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Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp 2009

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Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook had the tough gig of presenting a lunch keynote outside under a tent in lower Sproul Plaza (mucho noise and people talking). She was much more on Facebook marketing message, but of course that's her role at FB. Enjoyed Deb Jospin and Shirley Sagawa discussing the Charismatic Organization, their recent book.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Before coming to HRDAG, Jule was co-founder and deputy president of the German student organization Studies Without Borders. In her spare time, she updates her Twitter and Facebook feeds and engages with her Kindle, iPod and other assorted tech toys.

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

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Organized by the nonprofit group Access and sponsored by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla and other major tech companies, the conference brought together business leaders, policy makers and online activists, especially from the Arabic-speaking world.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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Like many other leaders of nonprofit organizations, I travel an unreasonable fraction of the time. For the more senior social entrepreneurs, we can travel because we have leaders and teams that are usually better than we are at running the organizations we head and/or have founded. Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone.

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