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Science and Technology Partnerships with Africa: Opportunities for European Foundations

Tech Soup

This well-attended session featured eleven scientists who are dedicated to embedding scientific and technological awareness, capacity, innovation and application in the culture, commerce and aspirations of every African society. Tags: Event.

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Diversity in Design: Inclusion Won’t Fix a Broken System

Media Cause

We read articles mapping out the “perfect face” according to the Greek ratio of Phi but we never question why Greek history is the arbiter of truth in many cases when much of Greek philosophy was stolen from Egypt. By focusing on minimalism, we’re creating a world devoid of diverse ideas, cultures, and expressions. But At What Cost?

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Wendy Sternberg Leaves Her Medical Career to Heal the World

See3

GATC mission “is to bridge cultures in conflict through the arts and to create innovative arts-education programs around the world.&#. The organisation began uniting musicians from cultures in conflict in 2004 with the pairing of a Jewish-Moroccan and a Muslim-Moroccan musicians. Tags: see3 peace.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim Online tools can greatly assist with collaboration, cultural education and developing business ideas. Tags: Influence Events Collaboration Communication Events Government. Muslim relations.

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The Future of (Nonprofit) Television

NTEN

In 1989, during a week in the Sinai desert in Egypt, I was invited into a Bedouin compound. " For the past 50 years, television has been the most powerful cultural force on the planet. Tags: NPTech NTEN Planning video Web Sites youtube Communications. There were no electric lights or modern appliances. for social change.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I know "social change" can be kind of a squishy term (and even more so the strategy-free "social good," which Katrin Verclas has amply discussed ), so I want to position myself as specifically interested in fundamental social change, at the political, social, economic and cultural levels.

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Change from the Inside: A Conversation with COSI

Museum 2.0

Their CEO writes a blog , as do exhibit developers working on an upcoming exhibition on Egypt. We didn’t want to change the culture of COSI, which is a great asset, but how we act within that culture. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0 They do a lovely job explaining their presence on social media sites.