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One of the central compoents of the Connected Age is the disaggregation of lots of things; news through blogs and websites; buying and selling products on sites like E-Bay and Amazon.com; government and politlcal  information using websites like opensecrets.org.  But there has also been the disaggregation of financial capital -- which often leads to an increse in social capital.  Here are two recent examples:

I had a wonderful visit with the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center in downtown Indy yesterday. Loved learning more about their asset-based approach to building communities. Read more »