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How +SocialGood helped bring you to the Davos table.

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How +SocialGood helped bring you to the Davos table.

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This Online Course Will Teach You How to Change...

By Henry Timms Never before have so many people been capable of doing so much to make the world better. Increasingly, new technologies and new ideas allow us to share great innovations and to deliver sustainable change. And as this conversation gets broader, it also needs to get deeper. That's why the 92nd Street Y has partnered with Wesleyan University to launch a free MOOC (massive open online course), " How to Change the World ," which started on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 20. Though Mashable is not affiliated with the MOOC, it grew out of the annual Social Good Summit , which is a partnership between Mashable , the 92Y, the U.N. Foundation, UNDP, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ericsson. You can...Read More

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Five Favorite Moments from +SocialGood’s First...

This past May, a global community of innovators, social entrepreneurs, and thought leaders united around a shared vision: That today's connected generation can leverage technology and new media to help create a better world. Here is a look at the highlights of +Social Good’s first year.

Five Favorite Moments from +SocialGood’s First...

A look at +SocialGood's first year.

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A Year of Progress, a Year of Promise

It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day aspect of the work we’re doing, but as we approach the end of 2013, it’s amazing to reflect on what the world has accomplished in such a short time.

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Fail fast, fail early

More often than not, transformational change is not the result of any directed, high-budget campaign, but rather consistently striving to make every next day better no matter how much or how little can be accomplished.

Fail fast, fail early

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#ICASA2013: Now More Than Ever Technology is...

How technology is revolutionizing community engagement across Africa.

#ICASA2013: Now More Than Ever Technology is...

How technology is revolutionizing community engagement across Africa.

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Our 5 Most Read Blog Posts of 2013

Over the past year our Impatient Optimists contributors wrote hundreds of blog posts about the various ways our world is getting better--and about the work we still have to do.

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Our Work Together: 13 Highlights from 2013

Every day, the UN Foundation works to support the United Nations in building a healthier, more peaceful, and more just world. As we head into the New Year, the communications team at the UN Foundation is taking a moment to reflect on some of the biggest stories this year about your work to support the UN, our partners, and the movement for important global causes in 2013.

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8 Social Media Predictions for Nonprofits in 2014

While social media played a pivotal role in sharing stories across the web this year, 2014 will dictate that those stories become even more shareable and engaging to make an impact. Here are my nonprofit social media predictions for 2014.

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Navigating the future of digital longform

Three tips for writing digital longform investigative journalism.

Navigating the future of digital longform

Three tips for writing digital longform investigative journalism.

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6 Apps That Fit Charity Into Your Daily Routine

A pen and checkbook used to be the only way to donate money to good causes. The Internet, however, has rejuvenated our concept of “giving to charity,” bringing about an unprecedented age of both citizen and viral philanthropy , and calling upon online communities to help those in need. This concept relies on social sharing to spread the word, and is only strengthened by the growing accessibility of mobile phones. And it continues to be a groundbreaking idea...Read More

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Zuckerberg's Other Billion-Dollar Idea: 2013's...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan took the whole "season of giving" thing to heart once again in 2013 For the second straight year , the couple gave away 18 million Facebook shares — a gift worth more than $970 million — to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in December See also: 10 Innovations That Improved the World in 2013 The donation was the largest charitable gift on public record in 2013, according to the Chronicle...Read More

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With Foresight, Games and ICT Towards...

Learn more about global sustainable development.

With Foresight, Games and ICT Towards...

Learn more about global sustainable development.

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800 Women Die Everyday in Pregnancy

Did you know that approximately millions of women die each year from pregnancy related complications? Did you also know that 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries? The biggest culprit here is high blood pressure during pregnancy (preeclampsia and eclampsia). And take a wild guess which health risk is on the rise in developing countries? Diabetes! It is already a known fact that diabetes and high blood pressure are intertwined. But why is it that so many of today's poor are becoming diabetic? Could it be because the cheapest food they can buy is starch based products like rice, potatoes and pasta? And guess what happens when our system becomes overloaded from eating foods high in starch? Well any doctor will tell you starch...Read More

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Resolutions: Female Entrepreneurs Are Key to...

I believe entrepreneurs are the foundation for innovation, economic growth, and job creation and have made it my personal mission to give back to the entrepreneurial community and to empower women around the world to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. My work as part of the United Nations Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council and my role as Dell’s entrepreneur-in-residence have given me a platform to reach entrepreneurs on a global scale in ways that would not have been possible on my own.

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2013 in review, plus some predictions for 2014

The holiday dust has settled and it’s back to work for many of us. I think you’d have to agree that 2013 was an exciting and busy year, with lots of developments on the ICT, sustainability and CR agendas. At the global level, perhaps one of the most significant developments taking place is the increasing realization [...] The post 2013 in review, plus some predictions for 2014 appeared first on Technology For Good Blog .

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Are you Mobile Ready?

The times are always changing but now more than ever it's important for us to be mobile ready. Recently I caught up with Scott Bales ( http://scottebales.com/ ) a serial entrepreneur and a thought leader in digital culture, innovation and mobility. He's launching his new book Mobile Ready ( https://publishizer.com/mobile-ready ) this month and I decided to ask him some questions to get a bit more insight and a peak into his new book. As social entrepreneurs we need to stay on top of what's happening and stay ahead of the curve especially when it comes down to the mobile space - it's not just about technology! Here's what he had to say. How do you see the Mobile space within Asia? In Asia...Read More

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Leaders at Davos Must Address the Critical...

To the political and business leaders gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos As representatives of civil society organisations attending the World Economic Forum, we are writing to urge you to ensure that the following issues of critical global importance are central to discussions at the forum and that, as per its stated purpose, the forum helps to deliver the insights, initiatives and actions necessary to respond to them Securing a safer world: As the forum takes place thousands of innocent people in Syria, including many children, continue to die. As vital peace talks kick off in Geneva, the crisis in Syria emphasises why we must work together to guarantee both immediate humanitarian access and aid, as well as...Read More

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Defining a World with New Power

Technology gives journalists new power. Instead of complaining about the dramatic shifts in our industry, we celebrate it because it provides new ways of solving age-old problems that allow journalists to go far beyond storytelling. In a country like the Philippines, where institutions are weak and corruption is endemic, we can capture the zeitgeist of a frustrated society, push action and help build institutions bottom-up. Which is exactly what we set out to do in Rappler . Using a patented user-engagement model, we link the main components into a cycle driving action. Content creation is amplified by social media, which allows engagement that leads to crowdsourcing. The most immediate easy action is to click how you...Read More

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Myth-Busting Poverty and Health

In today's Gates Annual Letter, Bill and Melinda Gates make a convincing argument that, in many ways, the world is better than it has ever been. I agree. Life ain't perfect, but suffering and death are decreasing.

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Turning hope in to reality with Connect To Learn

A look back at the progress made at two schools in Ghana that have benefitted from the Connect To Learn initiative. In the spring of 2011 Connect To Learn performed its first ICT deployment in two secondary schools in the Bonsaaso Millennium Village project in Ghana. The two schools, Mansoman Senior High School and Adubia Senior [...] The post Turning hope in to reality with Connect To Learn appeared first on Technology For Good Blog .

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Turning hope in to reality with Connect To Learn

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Solving Today's Energy Problems: How Agora...

Join Agora Partnerships and +Social Good for a GoogleHangout featuring three Agora Entrepreneurs who are using business to solve some of today's most pressing energy problems.

Solving Today's Energy Problems: How Agora...

Join Agora Partnerships and +Social Good for a GoogleHangout featuring three Agora Entrepreneurs who are using business to solve some of today's most pressing energy problems.

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75 million young people, one common issue:...

The International Labour Organisation has declared it a “time bomb”, the Davos leaders refer to it as a “disaster”, and the United Nations has called it “staggering”. These three concerning phrases, uttered by major global institutions, all seek to describe the same economic challenge: youth unemployment. Despite young people making up 17% of the world’s population, they account for more than 40% of the world’s unemployed; a sum total of more than 75 million young people. Let’s stop and conceptualise that for a second- that equates to a whopping 75 million young people. That’s three a bit times my country’s (Australia’s) entire population or enough young...Read More

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Mobile Health : A Step towards Quality Family...

Family planning has long been a key component of policies and planning across the health ambit in India. What quintessentially remains to be seen is the impact of these. Exploring dimensions of this singled out component of health and welfare, if it were to be analysed, the untraveled long road is still there. But yes so is the determined spirit and minds of so many who board that journey. Through myopic vision the concept of family planning would seem to have failed in controlling the population burden on the National Income and country’s GDP. The population has grown steadily and continues to do so till date. But for now let’s do the reverse and visualise the bigger picture. Let’s focus on the rate at which it is...Read More

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5 Lessons on Integrating Family Planning and...

How do you integrate maternity care with improved access to family planning? Jacaranda Health shares five of the best ways.

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Text Messages Curb the Lasting Effects of...

CHIKWAWA, Malawi — Community health-care worker Stephane January had never used a cell phone before a text message-based nutrition-monitoring program was introduced to his rural Malawian community's district in September 2012. Now, January spends every Thursday sitting outside the Makwira Health Center in Chikwawa, punching children's measurements into simple messages that are sent to a central hospital in the country's capital of Lilongwe. Each text message is formatted...Read More

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NASA Shows 60 Years of Climate Change in 15...

It may feel cold outside right now, but NASA's new climate video helps you visualize how hot Earth is getting overall NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) created the video, which colors the Earth based on air temperatures that rose or fell compared to historic averages. In 15 seconds, the video spans over 60 years of climate data from 1950 to 2013, and by the end, Earth is covered in hues of red and orange. The increase in greenhouse gas emissions...Read More

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13-Year-Old Blogger: I Promise Girls Will...

Jules Spector hopes to end child prostitution and child marriage in developing countries. She hopes for equal rights for LGBT couples, not only in the U.S. but around the world. She hopes the media will stop portraying women as sex objects. She hopes the contributions of women will be valued in the male-dominated fields of science, technology and engineering. And she hopes to pass her midterms — she's still in middle school, after all. See also: 111 Songs by Girls...Read More

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Bootcamp: Twitter for Human Rights

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies hosted a Bootcamp on the use of Twitter for Human Rights. This is session is part of MIGS' new project: setting up a Digital Mass Atrocity Prevention Lab to study how new technologies, including communication technologies, can be used to prevent mass atrocities and genocide. We gathered a group of 20 people for a hand-on session. Some of them being completely new to Twitter we showed them why world leaders, diplomats and policymakers, politicians, activists, NGOs and organizations are using it. Twitter is a platform for real time information and communication - there is therefore real potential for those concerned with human rights to harness its power for social good. ...Read More

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Forest and Harmonizer help empower Tijuana youth

I am just returning after several days in Mexico, where I was fortunate to have joined the launch of the Harmonizer Program, an initiative of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI) led by Forest Whitaker. Ericsson is the main technology partner, helping WPDI to establish the Youth Peacemaker Network globally. The Harmonizer program combines an [...] The post Forest and Harmonizer help empower Tijuana youth appeared first on Technology For Good Blog .

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16 Technologies that are Transforming...

Photo by: Irita Kirsbluma Technology has changed the way the world works. We have seen what its impact can be in the developed world, but what about the developing world. From mobile apps to crisis mapping, technology has been reborn in the developing world. This sets the stage for a massive shift in how aid workers, doctors, rural farmers get information. It sets the stage for theses individuals to coexist to create an eco-system that begins to bridge the digital divide. Here is a list of some of the technologies that are transforming international development while bridging the digital divide. Ushahidi Ushahidi builds tools for democratizing information, increasing...Read More

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Cisco Technologies Provide Business,...

This post is excerpted from an article published on Cisco’s internal website, Cisco Employee Connection. Cisco is committed to building [...]

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2013 in review, plus some predictions for 2014

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11 Ingenious Solar Projects Impacting the...

It's easy to take energy for granted, forgetting that throughout much of the world, a lack of power affects everything from business to education to matters of life and death. Approximately 1.5 billion people still don't have access to electricity worldwide, with an additional 1 billion having only intermittent access. By using the power of the sun — the ultimate natural resource — these issues can be ameliorated, if not solved. Scientists, social...Read More

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Education for 2030 Now

Nelson Mandela once said that “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” We are now in a position to make that weapon even more powerful. Scholarship on education and learning has been booming in the last few decades, and a rich seam of information and experience about optimizing learning has been opened up. There is no time to waste in mining this information to make the future a better place to live than the present. Children born in the last twelve months will graduate high school in 2030. It has become clear that the 21st century is one of rapid change, where the type of education a child receives will make an enormous difference to the outcome of their lives. We do not know what the...Read More

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Top 20 Social Good Brands in the U.S. (MAP)

A Map of 20 Social Good Brands in the U.S. Take a look at the brands, companies, and entrepreneurs combining business ideas and philanthropy to make the world a better place. Take a look at the map for a description of each brand. List includes : FiftyFive Clothing - Irvine, CA Sword and Plough - Denver, CO Ethnotek - Minnesota Alchemy Goods - Seattle, WA Re5cue Clothing - Kansas City, MO Bucketfeet - Chicago, IL Love Is Mighty - New York, NY Warby Parker - New York, NY BANGS Shoes - Clemson, SC Bright Funds - San Francisco Project 7 - San Clemente, CA LSTN - West Hollywood, CA TOMS - Los Angeles, CA The People's Movement - Solana Beach, CA Jedidiah...Read More

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Technology and Global Change: From Conversation...

We are living in a heightened conversational climate where everyday people have greater access to information and data once reserved solely for those sitting in ivory towers.

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