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 Number 4, July 2002
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publisher: Isoph (http://www.isoph.com/)
editor in chief: Celisa Steele | senior editor: Jeff Cobb | contributing editor: Christian Oliver
sophist@isoph.com
The fourth issue of The Sophist explores the capacity continuum and looks at a successful online community.
We all have words we'd be happy to never hear again. But there are other words that we simply can't give up--or aren't willing to give up without a fight. More >>
The intense scrutiny by the nonprofit sector of topics like effectiveness, capacity, and learning leads naturally to the question of where and how, concretely, these things occur. The answers are important because they suggest where capacity builders should focus their efforts. But, as nearly every capacity builder and every organization knows, the answers can also be elusive. More >>
The second piece in our new recurring column features the thoughts of Sharron Rush, executive director of Knowbility, on the nonprofit sector. More >>
Even if you don't watch the shows, frequent the myriad Web sites devoted to Trekiana, or travel to Star Trek conventions, you're doing something similar if you attend a national foundation conference or post messages to an online nonprofit technology discussion board. The common denominator is sharing information. More >>
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation fights the use of jargon; find out what terms you should avoid. Learn about new sites for and by those who are traditionally disempowered (apologies to Tony Proscio for use of the term disempowered), and read three good articles on online communities and what it takes to run them. More >>
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