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Flying High: Some Truly Creative Ways that Drone Technology is Being Utilized

Byte Technology

Of course there’s still the fun and frivolous uses, but more and more we are seeing the technology entering the realm of life-saving pursuits, strategic military and industrial applications, and so much more, to the point where entire niche markets are being spawned that leverage these flying machines for big business.

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Posts from the Skoll World Forum

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

They are definitely tackling market failure in the publishing industry: in Nepal they are now the second largest publisher of children's books in Nepali. We had fun running through the rehearsal, with different Skoll staff standing in for Jeff Skoll, Robert Redford, Sir Ben Kingsley and Sally Osberg (CEO of the Skoll Foundation).

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Dancing for Peace: Big Vision Podcast with Sara Potler

Have Fun - Do Good

New York City, Colombia, the Philippines, and Nepal. Today, the program works in Washington, D.C., You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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Join Us at BoxWorks and Harness Online Tech

Tech Soup

Have fun in SF. p.s. Please join Box employees and our partners and donate to our Nepal recovery fund. Network with thousands of technology professionals from all sectors. You deserve it! The cost will increase to $399 once all free admission spots have been filled.

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Make it Make Cents: Revenue Generators

Greater Giving

Live Auctions Live auctions are a form of entertainment—they’re fun revenue generators and they bring energy into a room, getting people ready and primed for the paddle raise. Dessert dash: This is a very fun game that organizations use to wrap up the night. Create a moment of opportunity for donors to give.

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Go Holiday Shopping with Your Global Girlfriend

Have Fun - Do Good

The creators of Global Girlfriend's merchandise come from all over the world: Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Nicaragua, South Africa, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

Many of our trainees and journalists in Nepal do have children. CH: I was a foreign correspondent in Nepal from 2003 to 2004 and had a really amazing experience in Nepal. I came back to the States after working in Nepal, and I took a job as a feature writer in San Francisco. Well, they are all of the above.