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APRIL 30, 2012

Second year MBA student and CASE Fellow Joanne Sprague wrote a thoughtful blog to reflect on my visit with CASE, where you can also watch the full video of my ESI lecture.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

I received a copy of her reflections and asked if I could share it with more people. This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. Thanks to Anna for saying yes, and for sharing her experiences!

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JANUARY 9, 2009

The idea is to cover portions of the Arctic Ocean with removable, reflective covers: sort of an artificial icecap. Leslie was motivated by seeing An Inconvenient Truth to think about a new way to help reduce global warming. What I like about her idea is that it's both simple and clever at the same time.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

As my internship ended several weeks ago, I’ve reflected on lessons learned over the last 6 months, chief among them a sensitivity to how data gets handled and the importance of flexibility in this line of work.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

I think that's crucial to scaling in an way that reflects Benetech's values. My goal is see more voices emerge from Benetech: to keep my founder's voice going (and still answering my own email), but to see the distinctive voices of our other leaders and projects come through. So, sign up and state your preferences!

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

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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MARCH 14, 2006

Jeff Skoll's foundation has been one of our significant supporters over the past few years, but this reflects a quadrupling of their annual general support levels for us, compared to the last two years. I am so happy to report that we are receiving over $1.2 million in support from the Skoll Foundation.

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MARCH 1, 2012

I’m happy finally to get an opportunity to reflect here on that important event. Recently, I had the pleasure to host Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) for exactly such a meeting of minds with ten fellow social entrepreneurs. Senator Harkin is a longtime advocate for people with disabilities.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2006

It's our first complete overhaul of the site in more than four years, and we needed to reflect the maturity and breadth of Benetech's initiatives. This new site is the culmination of several months work from our staff and our web development partner, Mile7.

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AUGUST 26, 2005

And, I would expect to see some of these ideas being reflected in future blog posts, as one place for trying out new concepts! We are now getting into a long-overdue effort around clarifying our messages, improving our communications and strengthening our board and staff capacity. So, stay tuned.

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JANUARY 13, 2008

When your organization faces a critical choice (and most organizations seem to need to make these choices), it will pick the bottom line that reflects its organizational charter. When you have two bottom lines, one of them is the deciding factor. If serving shareholders is that bottom line, because you're a for-profit, I respect that.

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OCTOBER 22, 2005

Common threads included: - Volunteers contributing to the creation of the software, generally organized around a meritocracy - Corporate support in the form of explicit sponsorships and/or paying corporate employees to work on the projects - Nonprofit status, reflecting the social nature of the community - Financial tensions, as the foundations themselves (..)

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2004

Ball's chapter looks at the application of data mining and statistical techniques to human rights, and he reflects more generally on the role of science in human rights activism. He concludes "Of course, human rights work is about much more than methodology.

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JANUARY 31, 2007

It is worth taking a moment to reflect on the many faces of the Davos experience. Amazing how fast we slide right back into "real life." Davos was only a couple of days ago and already I'm neck deep into my normal work. Each person attending has many options to choose among, and you can't do it all.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2006

What our subscribers read reflects the diverse interests of our online community. They have a reliable and accessible source of information and entertainment that they did not have before, and they understand the benefits of working collaboratively to build an internet-based accessible library.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

But since so many years of work have gone into the TRC’s report, it is also useful to reflect on the broader role of the TRC in Liberia as well as truth commissions around the world. Understandably, this issue has become quite controversial in reports throughout the media, including the blogosphere.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

It’s a story that reflects the turning points in our past, describes where we are at present, and indicates where we are positioned to go in the future. The blog you are reading now is the result of putting these principles into practice! Our financials are more than numbers: indeed, they tell our story.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

I’m looking forward to sharing our new branding and messaging (and a new website, of course) in the coming months, we think it will reflect our values and the excitement we feel about what we are accomplishing and what we have yet to do. Thanks for making all of what Benetech does possible!

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APRIL 7, 2013

During my visit with ND-Burma member groups, we reflected on their achievements to date through their Martus implementation, discussed the opportunities and challenges ahead and considered the ways in which Martus can best support their future work.

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MAY 7, 2013

The three-step test is part of international copyright law meant to allow countries to reflect their own values in their copyright exceptions. The World Blind Union''s lead negotiator pointed out how these provisions would, in practice, stop Bookshare from serving blind people in India. The "Three-Step Test" Chokehold.

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