Information Management at the Café

Considering that this is a "Café" for NGOs, a light hearted CUP or MUG debate was undertaken:

Coffee Cup v/s Coffee Mug Formal (Tie and dinner jacket) Gentle Relaxed Sitting Down Theoritical "Head-in-the-Clouds" Handkerchief Expensive ················ ················ ················ ················ ················ ················ ················ ················ Informal (T-shirt and jeans) Strong Hurried Standing up Practical "Get-Your-Hands-Dirty" Tissue Cheap

This clearly had implications for information management and the packing/value-addition of information for the NGO Café as a whole! In reality, the following 'multi'-formula has been useful in guiding the Café:

• Multi-media: the use of different means and technologies
• Multi-level: local, regional, national and international
• Multi-purpose: use of information, queries, offers/requests
• Multi-activity: formal and informal interaction/activity
• Multi-dimension: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many