Organizers' Collaborative

Andy Carvin, Web 2.0 guru at PBS, has posted a nice piece on the Center for Digital Future Report (http://www.digitalcenter.org/). Here is a brief blurb:

"Perhaps one of the most interesting results of the survey is the suggestion that online communities have a direct impact on civic participation. Just over one-fifth of online community members - 20.3 percent - take action offline for a cause related to their online communities at least once a year. Nearly 65 percent of online community members say they now engage in civic causes that were new to them when they started going online, while an additional 43.7 percent say they participate in social activism more since they’ve joined their online communities. This may explain why 43 percent of online community members feel as strongly about their virtual life as they do about their real-world life."

To read more of Andy's post visit:
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/2006/12/understanding_the_impact_of_on.html