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First day in Davos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’m joining many other social entrepreneurs on our journey to Davos, home of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. The Schwab Foundation arranges for the social entrepreneurs to stay in the Schatzalp mountain hotel. My first event was the orientation for new Schwab social entrepreneurs.

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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Gordon Shockley, who describes the work he and colleague Peter Frank are doing on social innovation. Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. Consider some examples from American policy history. federal government’s social innovations reached new heights with President Lyndon B.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The course is about how to leverage networks and social media for learning and impact. They will be doing a variety of work tasks (not just social media and networks). They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government.

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Blockchain Explained: Risks And Opportunities For Philanthropy

Global Giving

Case in point: Researchers at Stanford have been compiling a “ Master List of Blockchain for Social Good Projects ” that’s already 236 entries long as of this writing! For example, when you put money in a bank account, you’re relying on the bank (a central actor) to keep track of your funds correctly. What is blockchain?

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Tech@State – Civil Society 2.0: Reflections on Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My goal was to have a conversation with the folks in the room – who represented both traditional nonprofit institutions, government agencies, and free agents – and answer the question, “ I’ve found my free agent now what? &#. Free agents are powerful social change players.

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Promise and Peril: Martus for Human Rights in Burma

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

ND-Burma member groups regularly send observers, at great personal risk, across Burma’s borders with India, Bangladesh, Thailand and China. We have extended Martus capacity building and technical support to ND-Burma since its inception in 2004. However, a great deal of work remains before realizing democracy in Burma.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

The leader, for example, of a religious movement. They are gaining support from people in government, and politicians, and academicians, and business people, men, boys, women, girls. BB: What advice do you have for artists who want to use their art for social change? They have had arrested some very, very prominent people.