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These days I'm mostly blogging on Facilitating Change (see feed below) and working on my open publishing project, Artefatica. You can follow me on Twitter or Identica: @prefontaine.

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Microsoft helps Creative Commons reach fundraising goal

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Moving from e-Government to m-Government

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Incorporating communications into other activities & services

Posted on December 1, 2008 at 9:46pm —

Connect to global initiatives: Create a strong presence on telecentre.org

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Create a strong online presence

Posted on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Invest in a Community Facilitator

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[nět'wûrk'] noun. A community of purpose sustained by communication.

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The eavesdropping model

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Network Communications Guide

Posted on December 1, 2008 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments

Mobile access to media and the Internet among low-income South African youth

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Hugh McGuire on eBooks, mobile phones

Posted on October 20, 2008 at 12:00pm —

Sharing knowledge and helping each other using microblogging and text messaging

Posted on October 1, 2008 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

A vision for telecentre.org knowledge sharing

Posted on September 26, 2008 at 4:00pm —

An exciting first day at the European Telecentre Leaders Forum

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Electronic outreach: A practical list of places to spread the word about your good work

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The categories that best represent me (select all that apply). Note that you can create a separate profile for your organization:: Corporate/private sector

About Me (biography and organization description): I'm a knowledge-sharing, technology and communication for social change, and community-building geek. I've been working in development since 2000 and worked for telecentre.org from 2006 ot 2008. I'm now an independent consultant.

Areas of interest/expertise and types of services provided:: ICT4D, good governance, the environment

Blog: http://www.faciltiatingchange.org

Email (please note that this website is public, including your profile information): christine at facilitatingchange dot org

City (or closest town or municipality): Montreal

Country: Canada

Region: Global

Languages (in order of preference):: English, French, Spanish

Agreement with telecentre.org terms of use: I agree with telecentre.org terms of use (available at: http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/xn/detail/2086278:Note:6845)

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At 2:11pm on January 13, 2009, Marco Figueiredo said…: Hi Chris. It was good meeting you at Thryst... Soon I will be blogging here on Reverse Franchising Telecenters.

At 11:48am on November 3, 2008, Harsha Wijayawardhana said…: thanks christine at the moment
I'm in Germany and will be back in Sri Lanka on the 15th. it is nice to hear from you

At 9:40am on October 9, 2008, Marcelo Galarza said…: Hola Christine
El gusto es mío, estoy a tus ordenes.

Un abrazo

Marcelo

At 5:14am on October 9, 2008, Karishma Kiri said…: thank you christine! nice to hear from you.

At 2:14pm on July 23, 2008, Eiko Kawamura said…: I like your dark pink style. Miss you linda!

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