Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work.

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Paraguay Award Africa Conservancy 142

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each year, the electronics reuse community awards an annual lifetime achievement award at its Electronics Reuse Conference. The winner of this year's award is Charles Brennick, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit refurbisher InterConnection. The previous award winners voted unanimously for him.

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Costa Rica Paraguay Award Seattle 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 31, 2006

One of the major themes of working with the Skoll Foundation is the focus on stories. That's what Jeff does with Participant Productions, and a big piece of the Foundation's efforts are around helping us tell stories. Sandy Herz got the new SASEs together this afternoon to do a practice run for the big event on Thursday night.

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Paraguay Nepal Brazil Award 100