Open Source Organization
Source: http://www.communityorganizer20.com/2009/11/05/where-is-the-open-source-organization/ Where is The Open Source Organization? Posted: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:29:59 +0000 Image courtesy of ExtraFunky Almost a year ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “The Non-Profit Quarterly Report.” In this post, I argued that nonprofit organizations should offer online quarterly reports, and mimic the transparency exemplified by Jonathan Schwartz’ online quarterly reports. (Jonathan is the CEO of Sun Microsystems.) John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design and social media advocate, argues that “in many cases complete clarity should be a leader’s goal rather than complete transparency.” If you combine the concepts of organizational ...
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