Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

It’s making life better and business easier for people everywhere. BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India. India’s Aadhaar identification program has succeeded in issuing an ID to 99 percent of the country’s adult residents. Blockchain to combat corruption.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Note on platform : During last week’s Twitter chat, not unlike previous chats, we dealt with some major issues around lag and load time. decentralized/open. A great campaign is one in which people are so engaged it just takes a life of its own. real time, and 2. co-created. From @neddotom: recap 1. overall goal 4.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

About 700 people participated over two days, including some who had traveled to Santa Cruz from London, Indonesia, and across the US. Ze had issued an invite to tens of thousands of people online, and we had no idea how many people would attend, and who they are. It was pretty freaking amazing.

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Achieve

JANUARY 20, 2016

She spent half of her senior year traveling the world again, backpacking through places like Indonesia, Thailand, and Southeast Asia. She realized that the life she had was much more privileged than most, even though she would be considered by many in the United States as a broke student just getting started in her career.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Last week at the United Nations General Assembly , Equal Measures 2030 launched a multi-country policymaker survey that explored perceptions of progress on gender-related issues and access to and use of data to inform decisions. Gender issues were not considered a priority in all areas of policymaking.

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Data Lesson Senegal Indonesia 20

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

it doesn't have to be completely narrow, but you're going to get more of an audience if it's about a particular issue, rather than just everything. You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

At the polling place it passed by 75%, that we're wanted to protect this watershed, which 75% in an issue-based election is a huge margin. So, if we close this mine here, how are they not going to open it over here? Got the citizens of Austin to sign their names enough times to get it on the ballot.

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