1. Assisted the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Library Program in country research, strategic and implementation planning as it evaluated the potential for a number of new countries to participate in the program. The work also entailed reviewing/revising procurement and application processes as well as providing strategic advice related to the entire program.

2. Participated in the development of a strategic plan for iBridgeSM, a program of the Kauffman Innovation Network launched by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The iBridge Network was designed to more effectively disseminate and license the outputs of early-stage research by linking university researchers with broader academic and end-user communities. The assignment involved developing multiple strategies and tactics to address the 'buyer', 'seller' and technology transfer administrator elements of the project. The strategies covered multiple sectors and support opportunities.

3. Provided general strategy support for the JHAI Foundation, assisting with strategic direction and partnership opportunities for its sustainable training and village PC projects.

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Operational Support

1. Assisted the John Templeton Foundation in assessing the current state of its technology effort, reviewing current IT trends and then developed an integrated ICT strategy for the foundation going forward.

2. Assisted the newly created BeHealthWise network NGO in better defining and articulating its strategy in preparation for newly formed health clinic partnerships. BeHealthWise in association with NYU Medical school and other health clinics engages in targeted, local language outreach [versus centralized clinical care], referrals and follow-up for specific medical conditions that typically effect at-risk immigrant communities. It then engages in objective data collection to demonstrate the success of these interventions and efficacy of care and how they affect medical outcomes for this community.

3. Assisted the Eurasia Foundation in assessing its current and long term internal systems strategy. At its request, Internaut Consulting prioritized needs and recommended short term initiatives to engage in while they were in process of hiring an internal Systems Director -- whose job description Internaut Consulting also assisted in redefining.

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Social Enterprise Support

Participated in plan development identifying similarities in extant working models of social entrepreneurship and the creation of new models and approaches based on these successes. Participants in the discussion included NESsT, Compumentor/Techsoup, IDRC, Grameen Foundation Technology Center and the Shuttleworth Foundation.

Was engaged in the next stage of the project for Telecentre.org by the IDRC and Microsoft Community Affairs to develop practical scenarios leading to successful channel development that would deliver products and services to emerging markets through the Telecentre.org ecosystem of telecentres networks and individual telecentres.

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Sustainability Support

1. Advised the eiFL Network on a number of effective sustainability strategies in light of their current program offerings and opportunities that Internaut Consulting foresaw existed leveraging member and donor interest in their offerings.

2. Facilitated and provided expertise for an internal discussion of the Association of PVO Financial Managers & Personnel Co-op. The subjects were cross sector project collaboration, developing feasible operating structures for a mix pf sustainability and donor support.

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Surveys

Developed a capacity support survey for the Electronic Media portfolio in the Media, Arts and Culture unit of the Ford Foundation. The survey is designed to measure the media constituent's capacity needs so that further RFP's can be developed to meet them.

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Facilitation

1. Facilitated NPower National and the individual NPowers in a discussion of long term strategy and tangible initiatives they could pursue in the mid-term. Related discussion of network strategy was also a post-meeting deliverable.

2. Facilitated the Carnegie Corporation's International Development Program in discussing/developing its university and library strategy goals over the next five years.

3. Facilitated iEARN-US Board Retreat involving the review of current strategy, progress and goals, and the revamping of the strategy going forward to meet new challenges.

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Proposal & RFP Strategy Reviews

1. A capacity support proposal for the Carnegie Corporation from a well known nonprofit ASP.

2. A proposal developed by the Central & Eastern European Academic Network for publishing electronic journals.

3. A strategy developed by corporate client Clienttrack for a Case Management / CRM ASP to be used by non profits.

4. Participated in the development and review of a variety of RFP's and proposals related to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Library Program.

 

5. Review and provide ongoing advice to a major media donor (anon.) on convergence projects that merge Internet and traditional media.

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Research

1. Assisted the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation in research of cultural organizations and translation services on the web related to a project they were defining for their cultural portfolio.

2. Provided an analysis of technology and its potential for political change in Eurasia for an international agency of the US Government (anon.). It addressed what facilitates technology as an effective change agent in difficult circumstances based on the author’s experience exploiting technology for social change.

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Fundraising Proposal Development

Developed an effective fundraising strategy and proposal for continued support and outreach activities related to Capaciteria.

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Capacity Support

Received a two year grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to broaden the audience for Capaciteria, the nonprofit peer reviewed capacity resource. An initial project involved developing an open Fiscal Agency list by category.

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