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APRIL 22, 2010

Photo credit: Robert Leslie via TED Via Twitter, I "throw my hat into the ring" for TEDxVolcano and quickly get invited by Nathaniel to be a speaker, joining the likes of Jeff Skoll, Sally Osberg, Matthew Bishop (US bureau chief for the Economist), Larry Brilliant and other Skoll refugees. I thought it was apropos of a volcano theme.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

I then had a wonderful tour of local pubs in Edinburgh, and I have at least one photo to remember it by! I placed a more extensive upload of photos from the Social Enterprise World Forum 2008 on my Flickr pages. As part of the festivities, I also got to try out Cèilidh dancing, which I was sort of able to fake my way through.

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OCTOBER 20, 2006

Just received this photo from the nice folks at the Clinton Global Initiative. Our bold commitment at CGI was to take Bookshare.org international over the next year, finding the authors, publishers and tech company support to reach at least three countries in a significant way.

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MARCH 31, 2007

Below, I have picked a few select photos: the rest are on my Flickr page. The big celebration was also in the Sheldonian: the 2007 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. And it was exciting!

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JUNE 25, 2006

Photo from the Palo Alto Weekly As the Palo Alto Weekly put it (and put the picture on the cover of the paper): "Andy Fruchterman jumped up on a friend's shoulders to celebrate among the throngs of graduating seniors and their loved ones at Paly."

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NOVEMBER 9, 2007

They are: Highly visual content, multimedia, maps User-created content (an increasing phenomena, with a wide variety of accessibility) Disproportionate cost compared to the benefit (we can't ask Flickr photo sharing users to describe a billion photos) We discussed the difference in priorities and costs.

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JULY 18, 2006

Palo Alto company's innovative software uses photos to teach the developmentally disabled. Great article today in the San Jose Mercury News. We really appreciate our local partner, C.A.R., in testing Route 66 and giving us lots of great feedback. We enjoy working with Benetech's funders, who share our passion for changing the world.

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MAY 2, 2012

Photo credits: Patrick Ball] It was great to be able to celebrate the Bookshare team, and the users who created this tremendous library, with the help of Google, our many friends in the area, and Stevie Wonder!

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DECEMBER 22, 2008

Shout-out to Ann Harrison for taking the photos!] Carrie Karnos gave the demonstration to Tracy and Margaret Romer (also from Department of Ed) of the ever-popular book mangler, I mean, book chopper. I'm always amazed how she can chop and scan an entire book in under five minutes.

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MAY 12, 2009

This photo was taken in a library in San Juan. This university run program, a very good example of valuable networks in Puerto Rico, takes the responsibility of promoting changes in public and private systems to increase access to assistive technology for people with disabilities.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Photo credits: Rom Srinivasan and Patrick Ball. At Benetech, we’re expanding our commitment to human rights practitioners and moving forward with our multi-year project of building the next generation of the Martus technology with new funding and enhanced tools, including a mobile application.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2006

I've also had the benefit of getting some great photos sent by other people that I can use (thanks, Marketa!). Davos retrospective I'm looking back at my visit to Davos a few weeks ago, and pulling together some of the highlights. The big one was taking my son, Jimmy, with me.

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DECEMBER 22, 2006

These papers, books, photos and floppy disks contain critical information about police procedures during Guatemala's 30-year internal armed conflict that claimed an estimated 200,000 lives. Last month, I had a chance to visit the largest Martus project which is unfolding inside a mammoth warehouse in Guatemala City.

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APRIL 25, 2008

Looking pretty good in Bangalore, photo credit: Kate Fruchterman The Paradox Unfolds Day, Promised Arrival, Mode Sunday morning 24 hours Air They said the bags would come in the next day and be delivered to our hotel. The Bangalore staff had a sign up asking for us to check in. And thence our journey into the paradox began.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Caption for photo: Abraham Lancerio Gomez, an active officer in the Guatemalan National Civil Police, is a suspect in the 1984 disappearance of university and labor leader Édgar Fernando Garcia. Photo by Prensa Libre.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Makphet Restaurant Vientiane, Laos (and other locations) Makphet Restaurant, photo by Backpack Foodie Like DDD, Friends-International started its efforts in Cambodia and then spread its programs to Laos. It was great to see his social enterprise in operation! Their goal is to help protect vulnerable children.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Now, all students and schools can achieve the level of success experienced by one of our student users, Tyler Norwood, a seventh grade student at the Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, California.

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DECEMBER 2, 2005

So, I go along and watch the photo session (lasts ten minutes). So, he closes his gallery, but notes that he has a small commission. Turns out, he's committed to photographing an artist at another gallery down the street. Then my photographer buddy and I launch for the restaurant recommended by the nice lady from Le Diwan.

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