Downloads

• NinthBridge Folder (PDF format)

Links - Circuit Riders/eRiders

• Sean O'Brien - A Week in the Life of a WAJF Circuit Rider: http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/week/obrien100499.stm

• The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits Technology Circuit Riders: http://www.mapnp.org/classes/circuitrider.html

• Technology Intermediaries: Pros & Cons: http://www.npo.net/nponet/powerpoint

• Circuit Riders: Presentation given by The C. S. Mott Foundation at the European Foundation Centre ~ Funders Online Conference "Independent Funders and Information Technology", June 1999, Brussels, Belgium.http://www.fundersonline.org/webtoolkit/presentations/circuit_riders

• Riders Listserv: RIDERS is a community of non-profit (NPO) and non-governmental (NGO) technology assistance providers -- Circuit Riders. The topics range from best practices in providing services to issues regarding specific technology.http://npogroups.org/lists/info/riders

Links - Application Service Providers

• The Pros and Cons of ASPs: http://www.uwnyc.org/technews/v5_n2_a2.html

• Using an Application Service Provider (ASP) To Transform Your Agency: http://www.uwnyc.org/technews/v5_n2_a3.html

Links - Tools for the International Arena

• Using Instant Messaging to Work With Volunteers: Benefits and Suggestions - By Jayne Cravens of the E-Volunteering Unit at United Nations Volunteers http://www.unites.org/Html/resource/im/im0.htm

• Handheld computer technologies in community service/volunteering/advocacy - This information was compiled by the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) team at UNV http://www.unites.org/Html/Resource/unites/unites0.htm

Resources - AFRICA

• GHANA — Ghana's Digital Dilemma: The lesson from West Africa: good computers and fast modems don't matter if you can't get a dial tone and the power keeps going out. MIT Technology Review July/August 2002
  Ghana's Digital Dilemma
(PDF 11MB!)

• GUINEA — Radio E-mail in West Africa: The Complete Version: Remote networking with high-frequency (HF) radio and Dan Bernstein's qmail. LINUX Journal November 2002
  Radio E-mail in West Africa

• SENEGAL — Web Video: The community telecentre is one way in which developing countries can accelerate their participation in the information economy. This video, viewable on the Web, presents a short telecentre "life-story". From IDRC web site
  english version, french version
(Requires RealPlayer)

• UGANDA — Web Video: The community telecentre is one way in which developing countries can accelerate their participation in the information economy. This video, viewable on the Web, presents a short telecentre "life-story". From IDRC web site
  english version
(Requires RealPlayer)

Resources - LATIN AMERICA

• PARAGUAY — Web Video: The community telecentre is one way in which developing countries can accelerate their participation in the information economy. This video, viewable on the Web, presents a short telecentre "life-story". From IDRC web site
  english version, spanish version
(Requires RealPlayer)

Other Resources

• NinthBridge — Linking Technology & New Media:
  View the Presentation Slides

• NinthBridge — Virtual Collaboration: A Presentation for the PHMWG Internet 2001 Conference:
  View the Presentation Slides
  Hear the Presentation (Real Audio)
  Hear the Post-presentation Discussion (Real Audio)

• This 14 minute streaming media movie, courtesy of circuit rider Sean O'Brien of the W. Alton Jones Foundation, highlights the history of circuit riding, the importance of circuit riding, and the Day of Service that took place at the 4th annual Circuit Rider RoundUp in Kansas City, MO in March 2000. It requires the Real Networks player.
  Low Bandwidth (28.8K, 56K, single ISDN)
  High Bandwidth (dual ISDN, DSL, Cable, etc.)

• "The Broadband Difference: How online Americans' behavior changes with high-speed Internet connections at home" A Pew Internet Project Report, an initiative of the Pew Research Center. It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader:
  The Broadband Difference

• "Connectivity Guide: An Introduction to Internet Connectivity Solutions" From the Schools Online web site. It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader:
  Connectivity Guide
(PDF 292 KB)