Kate Golden writes a review of "Foundations for Success: Emerging Trends in Grantmakers' Use of the Internet" for onPhilanthropy - Success Stories from the Sector.
"Foundations for Success" is written by the Washington-based Internet consulting firm Interactive Applications Group (iapps). Kate Golden lists four trends that this book highlights in detail: transparency, network building, knowledge management, and e-grantmaking.
The following quote is regarding the km trend:
...The third trend is knowledge management. The book states that "knowledge management is not simply about finding better ways to process data. It's about managing intellectual capital..." Foundations who have implemented web-based systems to capture, synthesize, manage, and disseminate knowledge gathered from funders and grantees include the Annie E. Casey Foundation, whose senior associates use web-based templates to capture what was learned at grantee site visits. And the Grants Manager Network (GMN) a group of approximately 600 grant administrators from over 400 foundations, has created a knowledge-sharing tool known as GIGI, or Group Intelligence on Grantmaking Information...
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