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| CitizenSpeak |
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Sometimes a systems perspective can get you in trouble. I know it has with me sometimes, as I have found myself struggling to identify the borders of a project. I increasingly admire those projects that do one thing and do it well. That seems to be the case with CitizenSpeak, a free email advocacy service modeled on MoveOn. If you like that model, this is definitely worth a close look. David Geilhufe pointed out to me that, if you're hosting a Drupal systems, email advocacy features of Citizenspeak are a module that you could install.
Posted: 6/19/06; 2:43:12 PM # |
| Looking for Ideas in All the Wrong Places |
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Subtitled "An Argument for Staying in the Box", Ishmael and Callahan's paper on Looking for Ideas in All the Wrong Places (8 page PDF) is a argument for the role that constraints play in fostering creativity. I remember the experience of a writing workshop I once took, where the exercises had extraordinary, almost impossible constraints. The creativity this promoted was remarkable. I would like to explore this much further in a capacity building context.
Posted: 6/19/06; 2:36:45 PM # |
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