Lisa Stone, co-founder of BlogHer, knows tons about how to build a social media network. She’s launched many blog networks and interactive programming for national brands, including Hearst and Rodale magazines. Talking with Jennifer Jones at the New Communications Forum in Las Vegas, Stone tells Jones all about BlogHer ...

The United Nations is embarking on something new: a partnership with the private sector to address some of the developing world’s most vexing issues in areas such as education, health care, economic development and government. Craig Barret, the chairman of Intel, has been appointed to chair the UN initiative called the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. GAID meets with Silicon Valley leaders for the first time at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., for a series of panels and discussions about the ways IT solutions can help the U.N.’s efforts. PodTech’s Jason Lopez spoke with Sarbuland Khan, executive coordinator for GAID.

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