Grantmaking in a Web 2.0 World

NTEN March 2007

Is the web -- many small pieces loosely joined - making old grantmaking practices in advocacy and democratic engagement obsolete? What does grantmaking in an interactive world look like? This is a world where we operate in communities of practice and affinity, in fluid social networks, in a public with increasing transparency and a high degree of public accountability. It is a world where media, corporations, and the political establishment are no longer sacred but subjected to thousands of people with a camera cellphone and an online voice, and where the democratization of innovation as well as everyday-people-generated content changes how we conduct ourselves not only as consumers but as citizens. more