 Recognizing the trappings of large scale initiatives, Dr. Meyerrose pursued "thinking big, starting small, and scaling fast" through the use of Web 2.0 technology.He fostered the development of Intellipedia and pilot projects such as a U.S. government-wide focused on avian flu, in which participants numbered in the tens-of-thousands in just a few months.Information sharing contributions were made worldwide, and content and quality grew rapidly, becoming the impetus for information sharing across the U.S. government.