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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I've been in South Africa for just two days and have had several exciting meetings. My base of operations has been the IDP Africa Forum 2004, a conference for organizations serving the blind throughout Africa. Reminds me of some universities in California in terms of climate and feel.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

. • We have been especially successful in receiving blanket agreements from major trade book publishers such as HarperCollins, Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Perseus, Scholastic, Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as many university presses (including Cambridge U Press). Most publishers don’t say yes or no.

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

Tan , University Service Learning /. Nelson Mandela spent four-plus decades as an activist and freedom fighter and 27 years in prison because the demeaning National Party policy of apartheid in South Africa impeded black South Africans’ ability to live with human dignity. AmeriCorps Coordinator. Could I be doing more?

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa. A recent graduate of Rice University, Lum is working on her PhD in statistics at Duke University.

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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schwab Foundation board members Paolo Coehlo (the noted Brazilian author), Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa) and Hilde Schwab, the co-founder of the Schwab Foundation. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship.

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Pull up a [virtual] chair for a conversation on health and population issues

Forum One

Arnold Christianson from the National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa will be PRB's guest for the discussion. Consider the topic for tomorrow, 1/22, at 1:00 EST: " Birth Defects: A Hidden Toll for Developing Countries."

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Webinar: Converting Prospects to Multichannel Gold

Care2

Jeff received his Bachelors from Swarthmore College and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Adam holds a BA in Economics from Southern Illinois University and lives in Washington, DC. Justin has an MBA from the University of Colorado.