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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

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We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. That's what that is.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

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I imagined women or girls who received cards might keep them in a place in her home, in a drawer, or on a shelf that would always remind her that she is cared for, and that she is a part of a much larger global community. I feel that art is able to translate beyond language, and communicate a much larger vision of personal connection.

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The value of attending Gnomedex: Priceless

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two delicious breakfast and lunches, plus 5 different kinds of candy in the afternoon. I learned a lot, I met fabulous people, and it felt great to be part of an awesome community. I love conversational keynotes and have ever since I first experienced them during the Global Voices London Summit 2005 and Blogher plenary session in 2005.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice. It had hit India.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? The secondary goal is to provide better free, or fair information to people in these countries.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

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Martin Fisher: The problem we're trying to solve is global poverty. As we've heard, something like 18% of the people in the world live on less than $1 a day, and a much bigger percentage live on less than $2 a day. Many, many of these people are actually living on more like 15, 20 cents a day.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. About half of all people in Africa own mobile phones. Four countries in Latin America now have e-waste laws or rules: Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. or Latin America.