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APRIL 26, 2009

There was huge energy at the Summit around the growing influence and impact of social enterprises. I'm not going to repeat the list: it's being talked about all over the country. The great thing was to have the White House put the priority on meeting the social enterprise community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Mr. Shetty described AI’s need to explore in greater depth the conditions underlying human rights problems and to implement proactive, “upstream” strategies for their resolution, in addition to the more reactive approaches reflected in the organization’s established methods.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The campaign, which is currently underway, protects coral reefs in Southern Guam by influencing local communities to prevent and report wildland fires in order to reduce harmful sedimentation. “We

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The time out from the normal grind, plus the influence of dynamic peers, often leads to a leap of creativity. I’m already getting into the spirit. My first event was the orientation for new Schwab social entrepreneurs.

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MAY 5, 2005

It was great sitting in that wonderful environment, talking about how telling stories with film can influence society. The last stop on my visit was for lunch in the main house (terrific food). I shared my experience seeing a segment of The New Heroes, the new PBS program premiering next month.

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JUNE 13, 2009

I was influenced back in 1976, when I was considering a job with IBM, by reading a quote from TJ Watson (Sr or Jr) about how if you took care of the customer, the business takes care of itself. A: We are wholly driven by our community. We ask them what they want and need, and then we do it the best we can. Then we go back and ask again.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2006

Social change depends on people, and the best thing about the WEF is getting to connect with people who have greatly above average ability to influence social change, through their corporations, governments, NGOs (non-governmental organizations, the global term for nonprofits), churches/mosques/synagogues/religious institution and unions.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

The first is in using data at scale to influence the human rights debate. Whether it’s accurately reporting the number of people killed in Syria or explaining why the FBI’s count of American police killings is significantly underestimated, data is finally influencing the policy debate. Now, almost fifteen years later (and post-Snowden!),

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JANUARY 27, 2007

Moving on to dinner, I sat next to Garth Japhet of Soul City in South Africa, a doctor/social entrepreneur who leads an organization that uses media to influence behavior that affects HIV/AIDS. He gave me the direct advice of a social entrepreneur in the middle of marketing his first book: immensely useful.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In our experience, reporting and recording bias varies dramatically and can rarely be distinguished from the actual patterns of violence.

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