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On March 9, the FCC and the Knight Foundation are hosting a summit to highlight solutions to the challenge of providing broadband for everyone - America’s Digital Inclusion Summit in D.C.

The event is open to the press and public.

The Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) recently shared the findings of a new report which tell the story of the massive voter-registration and mobilization efforts of the 501(c)(3) civic engagement community.

Affordability and lack of digital skills are the main reasons why 93 million Americans -- one-third of the country -- are not connected to high-speed Internet at home.

Congratulations to ZeroDivide grantee and Community Investment Partner, Youth Radio, for being recognized in a SF Chronicle article for the positive impact they've had in serving over 10,000 urban youth with their after school programs.

As social networking sites gain in popularity, blogging is experiencing a decline among teens (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-29) while the percentage of adults blogging increased moderately from 7% to 11%.

In the rapidly evolving world of social media, nonprofits are scrambling to find meaningful metrics for their social network outreach.

We know social media has two core metrics - influence and engagement. If we want to know how we can engage our communities, we need to understand what to measure. 

With the unprecedented use of Facebook and Twitter to facilitate donations to the Haitian earthquake relief, nonprofit groups are providing guidance to eliminate the experience of wasteful giving.

How close are we to achieving the goal of universal broadband? FCC chairman Julius Genachowski discussed the agency's ambitious goals at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas last week.

Congratulations to Change Agent Productions, a ZeroDivide Community Investment Partner, who has received the honor of being selected to demonstrate at the Tech Policy Exhibit, the largest and longest running event on Capitol Hill.

I love the Internet! I like having access to volumes of information at my fingertips to be explored at any time of day or night. I came across a site that I thought was worth sharing - Imagining the Internet.