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

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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?

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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

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Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is held annually in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for the mobile industry for the coming year. It also influences other areas of the tech world and other industries — including the social sector. Zuckerberg's Keynote on Digital Inclusion and Internet.org. Saving Cities Energy and Money.

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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

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? Here's a few: She's Geeky , an unconference for women in technology, held a blog day on September 19th which generated many posts including a few from the nonprofit tech space ( here , here , and here ) Blog Action Day is October 15th.

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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

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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. So I have used WhatsApp to connect with people that are not tech-savvy. So you don’t need to be tech-savvy to use WhatsApp.