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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

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He has been profiled by Forbes , People , and on CNN and has been named a 2012 CNN Hero and awarded the 2011 GQ Better Men Better World Award. Since, 2010, Team Rubicon has been instrumental in over 50 missions ranging from South Sudan and Haiti, to Joplin, Missouri and Hurricane Sandy.

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President's Update

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I was awarded one of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowships. These awards are based not so much on past achievements, as an expectation that you will do something exciting in the future. For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

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The organization has received numerous awards for its work, and Fisher recently received the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008. But, in Africa, where we work, there are very, very few jobs in the formal private sector.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. We are doing a media and speaking tour (November, 8-20) of three of our award winning women citizen journalists.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. And now to the interview. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. So, if you only have a few minutes, here are the5 top takeaways: 1. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. And now to the interview. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. So, if you only have a few minutes, here are the5 top takeaways: 1. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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In the Voices of Genocide Prevention interview , Christine Karumba said that Honorata now works for Women for Women International training other women to, " understand their role in participating in rebuilding of their community. Kennedy New Frontier Award in 2007. She received the John F.

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