Social Change Activists and the Internet

Strategic Uses of the Internet

Facilitative Strategies

Organizational maintenance

Fundraising
grants and foundations
Charity Village (Canada)
The Foundation Center (U.S.)
online donations
American Red Cross
commercial sales / e-commerce
Web Networks' Online Marketplace
recruit volunteers
Greenpeace Cyber-Activists
Impact Online - Virtual Volunteers

Project management
internal (team communication, updates)
external (partners, funders, stakeholders)

Intra-organizational communications
documents (e.g., announcements, minutes, policies, schedules, etc.)
informal communications (jokes, party plans, personal e-mail, etc.)

Co-ordination of action

Citizens for Local Democracy
Council of Canadians anti-MAI campaign

Joint policy development

Kyoto Protocol
official UN site
IISD Linkages

Information sharing

newsletters
Canadian Auto Workers - Health, Safety and Environment Newsletter
events calendars
Web Networks
job postings
Charity Village
live conference updates
OPC Prevention Congress -

Reference materials

organizations
Web Networks
online resources
Zapatistas in Cyberspace
Empowerment Resources