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Calling All Social Entrepreneurs: SAP and Ashoka Launch "Power of Small" Competition

Tech Soup

Have a brilliant idea for how to end homelessness, train job seekers , or help small businesses go green? Green business. All finalists will be invited to the Sapphire Now conference in November in Madrid, Spain, where the four competition winners will be announced. Got talent; need money, technology, and mentorship?

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What Are Social Enterprises, Anyway?

Tech Soup

Van Jones , founder of the grassroots think tank Rebuild The Dream , CNN contributor, and author of the visionary The Green Collar Economy , is one. She turned one of the big regional Goodwills into a thriving green organization. The world’s largest social enterprise is Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa in Spain.

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Digital Inclusion, Energy Conservation, and Accessibility Play Major Roles at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is held annually in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for the mobile industry for the coming year. MWC generally also has a strong showing of green technology, and this year's show was no exception. Zuckerberg's Keynote on Digital Inclusion and Internet.org. Saving Cities Energy and Money.

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Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

In 2000, she realized that she could use her marketing and advertising superpowers for good, and founded Digital Hive EcoLogical Design , the first communications firm to specialize in promoting green and social products and enterprises. Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good Buy art from artists.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Tools, Thoughts and Things one can Do with a little Time and Hardly any Resources blog lengthy post entitled, Village Green vs Walled Garden , talks about the challenges of getting desktop office applications users to switch. The Development Seed Blog recaps the multi-lingual Drupal session at DrupalCon in Spain.

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Tech for Good at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Mobile Green Tech. Windows Phone 8.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

This is an awesome topic and I’m so delighted to join from beautiful, yes, Barcelona, Spain. Now I live here in Spain. all the green is WhatsApp. I live in Spain now. But don’t do that right now because I have been so excited for this webinar for many, many months. It’s been circled on my webinar.