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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Tags: print disabled print disabilities Benetech publishers blind SCCR Bookshare WIPO SCCR20. with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. •

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Documenting the Digital Divide

NTEN

It's the third season for this Barcelona and Switzerland-based organization's digital divide photo contest, and you're invited to participate. Tags: contest digital divide nonprofit technology. Read full contest details here , and you can see the 2008 photos here.

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First day in Davos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And then we're in a small ski village in Switzerland! Tags: WEF social entrepreneurs Davos Benetech Kickstart Selco Schwab Foundation Davos10 Schatzalp. Although this is my sixth time to Davos for the WEF, the train trip never fails to enchant me. We know social entrepreneurs are at the leading edge of that effort!

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Tracking the Currion Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nancy tagged Joitske , Brit , and me. Here's more information about how and why it was created: NGO Manager was created by a small group of professionals working in the humanitarian sector in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2001. NMG is a small independent nonprofit association based near Geneva in Switzerland.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Global Redesign Initiative is one of the core themes of next week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Tags: WEF HuffPo Davos Benetech IP GRI intellectual property Davos10. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off? I made a suggestion and got invited to Davos to discuss it.

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My career as a gopher mistress was very short-lived because a guy in Switzerland and something called mosaic came along. Anyone could volunteer to aggregate links in their field on their server - and would be linked to the main library on Switzerland. Note the blink tag! It was before the commercial web. The Typo Police Page.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

The campaign was active online and on the ground in over 22 countries – all with a focus on Nestle’s head office in Switzerland. Tags: community events 4change chat community buiding community organizing global livechat local twitter. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally.

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