Flickr Photo: husband unitIt's the day before a major holiday, so things are a wee bit quiet around here. Well, except for the iPod blaring Elton John. But quiet other than that.

I've finally had some time today to dive into the conversation that you, dear NTEN community, are starting on our Be the Media (name about to change) project.

If I didn't already believe in the wisdom of crowds, I certainly believe in the wisdom of THIS crowd. So many of you have contributed to the first module: Why Should Nonprofits Embrace Social Media (Or Not)?

Although I am patently pro-social media, I am loving the section that John Kenyon suggested, How Can Your Organization Avoid Drinking the Web 2.0 Kool Aid?

Many thanks to just a few of the folks who have contributed to the conversation so far:

• John Kenyon in a comment here
• comment from Morgan Sully
• comment from Elana Wolowitz
• comment from LaDonna Coy (also working on a technology assessment questionnaire
• tweet from Maryann Devine
• tweet from Christian Caldwell
• tweet from Eduardo Bejar
• tweet from TW
• Maddie Grant shared this annecdote
• Ruby Sinreich and Amy Sample Ward on This Page

One of the theories behind the influental "The Wisdom of Crowds" is that if you show a group of people a jar of jelly beans and average their guesses, the average of the group guess is bound to be better than almost every individual guess in the group.

So, NTEN community: thanks for helping us count our jellybeans! (Did I just take that metaphor way too far?)