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- PopTech 2009: America Reimagined
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Wednesday, October 21 at 2:00pm - Pop!Tech 2008: Scarcity and Ab...
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Wednesday, October 22 at 2:00pm
Pop!Tech Mustachioed for social good? Great @movember post from Michelle Riggen-Ransom (with the @batchbook "BatchStash"): http://bit.ly/6Fj3w4
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You may have noticed certain avatars around the Internet looking a bit more hirsute than usual. While it’s true that winter’s coming and folks tend to get a little scruffier to stay warm, there’s ...
Pop!Tech New #poptech VIDEO on America and migration: Anthony Doerr and Robert Guest: http://bit.ly/6V004c
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Three new videos this week, two from writer Anthony Doerr (you can find his books on Powell’s Books) and one from Robert Guest, the Lexington columnist for The Economist.
Pop!Tech PopTech is part of the new White House "Educate to Innovate" (STEM) #science #tech #engineering #math campaign: http://bit.ly/6f0jHm
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“… a campaign to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This campaign will include efforts not only from ...
Pop!Tech Can we help government listen better? @CauseGlobal (Marcia Stepanek) on the new @expertlabs helmed by @anildash: http://bit.ly/8jQ3Kn #gov20
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The federal government is just beginning to use social media to talk to citizens. What’s needed now, says Web entrepreneur Anil Dash, is a way for government to use social media to listen.
Pop!Tech Congrats to PopTech 2008 Social Innovation Fellow Ken Banks (@kiwanja) as Frontline SMS picks up a major tech award tonight: http://is.gd/4YO6G
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Tonight in Santa Clara, California, several thousand people will be standing on the stage with me as I collect a Tech Award for FrontlineSMS. It's been an
Pop!Tech Great Design Observer (thanks!) on #FLAP solar bag and current challenges: http://bit.ly/3EJ1zt (PopTech collaborates on FLAP with Timbuk2 and Portable Light Project)
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A shoulder bag conceived to help nomadic people in urbanizing places, by providing them with an integrated solar-powered light and the potential to charge electronic devices, shows how iteration can prepare a bold design for the market. ...
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If you're in NY, remember the first PopTech NYC meetup is tomorrow night!
RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Poptech-NYC/calend
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A group for NYC Poptech participants. The free exchange of ideas and goodwill doesn't have to end when the final cello is played. For Poptech attendees based in New York City, we have a few distinct a
Pop!Tech The latest on #FLAP solar bag tests in Mozambique (with @meowtree), Kenya, Haiti: http://bit.ly/3waWPT from Coco Newlin de Rojas
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Editor’s note: PopTech staff Coco Rojas gives an update on the FLAP (Flexible Light And Power) solar bag project and who is helping us test it right now below—FLAP is a collaborative effort from PopTech, Timbuk2, and Portable Light Project. ...
Pop!Tech new 2009 VIDEO: Alec Ross on statecraft, Paul van Zyl on torture, Erica Williams on Millenials: http://bit.ly/1gFoNi #poptech
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This week, President Obama has spoken in China about openness and human rights, world leaders are meeting in Rome to talk about world hunger and food security, and it is Global Entrepreneurship Week, so we are releasing three PopTech 2009 talks on truth, politics and the art of diplomacy.
Pop!Tech @cleantechnica interview with Lorrie Vogel on Nike Considered and #poptech Closed Loop Lab, spring 2010: http://bit.ly/2ptQEt
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This impressive footprint is Nike’s Considered Air Jordan XX3, their first basketball shoe designed using the Considered Ethos.
Pop!Tech New post: @timleberecht on why the "Twittering's on the Wall": http://bit.ly/1EQew7
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Upon the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city of Berlin has launched a remarkable “living” online memorial: the Berlin Twitter Wall.
Pop!Tech #followfriday #ff Find out where and what the PopTech Social Innovation Fellows are up to this week: http://bit.ly/2aoRcT
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Our group of 2008 and 2009 Social Innovation Fellows is incredibly active—and they often work together and link to each other’s work.
Pop!Tech VIDEO: Michael Pollan, Will Allen, and Marije Vogelzang at #poptech 09: http://bit.ly/29WVZI + @proefamsterdam's "Pasta Sauna"
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We are delighted to post the delicious videos from the PopTech 2009: Edible Futures session today (you can see all the 2009 Social Innovation Fellow videos in last week’s post). We hope you will embed these videos and share them with your friends.
Pop!Tech PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellows Nigel Waller on NextBillion: #bop #poptech "It's the End of the Phone as We Know It" http://bit.ly/3S2w9Z
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NextBillion brings together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise.
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Updates from the PopTech Community:
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Here are just a few updates we are excited about in the PopTech community in the last few weeks—follow our Twitter account (@poptech), Facebook page, and Delicious bookmarking account for more.
