The rise of the smart city will rely on the ability of stakeholders to collaborate, engage citizens and act on data. Partnerships are hard at work and planning is under way to overcome the legacy of siloed services, focus on integrated systems that will ultimately be more adept at delivering critical services, empower communities and elevate our quality of life.
Ford Motor Company will emphasize Good Mobility as innovation driver
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 09, 2017 /3BL Media/ – Sustainable Brands® announces Bill Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company, as an Opening Night keynote speaker at SB’17 Detroit, May 22-25th at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit.
Born and raised around Washington D.C., Usman Ahmed knew he wanted to work in the nation’s capital on policy and research from an early age. Law degree in hand, he thought a legal fellowship with eBay would be good experience before moving onto a law firm. But fast forward six years and he’s leading PayPal’s public policy department, spearheading research on how the Internet is democratizing globalization for small businesses.
Thanks to nearly 43,000 volunteers, Rebuilding Together completed over 1,900 home and community projects during National Rebuilding Month in 2016. Be a part of the impact this year!
For years, children in the northern region of Mexico’s Sinaloa state had no real place to learn. Teachers would move from one house to another, or cram their young students into a tiny room measuring 6m x 4m – with no furniture, no power, no running water and no washrooms.
“For more than 12 years, the level of education for our Indigenous initiation class was deplorable,” said Francisca Torres, who teaches Indigenous programming in Sinaloa.
“We had to work in bad conditions, with no infrastructure.”
Answering the call for increasing energy self-reliance, a grassroots electricity-sharing model is emerging. “Community microgrids,” comprising community-owned or subscribed solar PV and other renewable energy sources, offer participants and surrounding consumers the security of energy resilience in times of grid failure and protection from energy price increases driven by volatile energy markets. They also give energy producers/consumers (aka “prosumers”) more control over the renewable energy they generate.
As the General Manager of Small Business in North America at PayPal, I’m lucky to be able to spend time with our customers to hear firsthand what tools and services they need to help them grow and thrive. Listening to your needs helps us build new products and tailor existing solutions – whether it’s helping you get access to capital or accept payments online, in-app and in-store. In the end, our goal is to help you attract new customers, increase conversions, sell more and, ultimately, grow your bottom line.
Watch this video to see how technology is accelerating financial inclusion in Bangladesh. MetLife Foundation's partner BFA is doing ground-breaking work to embed the right technology and technical capabilities in local nonprofit organizations on the ground like Sajida, working with women entreprenuers to help them navigate life's challenges and opportunities.
Moody’s Analytics uses the Blue Cross Blue Shield Health IndexSM to show how health impacts the economy
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CHICAGO, April 5, 2017 /3BL Media/ – The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today released the second edition of a Moody’s Analytics report that finds a direct link between a population’s health and a growing economy, higher incomes and lower unemployment.
By WSJ. Custom Studios At the end of a winding dirt road in Gazipur, Bangladesh, women crowd into a fluorescent-lit stall. One of them, Khodaza Khatun, is providing her fingerprints for a tiny biometric scanner. One by one, she presses her fingers on the machine, pausing to adjust the folds of her peach-colored sari. When she’s finished, she’ll have opened her first bank account.
