Home Log In Register Help Site Map Industry Solutions Networking Solutions Ordering Technical Support About Cisco Select a Location / Language ABOUT CISCO EXECUTIVE THOUGHT LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE THOUGHT LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY ... Part 2 - John Morgridge - The Nobel Cisco Initiative March 15, 2002
iQ: How has the Internet contributed to your work? Williams: The ICBL has long been recognized as a pioneer in the use of the Internet to enhance its work to eliminate landmines and to aid the hundreds of thousands of victims of landmines around the world. From the first days of the landmine campaign in 1992, we understood that breakthroughs in communications technology could dramatically enhance the effectiveness of our work. The ICBL continues its cutting-edge use of new technologies such as virtual staff meetings, online shared file structures, staff calendars, and instant messenger communication across time zones, to make our communications, and thus our work, even more efficient and effective. iQ: How has the Internet aided the ICBL in its partnerships with the many NGOs that make up the ICBL coalition? Williams: Whether it was the fax machine or e-mail, the ICBL used technology to empower everyone in our campaign network, keeping our members informed of everything that is happening worldwide related to landmines. When I first started trying to build the campaign membership, e-mail was not yet in general use. At that time, the fax machine was the "hot" new technology breakthrough. If you received a fax, it had to be something important, because it was coming to you immediately-not in days, or even weeks, as regular mail does if you live in other parts of the world. | |
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