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Author Malcolm Gladwell keynoted the F5 Expo yesterday in Vancouver and this is a guest post on his presentation. If you attended the F5 Expo yesterday and are interested in sharing your thoughts in a blog post on Techvibes, please contract us.
“We celebrate the benefits, but not the costs, of...
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For the past six years the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship has brought the who’s who in the field together in the famed university town. The theme of this year’s gathering from March 25th to 27th was “shifting power dynamics.” Coverage of this topic would be incomplete...
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The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship featured a session, held on March 26th, that related squarely to Web 2.0 dynamics was titled “(Financial) Power to the People.” One of the companies participating in the panel was www.globalgiving.com, which I have covered previously in this blog.
Mari Kuraishi, President,...
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on Fri, March 27, 2009 11:47 AM
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The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship included well-known non-profit Kiva.org in a panel discussion titled “(Financial) Power to the People.” Non-profit Kiva has generated widespread attention for its innovative online approach to giving. Permal Shah, President, recounted that the company is only 3 1/2 years old.
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I will be blogging and tweeting this week from the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University. This annual event has evolved over a few short years to become arguably the most important event in the world for social entrepreneurs. Financed by the first President of eBay, Jeff...
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on Mon, March 16, 2009 11:09 AM
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Have you been at a party lately where some one asked, “What is your “carbon footprint?” Or have you been asked, “What is your “offsetting” gap?” It is coming. What is your answer? It is time to figure that out.
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Why do we give? How do we give? These are questions that many successful hi-tech entrepreneurs ponder.
On March 5th BC Technology Social Venture Partners (BCTSVP) hosted Dr. Ted Malloch, Research Professor, Yale University who spoke on “A Guide to Generosity and Giving Effectively.”
James Topham, Chair of BCTSVP, by...
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The other day I was sitting at one half of a circular boardroom table in Manhattan; the other half of the table was projected onto three panel screens. I was sitting next to Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman, Cisco, who leads the charge on collaboration...
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I remember Evan Williams, the founder of Twitter, addressing the Web 2.0 Summit 2007 on the value of simplicity in site design and use. Williams quoted with approval from Tantek Celik: “the cognitive load of an individual is related to the number of clicks.” That’s Twitter—140 characters...
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One issue that regularly arises in a discussion of corporate social responsibility relates to the motives of companies. Are they really trying to “do the right thing?” Or, are they pursuing good solely for marketing reasons?
Critics scoff at the practice of social responsibility and particularly when incongruent with the company’s...
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