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Governments should invest in their diaspora founders

TechCrunch

In many ecosystems outside of the major tech hubs, founders face cultural, legal, reputational and other hurdles to building a successful tech company. Moldova has a Pare 1+1 program that offers funding and entrepreneurial training to immigrants (and returnees) into Moldova. As a result, many of them emigrate to the U.S.

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. Time spent invested in a far-flung cloud is time that lost on networks closer to home. Ethan Zuckerman recently did an analysis of tweets from Moldova and found this to be true.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I know "social change" can be kind of a squishy term (and even more so the strategy-free "social good," which Katrin Verclas has amply discussed ), so I want to position myself as specifically interested in fundamental social change, at the political, social, economic and cultural levels. Mad props to them.)

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

By better understanding the wide cultural roots of this season of generosity we can fine-tune the means to communicate with all who make up our communities. We all know that in Western Culture, Christmas typically dominates the holiday season. In parts of Europe Christmas falls on different days.

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