provides real time mapping services for relief and development work. Their capabilities page has a nice illustration that shows the flow of information that supports their work, including observation satellites, field teams with PDAs, GPS, and lots of data integration. Posted: 10/20/05; 6:00:15 PM #

ACLU: Tell Our "Intelligent Design" Clients They Have Support

This is a great example of the kind of frictionless cultivation that is possible these days: The American Civil Liberties Union is asking its stakeholders to send supportive messages to the families who are part of the religious freedom lawsuit going on in Pennsylvania right now. (This is about local school officials putting religious instruction into biology courses through the concept of "intelligent design".) There is no request for money at all and the only add-on options are about expanding the channels of communication between the ACLU and its stakeholders. This is fantastic. Posted: 10/20/05; 5:55:05 PM #

Sutter Strikers Blog
	To the best of my knowledge, the Sutter Strikers Blog is the first use of a weblog for documenting and communicating this kind of labor action. Recent posts include descriptions of violence against strikers by mercenaries in the employ of The Steele Foundation (not our kind of foundation, mind you) and the day to day drudge of working a picket line. Posted: 10/20/05; 5:45:43 PM #

Order Back Issues of Nonprofit Online News Journal

We've decided to make back issues of our Journal available for sale. There are currently five back issues available on the order page, back to when we had our formal launch in May. You might want to check out the contents of back issues to see if you are interested in any of the articles and quicksheets that we've published only in the Journal. We've also decided to make single back issues available with either an individual or an organizational license, so that (with the latter) you can share material on your intranet. Posted: 10/20/05; 5:19:21 PM #