“Holmes hopes that Topic.com, her new project at First Look Media, will help rekindle her love for the web. The consumer-facing publication, published monthly, is designed to be the antithesis of the kinds of publications …
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Diverse Perspectives (Nieman)
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Synergos Senior Fellows: Increasing impact through collaboration
The Synergos Senior Fellows are a network of more than 150 accomplished civil society leaders from 50 countries working to address complex problems of poverty. Synergos helps the Fellows multiply their impact through peer learning and training on the Synergos approach to collaboration.
Andela secures Series B from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Kennedy Odede, co-founder of Shining Hope for Communities, on creating change
“Finally, SHOFCO saved my life and helped me to remain positive even when the worst happened. It made me feel not like a passive victim, but like I had agency and power to change what was happening in my community.
“I think starting Shofco also gave me a sense of the power of ‘ubuntu,’ feeling connected to a universal humanity.”
Left on the dial: With young people trading AM/FM for streaming, will radio find a home in your next car?
“The decline in commercial U.S. radio stocks appears to be “partially driven by a belief that things are changing rather faster than they actually are,”James Cridland, a radio analyst (and “radio futurologist”) based in Australia, …
UNICEF hails transformation through mobile
Lake told Mobile World Live that “mobile technology is now helping us reach children in a way we never could have imagined”, with the industry proving very receptive to working with the charity.
see video interview:
http://www.mobileworldlive.com/mwc16-thursday/interview-unicef/
Muhammad Yunis on the Future and How to Change the World
“We’re in a moment of tremendous change – not linear but exponential – and we need to bring our society through a transition process to one of more evenly distributed wealth and power. This is …
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