Spring Research Forum, March 15-16, 2001
The Impact of Information Technology on Civil Society
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

Forum Paper Presenters

Presenters at the 2001 Spring Research Forum included:

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• Dalberto Adulis, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
  Challenges to Overcome the Digital Divide in the Brazilian Amazon: Constructing a Social Development Information Network   (PDF)

• Derek J. Aitken, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, and  Karla W. Simon, Catholic University of America
  Information Technology and the Enabling Environment for Civil Society   (PDF)
  † INDEPENDENT SECTOR recognizes this academic and practitioner collaboration

• Alan Bentley, Volunteer Centre of Hamilton and District (United Kingdom)
  The Feasibility of Nonprofit Organizations using the Internet and a Web-Based Resource Centre for Training, Learning and Accessing Resources   (PDF)

• Richard Bercuvitz, McGill University
  Understanding Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector: Information Technology and Social Entrepreneurship  (Word file)

• Jennifer Bremer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  The Disintermediation of the State: A Paper Proposal on the Consequences of Internet-led International NGO Involvement in Emerging Democracies   (PDF) 

• Stephanie M. Creaturo, Changing Our World
  The Digital Workforce: How Technology is Transforming Nonprofit Job Training Programs   (PDF)
  *Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund stipend recipient

• Anne Hays Egan, New Ventures, and Sarah Williams, Just the Basics
  Dealing with the Digital Divide: Challenges and Sector Responses   (PDF)

• Mark Gannon, Institute for Volunteering Research (United Kingdom)
  Utilising Technology in Volunteer-Involving Organisations   (PDF)
  *Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund stipend recipient

• Peter Dobkin Hall, Harvard University
  Technology and Community: Elite Philanthropic Culture versus Grassroots Empowerment in New Haven, CT 

• Kemly Camocho, Fundación Acceso (Costa Rica)
  Evaluating the Impact of the Internet in Civil Society Organizations of Central America   (PDF) 

• Junki Kim, Seoul National University (Korea)
  Electronic Advocacy by Non-government Organizations in Korea: Changing Practice of Political Advocacy   (PDF)

• Josh Kirschenbaum and Radhika Kunamneni, Policy Link
  Bridging the Organizational Divide: Pathways for Creating Online Community Content and Applications   (PDF)
  *Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund stipend recipient

• Jeff Krehely and Maria Montilla, The Urban Institute
  Equitably Wired? Assessing E-Advocacy Techniques of National Child Advocacy Organizations   (PDF) 

• Nancy Macduff and Tricia Dwyer-Morgan, Points of Light Foundation
  The Power to Perform: A Picture of the Capacity of Nonprofit Volunteer Programs to Access and Use Information Technology   (PDF) 

• John G. McNutt, Boston College; Kristen Burke, Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Organization; Katherine Boland, Rowan University; Jennifer Bartron, United Way of the Capital Area; and David Rice, Harvard University
  Wired in Beantown: A Study of On-line Advocacy by Non-Profits in the Greater Boston Area   (PDF) 

• John G. McNutt, William Keaney, Paul Crawford, Lynn Schubert, and Carrie Sullivan, Boston College
  Going On-line for Children: A National Study of Electronic Advocacy by Non-Profit Child Advocacy Agencies   (PDF)

• Linda Nemec and Brian Kroneman, Citizens Democracy Corps
  The Impact of IT on a Volunteer Program Active in Developing Countries: A View From a Practitioner's Standpoint   (PDF) 

• Maria Papadakis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Information Technology and Disadvantaged Communities: The Prospects for Effective Philanthropy   (PDF) 

• Thomas H. Pollak and Linda M. Lampkin, The Urban Institute
  How Technology is Changing the Role of Nonprofit Umbrella Associations   (PDF) 

• Laxmi Ramasubramanian, The University of New England
  Where's the Power in Empowerment? How Community-Based Organizations Shape Social Policies   (PDF) 

• James V. Riker, The Union Institute
  Using Information Technology to Foster Democracy: The Potentials and Perils of Civil Society Advocacy in Asia   (PDF)

• Carole Rosenstein, The Urban Institute
  How New Technology Influences the Mediating Role of Nonprofit Arts Organizations: Comparing New Technology Programs at The Spanish Colonial Arts Society and the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts   (PDF) 

• Judith R. Saidel and Stephanie J. Cour, University at Albany, SUNY
  Information Technology and the Voluntary Sector Workplace   (PDF) 
  *Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund stipend recipient

• Jo Anne Schneider, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  Small, Minority Based Nonprofits in the Information Age: Examples from Kenosha, WI   (PDF) 

• Martin Sime, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (United Kingdom)
  Can the Voluntary Sector Be Players in the New Economy?   (PDF) 

• Dov Te'eni, Bar-Ilan University (Israel), and Dennis R. Young, Case Western Reserve University
  An Agenda for NFPs in the New Economy: Their Role as Intermediaries   (PDF) 

• Michele Waslin, University of Notre Dame
  Information Technology, Transnational Human Rights Movements, and Domestic Human Rights NGO's: The Case of Mexico   (PDF) 

• Merith Weisman-Ross, Volunteer Center of Rhode Island
  The Impact of Information Technology on Volunteerism and the Nonprofit Sector: A Rhode Island Case Study   (PDF)

• James P. Winship, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Paul K. Dezendorf, East Carolina University
  Sharing Information and Creating Knowledge: Assessing the Value of On-Line Resources to Homeless Shelter Workers   (PDF)

• David C. Wyld, Southeastern Louisiana University
  B2NP: Employing Business-to-Business Commerce Exchange Techniques in the Nonprofit Sector   (PDF)