It’s a widely believed theory that the Internet, social media and other online tools and technologies can serve to undermine authoritarian regimes and help to spread democracies. As I wrote before, technology represents the ‘democratization of information’ – by which regimes no longer have a monopoly on knowledge. By reaching people who might never have…
Today I want to feature United Prosperity, a truly innovative organization that takes the concept of microfinance to the next level. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) simply provide small loans to poor entrepreneurs who want to pull themselves out of poverty through their small businesses. However, this approach does not strengthen the local banking system or…
I can feel it in the air. There’s something electric out there, something new and exciting. I see it all around me – and it gives me a sense of hope. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like right now we’re experiencing a fundamental shift in the way the world works and the way…
Due to the ongoing personal branding and social media craze, everyone is trying to brand themselves as a person interested in so-and-so or an expert in a specific area. As a consequence, there are an abundance of blogs out there telling you how to blog, what to blog about, or what not to blog about….