Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

I went to Dubai for the first ever Summit on the Global Agenda. The Summit pulled together experts on roughly seventy different topics to discuss the current and future state of major issue areas: areas as varied as water, mining, nanotechnology, governance, economic development, economic meltdown (kidding) and so on.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

My current business trip started by heading for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I had been invited to attend the Global Agenda Council meeting organized by the World Economic Forum. I was stunned when I found out in New York that the plane I was boarding was the new Airbus A380, the massive, double-decker airliner.

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Here are five takeaways about global trends in the public’s trust in NGOs: 1. Government was least likely to be seen as ethical or competent.

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