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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

The Society for International Development has done it again! Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development?

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. Money, it's a drag.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We had wifi in the room and participants brought their laptops – this give us the opportunity for open lab time or what I call “shoulder to shoulder” learning. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot. One participant told me that she never learned so much about social media in so short a time.

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