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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

But by and large, people were pushed into poverty wage jobs and forced to make profit for huge corporations, while not having any opportunity to improve the living standards for themselves or their families. Steve Williams: I think for me one of the things that motivates me is the idea that the world can be a better place.

Podcast 40
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How-to: Let Go and Start Blogging

NTEN

My first thought was how is the experience of one of the most popular, persistent bloggers relevant to most people starting out or blogging for non-profit organizations. I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

Have Fun - Do Good

You are about plowing your profits into the neighborhood because you're a nonprofit. When we buy it from you, you might want to keep ten or 20 or 30 percent of the ownership, and you are going to profit from that because we are going to make this place rock." You are about community development. And they get that.

Global 40