#SocialUN: UN Social Media Day - January 30 [Event Recommendation]

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'The first “UN Social Media Day” will take place at UN Headquarters on Friday 30 January 2015. All are invited to join the conversation online by using the hashtag of the day: #SocialUN! The event aims to provide participants with new knowledge and inspiration, as well as acting as a working guide to the exciting – and sometimes challenging – social media environment.
 

Future of Work Podcast | Jacob Morgan [Podcast Recommendation]

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'Each episode of the Future of Work Podcast will tackle a specific theme or idea related to the future of work such as big data, collaboration, management, flexible work, globalization, the internet of things, and much more. An expert guest will also provide their ideas and advice on the topic we cover. Why is the world of work changing? How is work changing? What do you need to do about it? Listen to the Future of Work Podcast to find out!'

 

More at: www.thefutureorganization.com/future-work-podcast/

Rethinking International Volunteering (Part II): Interview with Claire Bennett, Major Trends on International Volunteerism

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Claire Bennett, Co-Founder, Learning Service and Co-Author of Re-Thinking International Volunteering, an upcoming book that will offer a paradigm shift in the way we think about volunteeering overseas. In this second part of the interview, Claire focuses on major trends related to the subject from the rise of short term volunteerism, the influence of internet and payment based volunteering.

The Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood [Book Retrospective]

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"Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, “Moral Disorder“, with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, “Alias Grace“. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game." 
 
 
 

Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil [Book Recommendation]

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"Shuklaji Street, in late 1970s Old Bombay. In Rashid’s opium room the air is thick with voices and ghosts: Hindu, Muslim, Christian. Here, people say that you introduce only your worst enemy to opium…"
 
 
 

MAN, WOMAN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN: SEXUAL MINORITIES AND THE HINDU RELIGION

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The Hindu fundamentalist often state that homosexuality and other sexual minorities are against the Hindu religion and culture. Is it?

Education, the right of every child

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Dr. William Ellery Channing, a well known writer said that "it is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state". Indeed it is true that to educate a child is becoming a great challenge in Nepal.

Connecting the World

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Mark Zuckerburg and internet.org have a plan to connect the world. Imagine.

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