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"The Global Conversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfghanistan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfghanistan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBhutan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBhutan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBhutan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDamascus, Syria\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDamascus, Syria\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLebanon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLebanon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLebanon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKampala, Uganda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKampala, Uganda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKampala, Uganda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadagascar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadagascar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadagascar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRamallah, Palestinian Authorities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRamallah, Palestinian Authorities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA suicide bombing exploded outside of one of the only Internet cafes in Somalia's capital last Thursday. Three days later, the cafe's owner spoke on one of the Social Good Summit Mogadishu's Global Conversation panels.\nWhen the event's organizer asked him if he still wanted to speak, the cafe owner replied, \"This is even more important now.\"   \nThe really exciting part of this year's Social Good Summit didn't take place on the 92nd Street Y's upper Manhattan stage \u2014 it occurred at more than 200 meetups across the world.\nThe Social Good Summit's two newest partners \u2014 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.N. Development Programme \u2014 helped elevate the summit to a unprecedented level of international participation. We had livestreams from Beijing, China with the help of the Gates Foundation, and Nairobi, Kenya and Mogadishu, Somalia with the help of UNDP. \nAlso, through the help of the UNDP, people organized meetups via Mashable's Meetup Everywhere platform in some of the world's most far-reaching corners. Some 47 UNDP country offices hosted Social Good meetups between Friday, Sept. 21 and Tuesday, Sept. 25. Though some of the meetups were quite small in number \u2014 Damascus, Syria hosted a handful of attendees \u2014 they unanimously reported back high-quality conversations about the potential impact of social media on their local communities. \n\nSEE ALSO: Social Good Summit Spreads to Nairobi, Beijing and Beyond\n\"I never expected how people would take the concept of the Social Good Summit and run with in themselves,\" Boaz Paldi, head of video for the UNDP told Mashable. \nThough Beijing, Nairobi and Mogadishu's livestreams were organized by the partners, Rwanda, Uzbekistan and Bangladesh's were not. Yet all three countries' events streamed; Bangladesh's into five provinces, and Bhutan broadcast its summit on national TV. \n\"What's really amazing to me is that these are the voices we haven't heard before,\" Paldi said. \"They burst the doors open because they want to be a part of this conversation. This thing is just bigger than just us \u2014 it's become an inspiration to us to have their voices heard at the table.\"\nEven in unstable parts of the world, the U.N. ensured the security of the meetups, hosting  Juba, South Sudan and Kabul, Afghanistan's on its compounds. \n\"Through this partnership, we've managed to bridge the digital divide, connecting the connected with the unconnected,\" Paldi said. \nHere are some Twitpics from meetups around the world:\n\n\nSocial Good summit Tokyo meetup Thank You!!! #sgstokyo #sgsglobal twitter.com/meganehara/sta\u2026\u2014 \u7B20\u539F \u5B5D\u5F18 (@meganehara) September 24, 2012\n\n\n\nNOW: Social Good Summit Global Conversation LIVE from Kenya - mashable.com/sgs #sgsglobal twitter.com/FHI360/status/\u2026\u2014 FHI 360 (@FHI360) September 24, 2012\n\n\n\n@thierry_ratsiz partage son exprience du web et des m\u00E9dias sociaux au #sgsglobal #madagascar twitter.com/saveoursmile/s\u2026\u2014 Hery Zo (@saveoursmile) September 23, 2012\n\n\n\nRight now from the Social Good Global Conversation in Oman.#SGSglobal twitter.com/OmnEntrepreneu\u2026\u2014 Sharifa Al-Barami (@OmnEntrepreneur) September 22, 2012\n\nDid you join in the global conversation? Let us know how you think this program can continue to expand globally.\nAbout Ericsson\nRead more of Mashable's coverage of the 2012 Social Good Summit:\n\nDay One:\n\nHillary Clinton Opens the Social Good Summit [VIDEO]\nHow the U.S. Chief Technology Officer Is Making Data Awesome\nCan Mobile Phones Help Fight Pediatric AIDS?\nHow Is Social Media Changing Diplomacy?\nPeter Gabriel Makes Case For Internet Freedom\nITU Secretary-General: OK to Make Profit When Helping Developing Nations\n8-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Performs at Social Good Summit\nSocial Good Summit Day 1: Highlights and Pics\n\nDay Two:\n\nShoutAbout Aims to Inspire Social Action Based on News Stories\nTim Pool, Guerrilla Journalist of the Digital Age [VIDEO]\nU.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: Twitter Crucial to Her Mission\nHow Social Media Is Empowering Women in Haiti\nHow to Use Mobile Devices to Solve Global Problems\nHow Forest Whitaker Is Using Technology to Spread Peace\nSocial Good Summit Day 2: Highlights and Pics\n\nDay Three:\n\nNapolitano: Congress \u2018Got Stuck\u2019 on Cybersecurity\nU.N. Foundation Challenges the World to Take Action\nNick Kristof Takes Social Good Gaming to the Next Level\nWhy Tech and New Media Can Help End Modern Slavery\nUNICEF Launches Online Campaign to Reduce Child Mortality Rates\nWhat It Means to Be an Advocate in the Digital Age\nWhat Non-Profits Can Learn From Cat Videos\nWikipedia Founder: Online Connections Foster Real Change\nDeepak Chopra: Social Media is the Next Phase of Humanity [VIDEO]\nHow Social Good Summit Sparked the Largest Conversation on Earth\nSocial Good Summit Day 3: Highlights and Pics\n10 Inspiring Quotes From Mashable\u2019s Social Good Summit\n\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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