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The Culture Map

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It is only when you start to identify what is typical in your culture, but different from others, that you can begin to open a dialogue of sharing, learning, and ultimately understanding." And, that's why Meyer wrote her book, The Culture Map. It's a fascinating read.

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How To Understand Cultural Differences To Drive Business Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

It is only when you start to identify what is typical in your culture, but different from others, that you can begin to open a dialogue of sharing, learning, and ultimately understanding." And, that''s why Meyer wrote her new book, The Culture Map. It''s a fascinating read.

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Austria conference on access technology

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I gave the opening keynote, on my main new theme, Raising the Floor. I met a professor from Portugal who had a student who developed EasyVoice , software that makes it possible for someone who cannot speak to use Voice over IP via Skype to talk to people using a voice synthesizer. It was fun to hear students and fresh Ph.Ds

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

The Team For a Better World from Portugal developed a prototype low-cost portable device that determines blood types in about 5 minutes. The FCC ruling opened a four-month public comment period, after which it will take a final vote on net neutrality. The tech for good category in the competition is called World Citizenship.

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Call for Papers: Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

KM4D Journal) is an open access, peer-reviewed, community-based journal on knowledge management in development ??? Bev Trayner is an independent consultant from Portugal. Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development??? Knowledge Management for Development Journal???

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[VIDEO] Keeping Your Donor Database Healthy, Wealth, and Wise

Bloomerang

How many of you went into your database when you first open it up and went, “Was that last year’s calendar year-end appeal? So annual appeals, don’t lose your donors before they open the envelope. And you know what the average open rate is? Amy, thank you, 23%, only a quarter are actually even opening it.