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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

One year later, April 26-27, 2010, more than 260 people from over 60 countries gathered in Washington, DC for an unprecedented two-day Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by President Obama and the U.S. Forum One found that it had a huge role to play as staff engaged in conversation and built connections with D.C.

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

Since 2010 I have seen, again and again and again, how valuable human facilitation is to the participatory process. I''ve gotten more comfortable and more confident with the idea of the museum as political body that advocates for empowerment and social bridging. Empowerment? Humans empower each other. Make space for each other.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. It opened up the question of what roles chefs can play in international development.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment. Now that’s social impact!

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How to Visualize Information and Help Change the World

Tech Soup

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. In early 2010, The Guardian published an infographic and spreadsheet showing these expenses clearly, a great example of coercion as a strategy. What role will information play in this? How are you going to do it?

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How to Visualize Information to Change the World for Better

Tech Soup

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. In early 2010, The Guardian published an infographic and spreadsheet showing these expenses clearly, a great example of coercion as a strategy. What role will information play in this? How are you going to do it?

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10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2012, location-based apps and technologies will play a central role in how campaigns are organized, managed, and ultimately won. Behind the scenes, though, we’ll see massive new sets of data available to campaigns for targeting, empowerment, and optimization. The Elections app will soon be updated for 2010.).

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