Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.
Candid
DECEMBER 23, 2021
I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. On that same trip Frank and Susan took to Brazil, we had organized a series of events and workshops so that they could meet grantees and understand the challenging transition Brazil was undergoing from dictatorship to democracy.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 29, 2012
From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar , which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking.
Saleforce Nonprofit
JUNE 28, 2022
About the Author. Participants also stopped along the walk to talk about the Davos Codes program and its Climate Action Lab ; the specific impacts these programs have had, such as new plastic recycling laws and bans on fireworks; and taking the program global to San Francisco, Tokyo, and Bangalore. Opens new window.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Orkut , for example, is still popular in Brazil, while Renren and Qzone dominate the Chinese market (where Twitter and Facebook are banned). About the author: Christian Arnois the founder of Lingo24, Inc. , Use the right platform. Not everyone in the world uses the same social network. It makes you seem more immediate and connected.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2014
Prior to the conference, Enrique Piracés and I authored a Huffington Post op-ed on human rights and the duty to protect sensitive data and our maxim: first, do no harm. The next 10X opportunity is to go global, by ramping up Bookshare International to serve the millions of people with print disabilities worldwide.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities. Authors are fighting over how much money they get: it’s clear that they are being paid. My main point is that the two high grounds are not the name in impact.
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