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Steve Bridger › Colalife: make it real

Steve Bridger

Just this morning, Mark Charmer of Akvo alerted me to a United Nations University study , which says providing sanitation and safe water is the top route to reducing world poverty. Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:05 am. Please join the Colalife group on Facebook; 6,391 members… and counting. Filed under ideas , video.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. " from a study by two Australian researchers. Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging. was about access and Web 2.0