Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund and author of The Blue Sweater, an inspiring memoir about a quest to understand global poverty and a determination to find ways to conquer it.
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President Obama recently announced the creation of a new position, ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, at the State Department. Melanne Verveer, a widely respected women’s advocate and former top aide to then first lady Hillary Clinton, will fill that role.
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Exim Bank, known for supporting the financing of U.S. goods and services; turning export opportunities into real transactions; and, maintaining and creating more U.S. jobs (refer to their U.S. Small Business Exporters page),
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Building a solid business or finding and keeping a great job is going to require a lot more effort during our current economic downturn.
If you want to give yourself every possible advantage, it’s time to expect more from yourself.
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Celebrating International Women’s Day, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Council for the Global Retention of Women (GROW) will host a Webcast on Friday, March 6, 2009, featuring leading executives from around the world.
This 60-minute market-driven panel discussion will:
• Explore how the current state of the economy is both a challenge and an opportunity for women and organizations.
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The next generation of engineers and innovators will face new challenges and will be called upon to play a vital role in helping solve the world’s future health, safety, environmental and economic problems.
To help prepare these future leaders,
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Looking for new ways to network on those endless roadtrips?
This morning I went to the inaugural SF-East Bay Social Media Breakfast and met over thirty new faces. These people ran the gamut in both age and background.
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Australia is the host country for a “Women in Global Business” National Seminar Series (refer to Women in Export Program).
Participants will learn about specific opportunities and strategies for building sustainable export programs from Austrade’s highly experienced in-market Trade Commissioners and local case study speakers.
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Interesting post by Sarah Iqbal on gender over at the PSD Blog – The World Bank Group. She attempts to answer the complex question: Why don’t women rule the world?
Find out Sarah’s answer here.
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I think that one of the best things that we from the developed world can do for the poor is to help cultivate an entrepreneurial environment for them.
That’s what Moses Lee says over at the NextBillion.net in his entry Are the Poor Really Entrepreneurial?
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