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- -: Would You Pay for Online News? - Ken Auletta

December 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/10/Googled_The_End_of_the_World_As_We_Know_It "Googled" author Ken Auletta delves into the problems online news sites like the Wall Street Journal would face if they blocked search engines from indexing articles. Comparing Internet companies to early bro...

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- -: Have Profits Corrupted US Healthcare? - Walter Bortz

January 6, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/08/Next_Medicine_Saving_US_Healthcare "Old people don't need to take a pill, they need to take a walk," argues Stanford University physician Dr. Walter Bortz. He bashes the "corrupt," profit-driven U.S. healthcare system for distorting the goals of medic...

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- -: Want to Promote Your Cause? Keep it Simple

January 8, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/15/Tis_the_Season_of_Giving Scott Harrison, founder of the organization charity: water, argues that the key to a successful charity is simplicity. "You can all understand what we do up here in a sentence," he explains, adding that it's important to "show...

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- -: Wikipedia's Community-Based Business Model - Jimmy Wales

March 11, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/24/Digital_Life_Design_2010_Disruptive Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales reveals that only 30 staffers power Wikipedia, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. While Wales jokes that he is "a really fast typist," he reminds us that "the actual prod...

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- -: Is For-Profit Healthcare Unjust? - Amartya Sen

March 22, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/25/Amartya_Sen_The_Search_For_Justice Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen answers a question as to whether for-profit medical insurance is inherently unjust. Sen agrees that this is likely the case regarding insurance companies, but notes that ther...

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- -: Atheist vs Christian... Fundraising? Kiva's Competitive Lending Teams

December 17, 2010 (over 13 years ago)

Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/2010/12/08/Social_Entrepreneur_Series_Kivas_Premal_Shah Kiva president Premal Shah explains how creating lending teams made funding microloans more fun and increased the site's re-lending rate. "The top two teams right now are the Atheists and the Christ...

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- -: The Future of Journalism: Nonprofit?

April 25, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/10/Panel_The_State_of_Nonprofit_Investigative_Reporting Richard Tofel of ProPublica, discusses the future of nonprofit journalism in America and its dependence on philanthropic support. "Certain kinds of journalism are public goods, they're going to need...

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Andrew Mwenda: Andrew Mwenda Takes a New Look at Africa

June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)

Andrew Mwenda sheds light on the real situation of Africa in terms of economic struggle.

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Source: TED

Willie Smits: Willie Smits Restores a Rainforest

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Willie Smits talks about the restoration of environmental resources using step by step procedures that include the local people that eventually leads to increased environmental awareness and economic growth.

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Source: TED

Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube Thinks About Copyright

February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Margaret Gould Stewart shows how YouTube tracks video replication and copyright violations and how companies and amateurs can benefit from their copyright choices.

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Source: TED

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