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Breakthrough Philanthropy - Thiel Foundation event

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Last night I had the privilege of attending the Breakthrough Philanthropy event put on by Peter Thiel's foundation, covered in the local press with articles like "Silicon Valley billionaire backs futuristic philanthropy" from the San Jose Mercury News. The foundation spotlighted eight unusual nonprofit groups.

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From all of us at Benetech.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Whether you''ve volunteered your time, made a financial contribution, attended one of our events, or helped to spread the word about the work we’re doing – thank you! Dear Friends of Benetech, As we wrap up another busy year, full of milestones and exciting accomplishments , we’d like to take a moment to simply say thank you.

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Mary Robinson

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

First, she saw 2015 as having two watershed events. She sees the two events as inextricably linked: we need to strongly move forward on our social developmental objectives while protecting the planet. Mary spoke privately to a small group of social sector leaders at the Skoll Foundation offices.

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Mobilizing Impact at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

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Even while the sessions were inspiring, and the Benetech team is busy executing on our latest commitment (you don’t get invited back to CGI if you don’t follow through), one of the best parts of the event was talking to my peer social entrepreneurs.

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SocialCoding4Good Going International with Random Hacks of Kindness

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As RHoK Global December 2012 event is taking place this weekend (December 1st and 2nd) worldwide, Benetech and SocialCoding4Good are thrilled to be participating once again. Learn more at and sign up for your local event on the Random Hacks of Kindness website. Please join us in creating this transformative impact.

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The 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Last week there was a strong technology focus in the events: I was invited to an event at the White House (actually, the Old Executive Office Building) to hear from senior leaders from the Administration make announcements and talk about the power or technology to help people with disabilities.

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Josh, a new indie feature film set in Pakistan

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I met Iram last year when I was the evening speaker for Caltech's Gnome Club Founder's Night event. We felt lucky to be included at this early stage in the film's roll-out: it was a chance encounter with the director that landed us on the list for last night's screening. She says it's because of her impatience to change society faster.

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