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

Tech Soup

International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. ” 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. 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

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response. We discussed the challenges and opportunities around codifying an online request code, what role mobile must play, the needs for increased capacity and public education. Frequently, they are simply bystanders.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

And they tend to be talking about preservation first, audience second, or now, equal roles. The question you have to ask is: who are the people who have issues with what they are doing? It’s a very good question. But now there are museums where people are the only thing that matters—and they don’t even want to be called museums.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

Many of them do really meet our basic criteria of being women-led, of reflecting the work of a group of women, rather than just one or two individuals, and of really tackling critical human rights challenges and societal challenges in which women are playing key roles. She made it almost impossible for me not to look at those questions.

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