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Social Good Summit Day 2: Highlights and Pics | Sunday, September 23, 2012 7:56 PM | Zoe Fox |
| | The excitement continued through the second day of the 2012 Social Good Summit, with discussions of how social media could have prevented atrocities, bringing an end to human trafficking and social businesses for social good. The jam-packed day...
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How Forest Whitaker Is Using Technology to Spread Peace | Sunday, September 23, 2012 4:02 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| | Actor, humanitarian and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Forest Whitaker gave an in-depth look at PeaceEarth, his new digital-first project designed to promote peace-building efforts around the world, on Sunday at the 2012 Social Good Summit. Put...
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How to Use Mobile Devices to Solve Global Problems | Sunday, September 23, 2012 1:52 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| | In 1999, half of the world had either never used a phone or had to travel more than two hours to reach the nearest one. Years later, mobile devices are being used in extremely innovative ways to connect and empower people around the world. "It's...
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How Social Media Is Empowering Women in Haiti | Sunday, September 23, 2012 1:19 PM | Neha Prakash |
| | Actress Maria Bello began helping the women of Haiti because she was "pissed." Bello has long been an activist and humanitarian -- especially in Haiti -- but it took getting angry at traditional red tape and infrastructure to reach out to...
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U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: Twitter Crucial to Her Mission | Sunday, September 23, 2012 12:30 PM | Neha Prakash |
| | How do you responsibly conduct foreign policy with a haiku? That's what Susan Rice felt was the challenge when first introduced to Twitter. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations was a self-proclaimed "skeptic" of the power of social...
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Tim Pool, Guerrilla Journalist of the Digital Age [VIDEO] | Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:50 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| | In 2011, Tim Pool didn't hear about the Occupy Wall Street movement from the news -- he discovered it through social networks like YouTube and Facebook. He ended up seeing a video of a police officer dragging a protester by his leg, and Pool...
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ShoutAbout Aims to Inspire Social Action Based on News Stories | Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:57 AM | Josh Catone |
| | Sunday at the 2012 Social Good Summit, former Red Cross Communications Officer Mat Morgan publicly launched his new startup, ShoutAbout, which intends to empower consumers of news to actually create social change. "There's this huge barrier...
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