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INSTITUTE FOR THE CONNECTED SOCIETY From 2006 to 2012 iFOCOS was an independent nonprofit nonpartisan center for research education and action to improve the human experience in the digital world led by We Media cofounders Andrew Nachison and Dale Peskin. iFOCOS produced research on trust social media and networked culture organized agendasetting conferences for journalists publishers marketers and technologists and incubated the PitchIt. Challenge to provide funding and mentoring to commercial and social entrepreneurs with big ideas for patternshifting mediatech startups. Funders and sponsors included the John S.