New Technology

GlobalWA 2014/ New Technology

Akhtar Badshah, Hero of the Year (GlobalWA 2014)

2014 12/27/2014

Global Washington named Akhtar Badshah, PhD, as its 2014 honoree. Badshah, former Microsoft corporate social responsibility executive, discussed the changing role of social enterprise in society.

CGI 2013/ Education/ Featured Videos/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Maurits Groen, Waka Waka (CGI 2013)

2013, Waka Waka 12/22/2013

Waka Waka Co-Founder Maurits Groen describes how the solar Waka Waka light incorporated the ability to charge cell phones and more!

CGI 2012/ Environment/ New Technology

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler Strand, Build Change (CGI 2012)

2012, Build Change 11/05/2012

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler Strand explained how to prevent earthquake fatalities through construction techniques.

New Technology/ Social Justice

Britt Yamamoto, iLEAP

2012, iLEAP 10/23/2012

Britt Yamamoto, Founder and CEO of iLEAP — Where World Citizens Learn — describes a program to bring people from around the world together to learn.

CGI 2012/ New Technology/ Women & Girls

Tae Yoo, Cisco & Judy Anderson, Heal Africa-USA (CGI 2012)

2012, Cisco, Heal Africa 10/21/2012

Cisco’s Tae Yoo and Heal Africa-USA’s Judy Anderson talk together about problems and solutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

CGI 2012/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Tae Yoo, Senior Vice President, Cisco (CGI 2012)

2012, Cisco 10/20/2012

Cisco’s Tae Yoo explains the importance of broadband to Impact Countries.

CGI 2012/ Environment/ New Technology

Amena Ali, Earth Networks (CGI 2012)

2012, Earth Networks 10/13/2012

Amena Ali, Earth Networks, describes hi-tech way to protect human life through early weather warnings.

CGI 2012/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Leigh Fatzinger, Prosodic (CGI 2012)

2012, Prosodic 10/01/2012

Pragmatic and professorial, social media expert, Leigh Fatzinger, of Prosodic, discusses how new metrics will provide real time results.

CGI 2012/ Education/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Maurits Groen, WakaWaka Light (CGI 2012)

2012, Waka Waka 09/29/2012

Maurits Groen, WakaWaka Light, described a new, inexpensive, rugged, durable solar-powered lamp that can replace kerosene lamps in Impact Countries.

New Technology/ Women & Girls

Sammie Rayner, Lumana Credit

2012, Lumana Credit 05/11/2012

The rule of law around the world is the topic with Dwight Gee of the World Justice Project.

BCLC Citizenship Awards/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Paul Gennaro, AECOM (BCLC Awards)

2011, AECOM 01/09/2012

2011 Citizens Finalist: AECOM. The global engineering firm, a finalist for BCLC’s Corporate Steward Award, was represented by Paul Gennaro. He explained that scalable sustainability is an important part of the company’s ethos.

BCLC Conference/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Gordon Feller, Cisco (BCLC 2011)

2011, Cisco 11/28/2011

Gordon Feller, Cisco’s Director of Urban Innovations, discusses the company’s outreach and partnerships in improving the human condition.

BCLC Conference/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Neil Paine, Chaka MarketBridge (BCLC Conference)

2011, Chaka MarketBridge 11/02/2011

“Not only is it financially viable, but it’s extremely personally rewarding” — creating markets for Nicaraguan artisans, Neil Paine, Chaka Market Bridge.

BCLC Citizenship Awards/ Education/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Michael Jacobson & Elizabeth Marincola, Intel & SSP (BCLC Awards)

2011, Intel, SSP 10/29/2011

2011 Citizens Finalist: Intel and SSP. Personal and global economic growth are the goals of this partnership between Intel and the Society for Science and the Public (SSP).

CGI 2011/ New Technology

Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient (CGI 2011)

2011, Yunus Centre 10/28/2011

Nobel Peace Prize recipient and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus describes social businesses for 2012 and beyond.

CGI 2011/ New Technology/ Opportunity/ Women & Girls

Cherie Blair, Foundation for Women (CGI 2011)

2011, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women 10/25/2011

The work of Cherie Blair’s Foundation for Women continues to provide opportunities for those who never had them before.

CGI 2011/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Bill Brindley, CEO, NetHope (CGI 2011)

2011, NetHope 10/25/2011

Committing to build thousands of jobs in low and middle income countries, NetHope CEO Bill Brindley explains how!

BCLC Conference/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Talya Bosch, Western Union (BCLC 2011)

2011, Western Union 10/23/2011

Talya Bosch of Western Union describes how the company, operating in all but three countries in the world, maintains community connections.

CGI 2011/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Margo Drakos, APPbridge (CGI 2011)

2011, APPbridge 10/22/2011

Tech entrepreneur Margo Drakos discusses creating jobs in home countries through mobile application creation and development.

BCLC Conference/ New Technology/ Opportunity

Akhtar Badshah, Microsoft (BCLC 2011)

2011, Microsoft 10/21/2011

Akhtar Badshah, international expert on corporate community work, discusses the converging interests of business and society.

BCLC Conference/ New Technology/ Water & Sanitation/ Women & Girls

Bo Miller, Dow Chemical Company (BCLC Conference)

2011, Dow Chemical Co 10/13/2011

Global Sustainability! Dow’s Bo Miller describes the three considerations to achieve sustainability: economic, social and environmental.

GSEC/ New Technology

Prano Hiremath, POCiT (GSEC 2011)

2011, POCiT 03/10/2011

POCiT is a nonprofit business with the mission of creating accessible medical technologies for use at the point of care in developing nations. We envision the development of accurate, affordable, user-friendly, and mobile medical solutions that transform the landscape of point of-care diagnostics by providing the potential to reach millions of patients.

GSEC/ New Technology

Mdgaushey Shahariar, One4OneIT (GSEC 2011)

2011, One4OneIT 03/10/2011

One4OneIT: E-power promises to develop skills of unemployed youths and create employment for them through online outsourcing jobs and work platforms.

GSEC/ New Technology

David Anna, Online PayStation (GSEC 2011)

2011, Online PayStation 03/09/2011

Online PayStation: To extend the benefit of online bargain shopping to the world’s poor by accepting cash. Our vision is to increase the accessibility and purchasing power of low income communities worldwide by establishing a network of pay stations that will provide savings on and online access to items such as school books, food, medicines, and water.