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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding. Generic license ).

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Israel’s political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there’s no turning back

TechCrunch

So incensed was he by government machinations around the judiciary, that veteran entrepreneur Yanki Margalit decided the changes were having a chilling effect on the country’s usually entrepreneurial culture. In other words, interpretation takes on an even greater role.

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Broaden your view of ‘best’ to make smarter, more inclusive investments

TechCrunch

based founders, 35 were white American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. As the culture changes, we anticipate that the 2030 “Top 40” wealth creators list will include many more people with diverse backgrounds. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Cultural institutions are increasingly developing APIs and linked-data repositories. Submitted by Jacob Colker. In Museums, context can be hard to come by.

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

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Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Cultural institutions are increasingly developing APIs and linked-data repositories. Submitted by Jacob Colker. In Museums, context can be hard to come by.