ifPeople Newsletter, October 2004
Document Actions
Volume 1, No. 5 of the ifPeople Informational Newsletter.
ifPeople Newsletter (en Español)
October 2004 (Vol. 1, No. 5)
This past month has been exciting. We are glad to have met many new people at Green Festival in DC, as well as many other events. If this is your first newsletter, welcome to our responsible enterprise community! ifPeople is pleased to bring you the latest edition of our newsletter with a new format to present news, news about ifPeople, and information about important upcoming events. We hope you enjoy it and, as always, welcome your comments and suggestions.
Best wishes,
Chris Johnson and Tirza Hollenhorst
ifPeople co-founders
News and resources for the community
====================================
_____Green Building gets high-tech tools Green Building XML (gbXML). The Green Building XML Schema is designed to be the best solution for architects, building designers, CAD developers, and product manufacturers who want to incorporate green building principles in their designs, tools, and products. The objective of this schema is to facilitate interoperability between the various building design and facilities management software tools in use today as well as those that will be available in the future. The XML schema is a universal language that allows for data to be exchanged in a format readable by any computer. This schema is used in a wide array of applications, including the templates developed in ifPeople Web applications. For more see: http://xml.coverpages.org/gbXML.html
_____ifPeople launches guide for Web marketing
What good is a Web site if your intended audience cannot, or does not, find it? With the overwhelming quantity of information and sites competing for the attention of potential customers, it is more important
than ever to have a Web site that is built around the strategic goals of your enterprise and employs intelligent marketing strategies. ifPeople releases a new guide today that reviews the key elements of successful Internet marketing. Download the guide here: http://www.ifpeople.net/resources/downloads/internet-marketing-ifpeople.pdf/file_view .
_____ifPeople launches a new Free Software resource
Leveraging Free and Open Source Software is a key factor in ifPeople's approach to technology. Here is a brief look at what Free Software is and what it's chief benefits are: http://ifpeople.net/resources/downloads/freesoftware
_____Leading Web application technology, Plone, continues to thrive Plone, the leading Open Source Content Management System (CMS), and part of ifPeople's preferred Web technology platform, has continued to gain momentum over the last few months with its adoption by major IT service vendor Computer Associates, the publication of a complete developer's guide, and the realization of the community's second annual conference in Vienna. More information is available here:
http://www.ifpeople.net/community/news/20043009_plone .
News from ifPeople
==================
_____ifPeople's President featured as social entrepreneur in She Ventures
She Ventures's recently released guide to assist budding social entrepreneurs with a comprehensive list of resources and worlds of wisdom from fellow women social entrepreneurs profiled ifPeople President Tirza Hollenhorst. By providing resources, training, and investment, She Ventures empowers women ages 18-30 to create solutions to social and environmental problems through social ventures. Access the guide and the profile here:
http://www.ifpeople.net/community/news/20042904_sv
_____ifPeople becomes charter member of sustainable business partnership program Pollution Prevention Assistance Devision, P²AD, of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has established a Partnership Program to foster environmental leadership and recognize superior environmental performance. P²AD Partners become part of a cohesive network of organizations that share a common goal - to prevent pollution at the source and create and maintain sustainable business practices. ifPeople was admitted as a charter member at the Yellow Ribbon level recognizing our commitment to helping local businesses improve their environmental performance and our own exemplary environmental management. Read more here: http://www.ifpeople.net/about/news/20042709_p2ad
Events
======
_____Making the Grade? : A Report Card on US Policies for the Information Society The Annual Conference and Members Meeting of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) will take place October 16-17, 2004 in Washington, DC. The conferences will feature international experts on telecommunications, electronic commerce, civil liberties, and global policy. The event will also engage the international membership and leadership. For more information and to attend, see:
http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg04
_____NTEN conference on technology in Non-profits and ifPeople's presentation Chris Johnson, cofounder of ifPeople will present in the session on "Building Successful Organizations and Virtual Communities: Best Practices and Free Software Tools for the Internet." The Internet enables people from all over the world to communicate and collaborate in a common space. This session will explore Internet tools and how they can and have been used in collaboration, project management, and building virtual communities. A powerful array of tools appropriate for and accessible to values-driven organizations has emerged from the Free Software movement for use by teams organizations networks and campaigns. Specific tools presented in this session include project management software, interactive tools such as forums, wikis, and blogs, and a Content Management System. For more information, see:
http://www.nten.org/conferences-dc .
_____Towards Sustainable Product Design 9
This conference will be held 25-26 October 2004 at Bush Hotel Conference Centre, Farnham, Surrey, UK. Global sustainable and responsible innovation will require the creation of more sustainable and responsible markets - and to achieve this will require multi-stakeholder actions, with a policy orientation focused on earlier stages of the product or service lifecycle. The event will analyse the problems, barriers and obstacles to new sustainable and responsible business models and will highlight opportunities. A unique feature will be The Living Laboratory that will showcase sustainable business, product, service and PSS concepts. Sustainable Innovation 04 will be about new thinking, different perspectives and will be a key learning experience. ifPeople's president, Tirza Hollenhorst, will be presenting FairSource, ifPeople's approach to promoting sustainable livelihoods through trade in services. For more information, see:
http://www.ifpeople.net/community/news/20040310_fs
October 2004 (Vol. 1, No. 5)
This past month has been exciting. We are glad to have met many new people at Green Festival in DC, as well as many other events. If this is your first newsletter, welcome to our responsible enterprise community! ifPeople is pleased to bring you the latest edition of our newsletter with a new format to present news, news about ifPeople, and information about important upcoming events. We hope you enjoy it and, as always, welcome your comments and suggestions.
Best wishes,
Chris Johnson and Tirza Hollenhorst
ifPeople co-founders
News and resources for the community
====================================
_____Green Building gets high-tech tools Green Building XML (gbXML). The Green Building XML Schema is designed to be the best solution for architects, building designers, CAD developers, and product manufacturers who want to incorporate green building principles in their designs, tools, and products. The objective of this schema is to facilitate interoperability between the various building design and facilities management software tools in use today as well as those that will be available in the future. The XML schema is a universal language that allows for data to be exchanged in a format readable by any computer. This schema is used in a wide array of applications, including the templates developed in ifPeople Web applications. For more see: http://xml.coverpages.org/gbXML.html
_____ifPeople launches guide for Web marketing
What good is a Web site if your intended audience cannot, or does not, find it? With the overwhelming quantity of information and sites competing for the attention of potential customers, it is more important
than ever to have a Web site that is built around the strategic goals of your enterprise and employs intelligent marketing strategies. ifPeople releases a new guide today that reviews the key elements of successful Internet marketing. Download the guide here: http://www.ifpeople.net/resources/downloads/internet-marketing-ifpeople.pdf/file_view .
_____ifPeople launches a new Free Software resource
Leveraging Free and Open Source Software is a key factor in ifPeople's approach to technology. Here is a brief look at what Free Software is and what it's chief benefits are: http://ifpeople.net/resources/downloads/freesoftware
_____Leading Web application technology, Plone, continues to thrive Plone, the leading Open Source Content Management System (CMS), and part of ifPeople's preferred Web technology platform, has continued to gain momentum over the last few months with its adoption by major IT service vendor Computer Associates, the publication of a complete developer's guide, and the realization of the community's second annual conference in Vienna. More information is available here:
http://www.ifpeople.net/community/news/20043009_plone .
News from ifPeople
==================
_____ifPeople's President featured as social entrepreneur in She Ventures
She Ventures's recently released guide to assist budding social entrepreneurs with a comprehensive list of resources and worlds of wisdom from fellow women social entrepreneurs profiled ifPeople President Tirza Hollenhorst. By providing resources, training, and investment, She Ventures empowers women ages 18-30 to create solutions to social and environmental problems through social ventures. Access the guide and the profile here:
http://www.ifpeople.net/community/news/20042904_sv
_____ifPeople becomes charter member of sustainable business partnership program Pollution Prevention Assistance Devision, P²AD, of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has established a Partnership Program to foster environmental leadership and recognize superior environmental performance. P²AD Partners become part of a cohesive network of organizations that share a common goal - to prevent pollution at the source and create and maintain sustainable business practices. ifPeople was admitted as a charter member at the Yellow Ribbon level recognizing our commitment to helping local businesses improve their environmental performance and our own exemplary environmental management. Read more here: http://www.ifpeople.net/about/news/20042709_p2ad
Events
======
_____Making the Grade? : A Report Card on US Policies for the Information Society The Annual Conference and Members Meeting of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) will take place October 16-17, 2004 in Washington, DC. The conferences will feature international experts on telecommunications, electronic commerce, civil liberties, and global policy. The event will also engage the international membership and leadership. For more information and to attend, see:
http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg04
_____NTEN conference on technology in Non-profits and ifPeople's presentation Chris Johnson, cofounder of ifPeople will present in the session on "Building Successful Organizations and Virtual Communities: Best Practices and Free Software Tools for the Internet." The Internet enables people from all over the world to communicate and collaborate in a common space. This session will explore Internet tools and how they can and have been used in collaboration, project management, and building virtual communities. A powerful array of tools appropriate for and accessible to values-driven organizations has emerged from the Free Software movement for use by teams organizations networks and campaigns. Specific tools presented in this session include project management software, interactive tools such as forums, wikis, and blogs, and a Content Management System. For more information, see:
http://www.nten.org/conferences-dc .
_____Towards Sustainable Product Design 9
This conference will be held 25-26 October 2004 at Bush Hotel Conference Centre, Farnham, Surrey, UK. Global sustainable and responsible innovation will require the creation of more sustainable and responsible markets - and to achieve this will require multi-stakeholder actions, with a policy orientation focused on earlier stages of the product or service lifecycle. The event will analyse the problems, barriers and obstacles to new sustainable and responsible business models and will highlight opportunities. A unique feature will be The Living Laboratory that will showcase sustainable business, product, service and PSS concepts. Sustainable Innovation 04 will be about new thinking, different perspectives and will be a key learning experience. ifPeople's president, Tirza Hollenhorst, will be presenting FairSource, ifPeople's approach to promoting sustainable livelihoods through trade in services. For more information, see:
http://www.ifpeople.net/community/news/20040310_fs
