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• On the Road

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Nick Malouin, KF9, Togo There’s something about traveling at high speeds in Africa that allows the mind to open up and do its best thinking. Maybe with the pot holes and daily frustrations left behind the brain can finally concentrate on something else. I had such an experience on a recent weekend trip to ...
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• Hiatt gets prestigious thing

  
  Innermost Parts — Authority: 131
  I don’t quite understand what’s going on, but it sounds cool. Hiatt gets to be the only New England school to host 1 of 10 Presidential Management Fellows pilot sites, which, according to the press release, means this: This rigorous leadership opportunity recruits top graduate students for a two-year ...
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• Phonecards and Peanuts: Looking at Micro-finance through the Macro Lens

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  Ilmari Soininen KF9  UIMCEC  Dakar, Senegal Topping up one’s phone credit is never a problem in Dakar – on every street corner you will find one, or usually three or four young men hawking the same exact Orange Telecom cards. They offer the exact same cards, in the exact same spot, at the exact same time. ...
  13 hours ago

• A welcomed visitor in Guatemala, but just a visitor

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Jeremy Lapedis, KF9, Guatemala I am the visitor. I am from Kiva. I am Jeremias. This has been my introduction for my first days in Guatemala. Tueseday, we went to San Martin. It is a two hour drive from Guatemala City: thankfully it was Marco and not me who was driving so I could observe the scenery as we ...
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• The Local Local Lifestyle

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  Rebecca Corey, KF9 Tanzania The first time I got shoved out of the way in a mad rush to the dala-dala bus, my friend Victor said to me, “This is the local local lifestyle, pole sana–I’m very sorry.” The next time he said it was when the electricity went out and I was reading in the living room. “This is ...
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• “Not Real Men…”

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  Me and the other Africa-based Kiva Fellows (photo provided by John Briggs) By Taylor Akin, KF9, Togo In the months of preparation leading up to my Kiva Fellowship in Lomé, Togo I have had plenty of opportunity to practice my take on the taxicab test – a concise explanation of Kiva’s mission and the work of a ...
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• Meet Marcia Grant: University Founder

  
  AAUW Dialog — Authority: 469
  Although the permanent home of Marcia Grant, a 1963–64 fellow, is a beautiful old stone farmhouse in a small village in France, when I called her for an interview she was in her apartment in Karachi, Pakistan, waiting out a thunderstorm. She’s been living there since 2005.Marcia is in Pakistan to oversee the ...
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• I Work In Microfinance Because…

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Mohammed Al-Shawaf, KF9 Palestine Recently, Kiva’s been engulfed in controversy over how it presents its Person-to-Person lending platform–a convenient shorthand for the reality on the ground or a more draconian attempt to mislead the casual lender?  I will not weigh in on this specific debate because ...
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• How Many Internet Marketing Secrets Can There Possibly Be?

  
  Internet Marketing Solutions — Authority: 152
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• On the Road with Travis

  
  Stage Banter: The Arena Stage Blog — Authority: 127
  by Travis LeMont Ballenger, New Play Institute Senior Producing Fellow I couldnt sleep this morning. At all. Too excited about yesterday and the next couple of days. So, Im using this time to tell you about our journey. Jamie and...
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• Transparency: Not Just for Lenders

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Maia Pelleg, KF9, Kenya Agency for the Development of Enterprise and Technology (KADET) This video was filmed in response to the following interaction I had with a borrower group outside of Nairobi, Kenya… “Habari. Nina itwa Maia,” I practice saying as I walk into my first group meeting of the day. ...
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• YOSEFO Day 2009

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Jennifer Gong, KF9 Tanzania YOSEFO has come a long way.  In 1997, it humbly opened its doors to 50 clients, for a total loan portfolio size of $5000.  However, with unwavering determination, it has succesfully expanded into 14 different communities around Dar es Salaam and has opened offices in Ifakara, ...
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• In Case You Didn’t Check: Fraternal & Convention Badges

  
  Collectors Quest — Authority: 128
  Click on any picture to enlarge Most have a common appearance and style, a Cartouche at the top made of thin stamped brass, with an opening to install a printed paper name tag, and two safety type pins on back, one to attach to your clothing and the other to hold a ribbon. The most common ribbon is two ...
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• The Savings behind the Interest

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Eva Wu, KF9 Philippines Having followed the recent debate over Kiva’s transparency and the P2P model , the main critique that stuck with me was that there should be more transparency on Kiva’s partner MFIs. This resonated with me because I believe that Kiva has, on the whole, picked out partner MFIs that do ...
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• Society for New Communications Research Issues Call for 2010 Fellows

  
  Society for New Communications Research — Authority: 99
  November 11, 2009 – San Jose, Calif. – The Society for New Communications Research, (http://www.sncr.org), a global nonprofit 501c3 research and education foundation and think tank dedicated to exploring the latest developments in new media and communications and their effect on business, media, culture, and ...
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• OTIs Newest Staffer: New America Foundation Announces Its First Knight Media Policy Fellow.

  
  saschameinrath.com — Authority: 103
  Heres the latest from the most recent expansion of Team OTI. Im really looking forward to working with Tom -- hes going to be a fantastic addition to the Open Technology Initiative. New America Foundation Announces Its First Knight Media Policy Fellow November 12, 2009 The New America Foundation today announced ...
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• November 17: Ayah Bdeir and littleBits at first interactive conference in the Middle East

  
  Eyebeam RSS Feed — Authority: 126
  11/12/2009 - 11/17/2009 Date : Tues., November 17, 2009 | 6PM Location : Beirut http://4siteforum.com/en/ Eyebeam senior fellow Ayah Bdeir will give a talk about her project littleBits as part of 4SITEForum, the first interactive conference in the Middle East. Ayah will also be ...
  4 days ago

• Weekend in training

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  By Ed Coambs KF9 Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Tricycle driver from training weekend, read this post to learn why we have his photo The morning starts early, its 5:30 and I rise to church bells and a new day’s adventure. At 6:30 I will be leaving with Raymond, Presy and Masa to introduce Kiva to five ...
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• Royal Society announces prestigious University Research Fellowsh...

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 154
  The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 38 new University Research Fellows (URFs) for 2009.
  4 days ago

• A Sierra Leonean Pick-Me-Up

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 480
  by Stephanie Meyer, KF9, Sierra Leone I eat at Kumba’s at least three times a week. I’ve always been the type that likes to have my “regular spots” – my coffee shop, my bar, my newsstand. I like to think of Kumba’s as my lunch spot. It doesn’t hurt that everything is so homey. There are only ...
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