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

Tech Soup

” International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is inviting CSOs and corporations, entrepreneurs, and the general public to submit questions, ideas, and stories in the run up to ITU Telecom World 2011 in October. 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

After lunch, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO gave his perspective on the company’s philanthropy and corporate citizen activities and answered questions. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. Leveraging Networks with Partnerships.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, noted Facebook's involvement after the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, as well as after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, explaining how the platform is educating the public and letting them know how they can help. Frequently, they are simply bystanders.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

We have been seeing an increased attention that women's rights groups have been bringing to this whole question of globalization and migration, and how women workers are being affected by this. She made it almost impossible for me not to look at those questions. Somehow that's never the question I get asked.

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