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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Since I’ve been working on IP policy and licensing on Bookshare, I was quite interested and had ideas of how to work with companies to apply their IP to social needs.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

We are also engaging with the Government of Iraq through the development of new web portals that will assist with project management and connecting with citizens of the country. Department of State and Rashad Hussain , the U.S.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. What should people know?

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$100,000 Grant: Polls Still Open in the Peace Primary - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

And here’s Anthony, he was in one of my wounded veteran programs that these young men and women who’ve lost their legs and arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. We won the Audience Award which led to a lot of national attention being on national television tens of thousands of dollars in donations from people we had never heard of.

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NSO’s Pegasus spyware: here’s what we know

The Verge

According to an analysis done by the Post and other Pegasus Project members, the current presidents of France, Iraq, and South Africa were included, along with the current prime ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, and Morocco, seven former prime ministers, and the king of Morocco.

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Data, Data Everywhere: But How Does It Relate to You and Your Work?

Tech Soup

It will bring together academics, policy makers, and lawyers. One handy example is the mapping and visualization of the Iraq War Logs and most recently AV referendum results in the UK. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) in London recently hosted the workshop “ Civil Society 2.0:

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