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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Nathaniel Whittemore (the Change.org social entrepreneurship blogger) pitches June Cohen of the TED conference to pull together TEDxVolcano impromptu conference for the next day: Sunday! The airports in the UK closed near the end of the Skoll Forum, and many of us headed off last Saturday for London to ponder our next moves.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have been tapped to write for the BBC website as well as a guest blogger for the Forum. It's been a sunny warm day in California, and it takes a bit of thought to get ready for the snow. It's been a sunny warm day in California, and it takes a bit of thought to get ready for the snow.

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MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning Briefing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mizuko Ito , Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, studying new media. Henry Jenkins , Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Originally from California, Harriet Chalmers Adams lived a life that saw her travel through South America, Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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