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Publishing
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Information Ecology Caucus, CSD NGO Steering Committee
Established the Information Ecology Caucus of the NGO Steering Committee to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. Compiled Information Ecology section of NGO Recommendations for Earth Summit II. In recognition that the activities of the Caucus were growing far beyond the scope of the Commission on Sustainable Development, the Caucus was reconstituted as an independent NGO Caucus.
information-habitat.net/projects/iec-csd.htm
access to information,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
publishing,
sustainable development,
united nations
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New York, NY
1997.02-2000.03
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NGO Forum '96 Preparations
Set up, organized and supervised management of the FORUM96 database to organize the schedule of over 1,800 events and activities of NGOs at the NGO Forum '96, incorporating systematic procedures for organizing schedules and resolving schedule conflict; generated daily reports, schedules, web pages and signs for the events.
information-habitat.net/projects/forum96p.htm
access to infoMmation,
conference documents,
conference registration,
conferences,
database,
dataperfect digital engines,
dissemination of information,
ecological design,
electronic publishing,
habitat & human settlements,
information ecology,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
publishing,
training,
united nations
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Istanbul, Turkey
1995.10-1996.06
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Towards Earth Summit II - NGO/CSD Steering Committee
Compiled, edited and produced Towards Earth Summit II: NGO Recommendations for Action and Commitments, the principal NGO document prepared for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session for Five Year Review of the agreements of the 1992 Earth Summit.
information-habitat.net/projects/csdngo-p.htm
conference documents,
conferences,
consensus documents,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
united nations
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New York, NY
M997.03-1997.07
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International NGO Facilitating Group for Habitat II (IFG)
Designed and implemented strategy for communications and access to information among member of the International Facilitating Group (IFG) and non-governmental organizations accredited to Habitat II. Managed the principal electronic mailing list for the Habitat II conference. Disseminated official conference documents and announcements and NGO documents via electronic mailing lists, and on diskette. Maintained web site for the IFG and a database of members and caucuses.
information-habitat.net/projects/ifg.htm
access to information,
conferences,
database,
electronic publishing,
habitat & human settlements,
information infrastructure,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
publishing,
united nations
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New York, NY
1995.06-1997.06
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UN Habitat, New York Liaison Office
Designed and developed web site for Habitat II documents; designed and managed database of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) - and their representatives - accredited to Habitat II; designed and supervised NGO registration procedures for PrepCom III and for Habitat II; generated and formatted data for official reports of NGO accreditation. Organized and facilitated procedures for NGO access to online commuMications from conference site in Istanbul. Designed and initiated integrated online partnership framework for monitoring and implementing the Habitat Agenda.
information-habitat.net/projects/unchs-ny.htm
access to information,
conferences,
database,
electronic publishing,
email lists,
habitat & human settlements,
local area network,
public participation,
publishing,
training,
united nations,
web sites
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New York, NY
1995.04-1997.07
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Parliament of the People
Co-opted member of the Facilitating team for a Parliament of the People that was covened as a grassroots parallel process to the Parliament of World Religions; Facilitated and published three special issues of "Your Voice" to record the proceedings of a Parliament of the People.
information-habitat.net/projects/pop.htm
conference documents,
conferences,
interfaith dialogue,
participant interactive message system,
participatory processes,
public participation,
publishing,
religion
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Chicago, IL
1993.09-1993.09
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Your Voice
Facilitated and published eleven issues of Your Voice - a participant interactive message system for participants to record their thoughts, observations, and ideas and reflections during the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions, including three special issues for a "Parliament of the People."
information-habitat.net/projects/yv.htm
electronic publishing,
interfaith dialogue,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
publishing,
religion
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Chicago, IL
1993.08-1993.09
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Parliament of World Religions
Co-opted member of a thirty-person facilitating team for the Parliament. Active participant on the facilitating team; compiled, edited and published a Summary Report of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders for the Facilitating Team based on the reports and observations of the members of the team.
information-habitat.net/projects/pwr.htm
conference documents,
conferences,
electronic publishing,
interfaith dialogue,
publishing,
religion
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Chicago, IL
1993.08-1993.09
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NGO Steering Committee to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
Compilation of information and documents relating to the Commission in electronic format and dissemination on diskette and online. Set up and maintained membership database, electronic mailing lists and world wide web site for the Committee to strengthen communications and access to information among non-governmental organizations participating in the Commission on Sustainable Development. Hosted initial office for the Northern Clearinghouse and provided supervision and technical support. Established Information Ecology Caucus and has served as its Northern Chair.
information-habitat.net/projects/csdngo.htm
database,
electronic publishing,
email lists,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
training,
united nations,
web sites
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New York, NY
1993.05-2001.05
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Ideas for Tomorrow Today
Edited and published final version of the NGO Alternative Treaties - in book form and on diskette - as "Alternative Treaties: Synergistic Processes for Sustainable Communities and Global Responsibility". Made available diskette copies of the Rio Agreements and the database of UNCED-accredited NGOs. Created a full-text relational database of the Rio Agreements - Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, Convention on Biodiversity, Framework Climate Convention, NGO Alternative Treaties and the Women's Action Agenda. Created, corrected and updated a database of signatories of the treaties. Edited and published an issue of NGO Alternative Treaties Bulletin.
information-habitat.net/projects/itt.htm
database,
electronic publishing,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development
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Milbrook, United Kingdom
1992.09-1993.03
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Da Zi Bao at Rio
Published Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Exchange Process during the '92 Global Forum at Rio de Janeiro. Modified and refined Da Zi Bao database, installed software on a 20 workstation local area network. A total of fifty-eight issues of Da Zi Bao were published - in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French - with a total staff, mostly university student volunteers, of 115 people.
information-habitat.net/projects/dzb-rio.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conferences,
database,
information exchange,
interactive processes,
ngo networks, committees & caucuses,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
training,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1992.06-1992.06
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Synergistic Processes project
The principal focus project has been the application of information and communication technology in support of effective communication, access to information, and broad-based participation for the non-governmental organization community in the UNCED process and follow-up activities.
Member of facilitation team at the 1993 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago, co-edited Your Voice interactive bulletin, with responsibility for special issues that organized and presented reports from a Parliament of the People and from the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.
During the UNCED preparations, project activities included the publication of the Da Zi Bao interactive bulletin at PrepCom IV and at the Global Forum in Rio; the latter involved publication of the bulletin in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French with a total staff, including volunteers, of 115 people. After Rio, the work involved compilation and publication of the Alternative Treaties, dissemination on disk of the official Rio agreements and the alternative treaties in several languages, the design, implementation and dissemination of a database of the NGOs accredited to UNCED and the organization of the text of the Rio agreements and the alternative treaties into a full text searchable database.
information-habitat.net/projects/spp.htm
database,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1992.01-1995.06
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Roots of the Future: International NGO Conference
Developed comprehensive proposal for information, communication and networking resources at the Roots of the Future international conference for NGOs sponsored by the Government of France, and organized by the Environmental Liaison Centre International, and held in Paris in preparation for UNCED; designed and published nine issues of Da Zi Bao: An Interactive Exchange Process, an interactive bulletin for participants in the conference, supervising staff of nine people; designed and supervised registration database and produced directories of conference participants; provided technical assistance in word processing, desk top publishing and electronic communications.
Disseminated conference information and documents - including Agenda Ya Wananchi - online and on disk, and continued to organize and publish Da Zi Bao at the next and final Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Environment and Development and at the Earth Summit and '92 Global Forum.
information-habitat.net/projects/paris.htm
access to information,
conference documents,
conference registration,
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
dissemination of information,
information ecology,
participant interactive message system,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
training,
unced / earth summit,
united nations
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Paris, France
1991.11-1991.12
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Information Habitat: Where Information Lives
Guides and directs Information Habitat - a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council - with a focus on promoting the understanding and practice of information ecology as a holistic life science and as a framework to support a global transition to knowledge-based economies, societies and environments. Throughout the global conferences of the 1990s, Information Habitat has been the leading pioneer in the systematic application of information and communications technologies in support of broad-based participation, access to information and networking by NGOs involved in the work of the United Nations, and the development of an information ecology framework that can support a transition to sustainability, human rights, justice and peace, in the context of an integrated follow up to the agreements of the United Nations Conferences of the 1990s and their reconciliation with international trade and investment agreements.
information-habitat.net/projects/ihwil.htm
conferences,
database,
ecological design,
economics,
electronic publishing,
information ecology,
interfaith dialogue,
mathematics,
one light in all,
peace,
public participation,
publishing,
sustainable development,
united nations
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Baltimore, MD
1990.06-
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Who Is Who: People, Projects and Organizations in Service to the Earth
Database design, development and management and desk top publishing of Who Is Who: People, Projects and Organizations in Service to the Earth for the VisionLink Education Foundation; provided training and support in word processing, data entry, report generation and routine database management.
information-habitat.net/projects/whoiswho.htm
consulting,
database,
environment,
publishing,
training
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New York, NY
1990.05-1991.04
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Baltimore City Public Schools
Organized, formatted and presented data and produced a comprehensive Report Card on Elementary Schools in Baltimore with comprehensive statistics on measures of school performance and behavior. The Report was prepared and disseminated under the auspices of the Education Committee of the Citizens' Planning and Housing Association in Baltimore. The data were compiled and integrated in a DataPerfect relational database - and the report was generated as a single, massive - by prevailing standards - mail-merge document in Wordperfect 5.0 with data from an assortment of data sources within the Baltimore City Public School system, resulting in the first-ever integrated presentation of performance data for the public schools in Baltimore.
information-habitat.net/projects/schools.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
children,
database,
education,
government,
information ecology,
public participation,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1990.02-1990.04
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Friends Committee on Unity with Nature
Coordinated and edited "Queries on Unity with Nature" that were included as the Quaker contribution to the Environmental Sabbath materials published by the United Nations Environment Programme; edited and produced Unity with Nature Resource Packet; compiled and edited "Queries on Environment and Development" submitted to the Globescope Pacific Assembly.
information-habitat.net/projects/fcun.htm
conferences,
consensus documents,
database,
environment,
interfaith dialogue,
one light in all,
publishing,
quakers,
values
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Ann Arbor, MI
1988.02-1991.01
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Better Waverly Community Organization
Served as Co-Chair for Better Waverly; assisted in organizing neighborhood clean-up days; established and edited Better Waverly newsletter; developed and maintained integrated database for membership and organizational records, generating mailing labels - including ZIP+4 codes - and directories as needed. Expanded the database to include ownership records for every property in the neighborhood, classified as to zoning and type of ownership, enabling the identification of ownership of properties in violation of Housing codes - mostly owned by absentee landlords; initiated community gardening project.
information-habitat.net/projects/bwco.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
database,
habitat & human settlements,
home ownership,
information ecology,
publishing,
recycling,
urban agriculture
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Baltimore, MD
1985.10-1990.05
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Alternative Press Center
Designed and developed DataPerfect relational database system for classifying and organizing coding of articles in alternative and progressive publication. Developed report formats using DataPerfect and WordPerfect that generated the contents of the Alternative Press Index, a quarterly publication that has been a primary library reference resource for alternative progressive periodicals. Provided training in data entry and report generation.
information-habitat.net/projects/apc.htm
baltimore,
database,
dataperfect digital engines,
information ecology,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1982.06-1989.09
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Baltimore Area Community Organizations
Technical support and training in the application of microcomputer technology in support of increased effectiveness of community organizations. Clients were community-based organizations working in community development, social justice, health, environment and peace. A primary focus was the integration of database and desktop publishing with WordPerfect for DOS.
information-habitat.net/projects/balto.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
database,
information ecology,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1982.02-1991.03
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Baltimore City Jail Administrative Analysis
Developed microcomputer plans, training and recommendations; developed and edited Policy and Procedures Manual for compliance with Maryland State standards; published staff newsletter; produced audiovisual materials for orientation of incoming residents; developed plans and proposals; prepared budgets and position descriptions; served as in-house consultant to mid-level correctional and administrative staff, including the design and management of a process for maintenance of an orderly schedule for meals, recreation and other services to inmates.
information-habitat.net/projects/bcj-adm.htm
access to information,
administrative procedures,
baltimore,
consensus documents,
corrections,
law and the courts,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1981.10-1986.03
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Workers' Action Press
Provided support and training in desktop publishing and word processing, using WordPerfect for DOS.
information-habitat.net/projects/wap.htm
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1981.01-1988.12
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Baltimore Information Cooperative
Wrote successful grant proposal for initial funding of the organization, which was established to provide support and assistance to small charitable and community organizations in the use of microcomputers. Served as Co-ordinator - in conjunction with a cooperative arrangement with the Baltimore City Jail for a half-time leave of absence to work with the Baltimore Information Cooperative; support and training in use of database, spreadsheets and word processing and recommendations for microcomputer purchase.
information-habitat.net/projects/bic.htm
access to information,
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
database,
information ecology,
public participation,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1980.10-1984.04
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Baltimore Defense Committee
Participated in support activitites for the Baltimore Defense Committee, which the Interfaith Peace Committee became after the burning of draft records by the "Catonsville Nine", led by the later Fasther Phillip Berrigan; assisted in planning meetings, rallies, etc., folded and stapled flyers, and stuffed and sorted envelopes, and prepared them for non-profit mail delivery.
information-habitat.net/projects/bdc.htm
baltimore,
community-based organizations,
peace,
publishing
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Baltimore, MD
1968.03-1972.01
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Digital Engine