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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

. • We have been especially successful in receiving blanket agreements from major trade book publishers such as HarperCollins, Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Perseus, Scholastic, Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as many university presses (including Cambridge U Press). Most publishers don’t say yes or no.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

We generated ideas for features like crop-specific guidance, multi-language accessibility, real-time market pricing data, and access to peer-to-peer training and resources. He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team.

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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

This research took me immediately to Sally Matthews, senior lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Matthews makes the point that despite slight westernization, Africa remains rooted in indigenous languages and cultural norms. We say, “it’s better”.

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How WhatsApp Is Being Used by Nonprofits in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was very fortunate that in October 2004 in South Africa, there was a meeting of social change market places that was convened, and I met Buzz Schmidt, Founder of GuideStar. We use WhatsApp to send documents to volunteers for transliteration and translation of registration certificates of non-profits that are in regional languages.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

sgEngage

196 0s – Anti Vietnam War protests and the push for peace in the United States is well-known for the actions taken by University students and protesters, but also involved outspoken members of the business community. Read more about the history of Earth Day here. . . 2000 – The United National Global Compact is launched.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. A recent graduate of Rice University, Lum is working on her PhD in statistics at Duke University.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

If you look at the history in South Africa, and the movement to end the apartheid regime, or if you look at the revolution in Cuba, where literally the island was essentially a playground for rich people from the United States.

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