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Development

How to Ensmarten Yourself on the Daily in 2.5 Steps

July 9, 2010

I’ve been slipping this into conversations for months now, but really need to say it here: reading a daily batch of blog posts is a great way to increase your knowledge in a given area. In 2.5 steps:
1) Use an RSS reader (learn about RSS here in a quick video) to collect all blog updates [...]

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Doing it Right: Good Examples of Good Tech Solutions

May 9, 2010

Jackie’s been wandering around SS Africa for nearly two years, working with different organizations. This has given her some insight into what is working and what isn’t in world of appropriate tech development (anyone with a better idea for this stale term?).
This week she posted a series on organizations that are doing a good job [...]

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Social Intrapreneurship

March 28, 2010

5 years ago we started thinking about creating an Ambassador Program for EWB Vancouver, where we would help engaged engineers infuse issues of development into their workplaces. Part of the reason we never got it off the ground at that time was that I wasn’t sure where the tools were to do it, or even [...]

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Triggers of Somewhere Else

March 18, 2010

A few minutes ago I walked out of a crowded operations management review session, into the courtyard at SBS. It was raining lightly, with wind weaving through the trees and a rain fresh scent after days of sun. It was beautiful and calm. Immediately I was back on Vancouver Island, hiking in light rain, face [...]

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Words, Images and Music

February 22, 2010

For a couple years now, I have been mulling over a project that combines photography and word, collected widely and presented in publishable form (kind of like this). This project has always taken a back seat to current realities, although a few people have heard the concept. At the core, it plays on the power [...]

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How to Spend It

February 17, 2010

Every so often, the FT includes this insert. I believe the WSJ does something similar. It’s entertaining, and a strange glimpse into a world I don’t know (50ft yachts and tennis bracelets).
Quick suggestion of how to spend that money? Try this.
I’m not anti-wealth, in fact I like it. I just feel there are some fantastic [...]

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Launch Week: Skoll Associate Fellows

February 12, 2010

Many times over the past couple years have I answered the questions: why an MBA, why Oxford?
Today’s launch of the Skoll Associate Fellows program indicates why I chose to come here. Recognizing that there was a large and and passionate social entrepreneurship community, far beyond just the Skoll Skollars, the Skoll Centre has kicked off [...]

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Launch Week: Saving Darfur

February 9, 2010

I’ve decided that this is Launch Week on Cashewman. Yesterday was Ethical Ocean, a new online store for ethically sourced goods. Check it out everyone! I sense this one has some nice moment already.
Today it’s Saving Darfur: Everyone’s Favorite African War, a book by journalist Rob Crilly. I’ve been following Rob’s blog and tweets for [...]

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Flashback to War Times

January 25, 2010

My mom found this newspaper recently. The date? September 8th, 1943. Italy had just quit WW2. But what is fascinating is the extent to which the war dominated the discourse. Through the newspaper there is virtually nothing that isn’t related to it somehow. Articles, war bonds, movies, comics, cigarettes, classifieds (remember those?): everything tied in [...]

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6 Great Development Blogs

January 18, 2010

No longer living in Ethiopia or Senegal, I’m not as tuned into the workings of on-the-ground development. Thankfully we have some good folks who keep us in the loop and help us learn more. Here are my favorites.
Blood and Milk. Alanna Shaikh writes all over the place, but her own Blood and Milk blog is [...]

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