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Social Enterprise Summit Blogging Contest Winners Announced

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I just heard from Jerr Boschee, the interim CEO of SEA, that registrations are already well ahead of past Summits, and that over 30% of the attendees are coming from outside the United States.

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8th Gathering of Social Enterprise Alliance

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I just an email noting that online registration for the Gathering closes tomorrow. I'm already registered (well, I am on the board), but thought I'd remind my buddies who are planning on attending to register now. Maybe I'll see you in Long Beach!

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Social Enterprise Alliance Summit

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The response to the early bird registration was incredible. As I head off to the WEF Summit in Davos, I'm also excited about the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit coming up in San Francisco at the end of April. The membership of the Alliance are "my people," folks who speak both social and business fluently.

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Dueling moral high grounds

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And, registration of disability won't solve the problem of many people who aren't blind (perhaps they have disabilities that fall short of the traditional copyright exemption definition of disability). RRC and NFB: we can't read the book if the TTS is turned off, at all. So, you're denying us our civil rights.

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Social Enterprise Alliance

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Early bird registration has just started for the Seventh Gathering, the annual meeting of the Alliance. I am proud to be affiliated with the Social Enterprise Alliance, a group that works to advance the cause of people who run enterprises with a social mission. It will be held in Atlanta in early March, and I will definitely be there!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

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In fact, if you're print-disabled and are a sci-fi or romance novel fan, you really need to join now, www.bookshare.org/join (when prompted, use registration code "BDAY" to receive a $25 discount), but aside from that, the list of the top ten most downloaded books should be familiar to just about anyone.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

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law today: there is no current requirement for registration or being on a list. Support for the US-JR only makes sense if we have reliable confidence that exporting and importing are legal today (not, try it and see if you get sued). Clarification on Trusted Intermediaries.