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Dgroups

Dgroups is a user-friendly online platform that fosters groups and communities in development. With over 2300 groups and 92,000 users, Dgroups is a partnership of many development organizations.

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Dgroups

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  1. Dgroups • Development Through Dialogue Web 2.0 before Web 2.0 ? Michael Roberts, IDRC/Bellanet Peter Ballantyne September 2007

  2. Overview • What is Dgroups? • The Emergence of Dgroups • Dgroups 2.0 +

  3. What is Dgroups? • “The starting point for fostering groups and community in development” • Makes it easy for anyone to use • A partnership of many development organizations

  4. What is Dgroups? • Over 2300 groups, 92,000 users • Member-supported • Bellanet (IDRC), CGIAR, COHRED, CTA, Context, DFID, EADI, ECDPM, FAO, Helvatas, Hivos, ICCO, IICD, INASP, KIT, OneWorld, UNAIDS, SNV, WorldBank

  5. Dgroups.org

  6. Dgroups.org

  7. The Emergence of Dgroups

  8. The Emergence of Dgroups

  9. The Emergence of Dgroups

  10. The Emergence of Dgroups

  11. The Emergence of Dgroups

  12. The Mashup Moment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “A mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool...” LYRIS Mailing List Manager - data Workspace Cold Fusion Scripting Application +

  13. The Emergence of Dgroups

  14. The Emergence of Dgroups

  15. The Flexible Design Moment Greater interest to use Dgroups if the workspace look and feel is flexible. [ Dgroup Skins ]

  16. The How to Scale Moment How to automate the creation of these workspaces, from tens to thousands in a manageable way?

  17. The Eureka Moment • 2002 - Development organizations put their resources together to create a common good

  18. The Emergence of Dgroups March 31, 2003 “Dgroups: International Partners Launch Online Community Platform For immediate release: Dgroups: International Partners Launch Online Community Platform Bellanet, DFID, ICA, IICD, OneWorld, UNAIDS and UNECA are proud to announce Dgroups, an online community platform for groups working in development and human rights around the world. Many groups make Dgroups their home, for instance...”

  19. Dgroups.org

  20. Challenges that emerged as Dgroups grew • Closed system - few developers • Re-organizing the processes for helping one another when there is a problem • Establishing an effective governance model as the number of Dgroups partners grew • Email Spam • Adding value across the communities

  21. Lessons • Working as a partnership has been a success - now almost 100,000 users, partners and donors sharing responsibilities eg. language translation • Email applications still important in development • Organizations need to provide the space for people to experiment • “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new” • “Waves of innovation come from individuals in need of something they couldn’t find” Scott Berkin

  22. Dgroups 2.0 + The Future

  23. Dgroup 2.0 + The Future

  24. Dgroups vs FaceBook • Focus on Groups • Trust of Data Use • No Advertising • Low Bandwidth users have some access by email • Easy to Use • Public Good • Focus on Person • Viral sharing - process of discovery • Fun ? • Customizable • Ability to integrate new applications • Private Sector

  25. Dgroup 2.0 + • Better sharing across groups - tagging etc. • Modular Design - highly customizable - new ways to share - Wikis Module, Blogs, Podcasts (Audio/Video) etc. • Better ability to aggregate data into Dgroups - RSS, Google Maps

  26. Dgroup 2.0 + • Community of Communities - Sharing beyond Dgroups • New host - new platform or build upon existing web services ? • Increased efforts to strengthen use of Dgroups within developing countries • Other ways to share and communicate - Mobile • Emerging governance and administrative framework

  27. Thank You! Dgroups Membership (Closed) Meeting Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00 Canada Room Building A Room A356/7 (3rd floor) Michael Roberts, IDRC/Bellanet Peter Ballantyne September 2007

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