April, 2016

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Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain! The difference between CSR and Sustainability.

Green Project Management

What is the difference between CSR and Sustainability? I get asked this question a lot and so I thought it would be good to provide a clear and concise response. Here is an explanation of both. Sustainability balances resource usage and supplies over time thus ensuring that future generations will have the resources that we do. […]. The post Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain!

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Jeffrey Cheah Foundation’s $10 Million Gift Launches the “Jeffrey D. Sachs Center on Sustainable Development” in Kuala Lumpur

Sustainable Development Network

April 11th, 2016 – Today, the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Association announced a strategic collaboration on sustainable development as the United Nations enters the first year of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Jeffrey Cheah Foundation’s $10 million gift – the largest financial commitment to date focused on SDG education and implementation since nearly 200 members of the UN adopted the 17 goals last Se

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Will Biometric Logins Replace Your Passwords?

Daniel Burrus

Bank notes and silver coins are starting to feel incredibly primitive or quaint at best to an increasing number of shoppers. Many are happier using their credit or debt card for both their online and offline purchases. Now that the U.S. has joined Europe and other nations by requiring a chip-in-card system, the pressure is on technology to increase security and at the same time replace other annoyances from our past such as PINs and the dreaded passwords. . 53% of us forget crucial passwords mor

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The SDG’s and their Indicators – Forum held in Madrid

Sustainable Development Network

Renowned experts from academia, administration, international organizations and civil society attended this year’s collaboration in the Caixaforum, engaging in an active debate around the measurability and the monitoring of progress towards Agenda 2030. The opening session was led by María Cortés Puch, for the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), along with María Larrea, Deputy Director General for Development Policy of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, a

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Plastic Busters Project – Moving Forward in Siena

Sustainable Development Network

On April 14 and 15 the University of Siena, Italy, hosted a meeting of the 15-member Plastic Busters Project consortium to evaluate past success and plan future work. Project highlights to date include receiving financial support from GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), the unanimous endorsement of the initiative by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), and achieving the prestigious UfM label in February 2016.

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Jeffrey Cheah Foundation’s $10 Million Gift Launches the “Jeffrey D. Sachs Center on Sustainable Development” in Kuala Lumpur

Sustainable Development Network

April 11th, 2016 – Today, the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Association announced a strategic collaboration on sustainable development as the United Nations enters the first year of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Jeffrey Cheah Foundation’s $10 million gift – the largest financial commitment to date focused on SDG education and implementation since nearly 200 members of the UN adopted the 17 goals last Se

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Will Chat Bots Become Your New Best Friend?

Daniel Burrus

Here in 2016, great content alone is simply not enough. The combination of an authentic, relatable voice and conversations with your audience are possibly the most powerful currency in our quest to connect with each other in a meaningful way. As viewers, we are bombarded with a smorgasbord of content, and if we are greeted with an annoying pop-up ad that covers the screen or information hidden behind a paywall, we simply look elsewhere.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Promise of Limitless Possibilities

Daniel Burrus

Artificial intelligence (AI), one of 20 core technologies I identified back in 1983 as the drivers of exponential economic value creation, is rapidly working its way into our lives from Amazon’s Alexa and Facebook’s M, to Google’s Now and Apple’s Siri. An example of how far AI has come is the recent news that a Google supercomputer, using its advanced AI software, was able to win a stunning 3-0 victory in a man vs. machine face-off against Go grandmaster , one of the game’s all-time champi

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SDSN Great Lakes Holds Regional Conference on SDGs and Announces New Solutions Initiative

Sustainable Development Network

On April 26, 2016, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Great Lakes (SDSN GL) held a conference in Kigali, Rwanda, on “ Regional Solutions to Achieve the SDGs.” The network Chair, Prof. Murty S. Kopparthi, opened with a presentation of SDSN GL’s first call for proposals for Solutions Initiatives (SIs), launched at the July 2015 conference (see presentation #1 below).