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AUGUST 12, 2007

I just got back from a short jaunt to the University of Washington in Seattle. Not only is it the school my son Andy attends (beam, beam), but it is also a hotbed of activity around advancing people with disabilities.

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Washington University Student Seattle 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2008

She now owns a furniture factory outside Beijing with 30 employees, as well as a shop in Seattle. We were accompanied on most of our Beijing visits by Lian, a Hadley alum who had gone to the U.S. to get her university education. But, change will take time here.

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China Seattle University Student 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2007

I just returned from a couple of days at the Council on Foundations annual meeting in Seattle. I was part of a panel that included Orlando Ayala of Microsoft, Linda Segre of Google.org, Sally Osberg of the Skoll Foundation and was moderated by Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft. The title was "Changing Poverty through Profit."

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Foundation Seattle Blended Google 100

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JUNE 13, 2016

People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India.

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Laptop Hype Ghana Phase 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 9, 2005

In early October, I'll be heading to Washington DC for a board meeting of the Social Enterprise Alliance , the group that promotes social enterprise among nonprofits, and then on to Seattle for a board meeting of RAF Technology, Inc., a tech company that Dave Ross and I founded in 1989.

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