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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. 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. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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

Care2

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. How did they do it?

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

Care2

From teaching supporters how to create Facebook accounts to ol fashioned door-to-door fundraising, Amy Eldridge from LWB, an admitted Facebook newbie, says its as much the offline as the online work that gets the job done. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. How did they do it?

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

Have Fun - Do Good

The organization has received numerous awards for its work, and Fisher recently received the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. I was uniquely qualified to teach at the university, if I had anything to tell anybody, or to work for big oil, or to work in military research. None of those things interested me.