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How Big Data Can Support More Precise Conservation

The Horizons Tracker

“We’re taking that same technology and instead of trying to sell people stuff, we’re trying to find people most willing to invest in conservation.” “These are the types of data that inform the ads you get on Facebook or Google,” the researchers explain. ” Precision conservation.

NGO 56
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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

My friends were all doing sexier things like technology, communications, or financial services.” We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. After a time, he found himself traveling back and forth between Japan and New York in the employ of Goldman Sachs. One New York assignment was as head of the transportation practice. “I

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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

For the last three years, I have satiated this string of my DNA with an unconventional job – as Executive Director of a small NGO addressing maternal and child survival in slums of Mali, West Africa, where health outcomes are among the lowest in the world. Motivation.

NGO 175
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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 They use technology to cook more food in less time. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days. These meals act as an incentive for these kids to come to the school and study. 600 (or ~$13).

Quality 156
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How New Technologies Could Transform Africa’s Health Care System

Harvard Business Review

Across industrial sectors, from healthcare to energy, from construction to retail, engineers are creating new technologies with potentially disruptive implications for the current architectural order of the global economy. One of the technologies, an “ AI doctor ”, shows great promise for the future of healthcare in Africa.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Alex Osterwalder – Co-founder Strategyzer. Entrepreneurs.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

NGO 14