Great Articles and Papers We Have Run Across
Visualizing Information for Advocacy - An Introduction to Information Design
This manual offers an introduction to information design. It is intended to provide NGOs with a useful and powerful tool for advocacy and research. The manual was written and designed by John Emerson, Principal at Apperceptive LLC.
http://backspace.com, http://apperceptive.com
It was coordinated and produced by the Tactical Technology Collective.
http://tacticaltech.org
Discovering the Activation Point - Sparking Will Into Action
It’s easy for people to talk the talk—but translating that talk into action can be
challenging. It often turns out people say they care one way but act another—
or don’t act at all. Nonprofit organizations frequently set out to raise awareness
of an issue. But it takes more than awareness to move people. Activation
requires motivation: The audience must have the will to act.
Journalism 2.0 - How to Survive and Thrive
A digital literacy guide for the information age. An initiative of J-Lab and the Knight Citizen News Network
Choosing and Using Free and Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits
Written by Michelle Murain, published by the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative, released under the Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License