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So how is this going to help you do your work? Practical examples on web2.0 for development

By Joitske Hulsebosch

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Different purposes

E-learning and communities E-information management E-PR E-fundraising E-advocacy E-networking E-coaching

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E-learning and learning networks

Online communities of practice- expertise connected for quicker learning

(https://www.oxfamkic.org/irj/portal/; http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/afrophonewikis/ (with RSS feed!); www.dgroups.org

Thematic blogs & blogging ‘communities’

http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com, http://iaald.blogspot.com/index.html

New possibilities for collecting information - and again- connecting with other people

(http://icollaborate.blogspot.com/2007/01/focuss-search-engine-for-development.html

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E-information management RSS feeds for quicker

scanning/continuously updated links by tagging communities

(http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com, www.km4dev.org; http://nptech.info/

Better results in searches (eg. Google coop)

http://www.focuss.eu/

Wikis as quick and dynamic portalsBirdflu wiki http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Resources.Resources

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E-networking Using existing social networks like

my space(Unicef: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=109701792

Building hyves like-networks for specific purposes

(Helpalot : http://helpalot.org

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E-PR

Human stories and changed images for the public by blogs

(VSO http://www.vso-stories.net); Christian Aid http://nightingalesangatwcc.typepad.com/tajikistan/

Or by podcasts

UNICEF Pakistan’s earthquake podcast http://odeo.com/audio/548321/view

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E-fundraising

Adding widgets for online fundraising

http://beth.typepad.com/

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E-Advocacy

Integrating online and offline approaches Sevendays at a minimum wages using real life experiments,

youtube and email http://www.sevendaysatminimumwage.org/

Human voice changing perspectives

Iraqi bloggers http://www.streamtime.org/Global voices with bridge bloggers http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/

Analyzing data using mapsInclusive building and interactive maps http://nkca.ucla.edu/

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E-coaching

Support to people from a distance for personal and professional development

Project VSO/PSO/ICCO with youth http://www.pso.nl/nieuws/nieuwsitemzoeksite.asp?nieuws=167

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What do YOU want to do?