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Monday, May 11, 2009
Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang   delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details).  high price paid, drawn to some higher ideal. I think this is connected to what Rheingold's Attention Literacy piece, but I have go back and read it again. I keynoted the conference last year . (This This year Peter Deitz and Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson are there) I was
 
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. Darius is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy , and an Editor of the California Law Review . While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. , a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy. In his address to Congress last night, President Obama said, "But in my life, I have also learned that hope is found in unlikely places; that inspiration often comes not from those with the most power or celebrity, but from the dreams and aspirations of ordinary Americans who are anything but ordinary." Darius Graham is giving away a copy of his book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World to a lucky Have Fun * Do Good reader!
 
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Here are the highlights of this update: Bookshare.org for Education awarded $32 million over five years Miradi, our new project management software for the environment Human rights: the International Criminal Court, Colombia, Liberia and Darfur Recruiting: Betsy Burgess joins as our first Director of Marketing Landmine Detector Project on ice, Route 66 Literacy revived Bookshare.org for Education awarded $32 million The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the U.S. In the first three months we quadrupled the number of students we serve! Now, all students and
 

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Route 66 Literacy began its first beta at Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. (C·A·R) C·A·R) in January, here in Palo Alto, California. C·A·R is a nonprofit organization for children and adults with developmental disabilities (mental retardation, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions causing developmental delays) and other disabilities who live the Silicon Valley area. We were delighted by the feedback from the users and the C·A·R staff about the results, and we're planning to press ahead to raise money to take this project to the next stag
Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang   delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details).  high price paid, drawn to some higher ideal. I think this is connected to what Rheingold's Attention Literacy piece, but I have go back and read it again. I keynoted the conference last year . (This This year Peter Deitz and Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson are there) I was
The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. Darius is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy , and an Editor of the California Law Review . While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. , a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy. In his address to Congress last night, President Obama said, "But in my life, I have also learned that hope is found in unlikely places; that inspiration often comes not from those with the most power or celebrity, but from the dreams and aspirations of ordinary Americans who are anything but ordinary." Darius Graham is giving away a copy of his book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World to a lucky Have Fun * Do Good reader!
It's been a sunny warm day in California, and it takes a bit of thought to get ready for the snow. My goals are to talk to people about the causes I am passionate about: literacy, access and human rights. I am heading off to Davos for my third World Economic Forum meeting. I have been tapped to write for the BBC website as well as a guest blogger for the Forum.
Highlights of this Letter: * The MacA (!) * Recruiting technical talent * Selected Project Updates o Route 66 Literacy demosite launches o Bookshare.org is going international o Guatemalan secret police archives The MacA Getting an award like the MacArthur Fellowship is pretty humbling, especially one that embodies the built-in challenge that justifies the confidence shown by the awards panel. My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago). Here's my latest President's Update. Benetech's momentum continues with some fantastic news.
Here are the highlights of this update: Bookshare.org for Education awarded $32 million over five years Miradi, our new project management software for the environment Human rights: the International Criminal Court, Colombia, Liberia and Darfur Recruiting: Betsy Burgess joins as our first Director of Marketing Landmine Detector Project on ice, Route 66 Literacy revived Bookshare.org for Education awarded $32 million The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the U.S. In the first three months we quadrupled the number of students we serve! Now, all students and
We have a highly efficient system for creating technology that solves problems and delivers value far beyond the confines of Northern California. Increasing literacy for women? The San Jose Mercury News just published my op-ed today entitled Build great companies, then help build a great world . I'm putting the text of the op-ed below: Silicon Valley has become rich by selling our products around the world.
Mizuko Ito , Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, studying new media Nichole Pinkard , Director of Technology and Research Associate, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago, working to expand after-school media literacy programs Eric Zimmerman , CEO and founder, gameLab, working to develop new games to support media literacy and design skills in young peopl I got an invitation to live blog this, but unfortunately it is in NYC and I'm in New England. I
that's published by the California Department of Education, that's really good, and the California School Garden Network just came out with a new web site that has all kinds of curriculum resources, all the trainings in the area. If you could tell them why they are important, what would you say? Abby Rosenheck: Well sort of in a technical way we talk about it influencing schools in four areas: one is health and nutrition, one is eco-literacy (which goes beyond environmental knowledge and awareness to really making change in your life in terms of environmental
We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things. So now after five years of doing The Green Festival, and having 36,000 people show up in San Francisco to our most recent show in November 2006, we are pretty confident that at least in Northern California, in the Bay Area, there is enough green consciousness