In the day and age of ubiquitous social media and cloud technology, sharing has become the default. A number of organizations are beginning to move away from a model of tightly controlled information in favour of openness and transparency. Does this model work for all organizations or are some better suited to being open? What information should be shared and where is privacy still imperative? What are the benefits of adoption an open model and how is impact measure? This panel will aim to answer all these questions and more while exploring what is meant by “open organization” and how they function differently from others. Takeaways What are open organizations and how do they function? Pros and cons of open organizations - with examples from panel How having an open organization can alter: the decision making process, transparency (especially to donors), staff interaction, etc.

1. Panel Discussion
How nonprofits can operate like the open-web

2. By 2015, 50+ billion devices connected to the internet

3. Learn to share what you need to share
financial operational programmatic
fully semi semi fully
private private public public
Activities Outcome Impact
very predictable somewhat predictable more difficult to predict

4. curated sharing:
the sharing relevant
imperative information to
stakeholders
new ways
of sharing online & real-time & anywhere
new ways
of working using cloud, mobile & social
computing