A 2004 report from the UK’s most influential left-of-centre think tank considers the wide-reaching impact of networks on structures of communication, knowledge and innovation.

Using social media tools to generate strategies for “connected activism” is the subject of Amy Fine’s 2006 book. Fine uses success stories like those of MoveOn.org and the 1999 Cluetrain Manifesto to show how technology enables like-minded people to connect and generate change.

Don Tapscott, a leading thinker on the interplay between information technology and society, shares his views on how wiki technology creates levels of cooperation and collaboration capable of solving innumerable problems of government, business and health. What might it do for Jewish community?

Don Tapscott, author of the New York Times bestseller, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, discusses many of the themes raised in his book, which explores how to harness the energy and creativity of multiple people to create innovation, change and wealth.

The Foundation’s quarterly, Contact, explores a range of Jewish issues connected to the Internet: on-line and distance learning, blogs, on-line dating and virtual communities. This edition includes contributions from Yossi Abramowitz, Michael Kress and Daniel Septimus.

Part of a two-year project of nationwide data-gathering, analysis and reporting, this study challenges the argument that email and the internet damage social ties, contending that new technology enhances social capital and enables meaningful personal networks to be established across social and geographic boundaries.

The well-known management thinker and expert in creativity and innovation considers how the web might impact society, for good and for bad. His book, We Think, demonstrates the revolutionary ways in which the web allows us to participate in culture by contributing our ideas, opinions and knowledge. The link takes you to the first chapter of the book.

Clay Shirky shares some of the anecdotes from his recently-published book, which analyzes how new technology allows people to come together for a variety of reasons – to solve problems, create new products and protest political injustice.

Howard Rheingold discusses and analyzes his involvement in a range of computer-mediated communication and social groups, and explores their potential benefits for personal psychological well-being, as well as for society at large. The full text of the book is available on-line.

Marketing and communications expert Gail Hyman argues that most traditional Jewish organizations are behind the technological curve, but points to a few, including the American Jewish World Service, who are utilizing Web 2.0 media—characterized by interactivity, social engagement and user-created content—to engage and expand their constituencies.

A membership organization of non-profit technology professionals, NTEN’s reports and blogs address a range of issues related to the successful utilization of technology—from podcasts to new fundraising interfaces—in the workplace and community.

Webinars, a virtual learning centre and discussion forums are all devoted to the practical side of maximizing technology in a non-profit setting.

A blog for Jewish communal organisations looking to improve the efficacy of their technology and new media strategies.