A Living Manuscript.How can Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the technology be used creatively to benefit knowledge exchange? The association community in Europe has responded to this challenge with the creation of a book online--a project that gives a whole new meaning to work in progress. In September 2000, Ernst & Young Association Management, Brussels, and Professor Justin Greenwood Greenwood. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,265), Johnson co., central Ind.; settled 1822, inc. as a city 1960. A residential suburb of Indianapolis, Greenwood is in a retail shopping area. Manufactures include motor vehicle parts and metal products. from Robert Gordon University The Robert Gordon University (often known as RGU) is a modern university located in Aberdeen, Scotland. Granted university status in 1992, Robert Gordon University currently has approximately 12,790 students<ref name="HESA" /> at its two campuses at Garthdee , Aberdeen, United Kingdom, organized an inter national five-day conference that brought together association professionals, academics, and consultants to discuss factors that influence the effectiveness of associations. Ernst & Young representatives and Greenwood came up with the idea of developing a so-called live manuscript manuscript, a handwritten work as distinguished from printing. The oldest manuscripts, those found in Egyptian tombs, were written on papyrus; the earliest dates from c.3500 B.C. . They placed selected presentations online and are now encouraging all conference speakers and participants to comment. This gives everyone involved in the conference--as well as other visitors to the Web site, which is open to all--the opportunity to exchange ideas about the effectiveness of associations. The presentations and comments will be edited into a book for publication at the end of 2001. In the mean time, Ernst & Young and Greenwood are using the Internet to obtain input for the preparation of next year's conference, May 6-9, 2002, in Brussels. To experience Internet collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. , go to www.ey.be/eyam and click on Live Manuscript. |
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