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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

Tech Soup

The Internet, and technology as a whole, is so intertwined with day-to-day life that the decisions made by governments and corporations directly impact how we use the Internet and how CSOs work — now and in the future. Net neutrality has been enshrined in law in the Netherlands and Chile. Not convinced yet?

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

What if we stopped thinking of the public as a liability and started empowering them to be valuable resources who can increase efficiency and make a real impact? . What if we could route the 9-1-1 type requests to the appropriate responders?

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Until then, women had been considered minors under the law.

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