Most global-poverty workshops share a tedious format -- lots of
yakking, little action. But at this monthlong MIT-organized event,
delegates won't just lament third-world woe; they'll create real
devices to improve life for the ...READ»
Got an old problem? Put a young mind to it. Microsoft's Imagine Cup has announced its 2009 winners, with Oregon's MultiPoint Web edging out the other 14 U.S. finalists in a competition with the lofty aim of tackling United Nations ...READ»
"No! No! No!" Oxford business professor Linda Scott does not use Avon products. In fact, she says with a smile, "One of the worst things that ever happened to me is that a friend of mine started selling Avon." ...READ»
Sometimes there seems to be a world of significance packed into a single moment, or a single sentence. At Pio Manzu’s four-day conference about global poverty, the speakers’ roster is packed with smart, worldly people, and there were a half-dozen moments that caught my attention.READ»
Rimini, Italy is the site each fall of a conference that is a kind of Clinton Global Initiative for Europe, without Bill Clinton -- a meeting that tackles a single urgent topic over four days. This year’s topic is "le ragioni de penia," the reasons for poverty.READ»
October 15th is a day recognized around the world as Blog Action
Day. An annual nonprofit event, this year's 2008 theme is Poverty.
The event's goal is to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and
videocasters, by posting ...READ»
I join a site about technology, take the option to start a blog spend half
an hour typing and linking and it just disappears.
have I come to the right place?
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Kiva set the concept of P2P finance in motion, without doubt.
C4 world is another I've come across in my virtual travels, an org from Europe:
http://www.myc4.com/Portal/Default.aspx
Then there's ...READ»
Today, I had four chairs that "required some assembly" delivered. The first one took about 20 minutes to put together. The fourth chair was done is about 4 minutes.
Certain sites have figured out how to do build a ...READ»
I see Kevin Rose was offered as an answer to the "most creative mind" question. With regard to my constant quest to get Kiva.org variations cloned, I note that Digg has been cloned to death, but there is no real ...READ»
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I've asked the question everywhere, I'll ask it here. In order to answer, you need to understand what makes KIVA.ORG unique.
Kiva is funded by tax deductible donations and grants.
Loans do NOT pay interest, except in the ...READ»