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		<title>Haiti Earthquake: How can you help?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s only been nearly a week and the Haiti earthquake is said to be the fifth worst quake since medieval times, with an estimated death of half a million people, double the death toll of the deadly tsunami.



As aids come in from nations around the world, many organisations are doing their bids in helping as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Beth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have always been very fascinated by the potential of technology in improving lives but have never really looked into it, other than through my work with the Inspire Foundation, which uses information communication technology to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

I remember first entering the non-profit technology circle and attended my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2010/01/11/happy-birthday-beth/</link>
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		<title>The Digital Realm: From Stable to Chaos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, I had the pleasure to attend a lecture on connected learning and the power of social networks by Professor George Siemens (@gsiemens), one of the founders of the idea of connectivism. George is a professor at the Athabasca University in Canada, a member of the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI) and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/12/15/the-digital-realm-from-stable-to-chaos/</link>
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		<title>Mobile Internet to Reach 1 Billion Users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nathaniel recently did a recap of his prediction for social entrepreneurship 2009. I have written about measuring social impact, and one of the other predictions he had is the development of mobile technology.
There has been a number of predictions about mobile internet lately. The IDC predicted that mobile internet users will increase by up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/12/12/mobile-internet-to-reach-1-billion-users/</link>
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		<title>Keep It Simple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at a function a few days ago and someone was there promoting their organisation. It was a great organisation I must say, and at the end of the night, the person passed around a paper for us to fill in if we were interested to be kept up-to-date with all the cool stuff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do you give?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philanthropy has never been an interesting topic to me, because I thought it was a little bit silly to make the art of giving technical. However, since being involved with a number of fundraising events, I have come to appreciate the importance of these organisations to help social investors make informed decision in supporting charities.
A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/12/02/why-do-you-give/</link>
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		<title>From the Nature to Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When thinking about invention, technology and social change, we cannot go past William Kamkwamba, a Malawian boy who invented a windmill even though he never completed school due to his family&#8217;s financial constraint.
The Will
I believe that every successful social innovation begins with a will to change the world &#8211; a dream so big no one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/11/30/from-the-nature-to-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Technology, Invention &amp; Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking Internet Beyond a Web of Connected Computers
About thirteen years ago, youth suicide in Australia was one of the highest in developed countries. At this time, there was something known as the &#8220;internet&#8221; coming, and Jack Heath, at that time a speech writer for then Prime Minister Paul Keating, was in a meeting with Microsoft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/11/30/technology-invention-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Online vs Offline Activism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having a conversation with a friend about online vs offline activism. She does not use Twitter and cannot see online activism happening. Her view is that offline campaigns are generally the most successful. 
And I absolutely agree. But I think that having an online community does fuel the offline activity whatever it is. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/08/07/online-vs-offline-activism/</link>
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		<title>Back to blogging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I am back to blogging, except this time I am turning this blog from a personal blog to more of a blog about what I do and interesting things I come across especially in my research area of education and engagement, and my interest in social change which encompasses social entrepreneurship and social innovation. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ehonchan.com/2009/08/04/back-to-blogging/</link>
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