[governance] NN | Let IGF separate Fact-&-Fiction from clever

[Jeanette Hofmann]

No offence but I wouldn't want to live in a country that's run like a 
company.
jeanette

Yehuda Katz wrote:
> Execs see technology as economic equalizer
> 
> By: Marguerite Reardon CNET News/CBS Interactive
> January 9, 2009 8:01 PM PST
> 
> Art. Ref.:
> http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10139537-100.html
> --
> 
> LAS VEGAS--Two of the tech industries biggest champions for using technology to
> eliminate poverty in the developing world took the stage at the Consumer
> Electronics Show here on Friday for the final keynotes of the conference.
> 
> The message that the executives brought to the crowd at CES was simple:
> Technology is key to improving the lives of billions of poor people throughout
> the world. Intel Chairman Craig Barrett and Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers
> have each received awards and have been lauded for their work in helping fight
> poverty throughout the world. 
> 
> Barrett took the stage first, where he promoted Intel's newly formed program
> called Small Things Challenge, a partnership the company announced this week
> with microfinancing firmKiva.org and Save the Children. 
> 
> As part of this campaign, which is raising funds for Kiva and Save the
> Children, Intel has promised to donate 5 cents for every person who visits the
> Smallthingschallenge.com Web site, to push for development and education in
> emerging countries. And Intel plans to provide up to $300,000 a year for the
> project.
> 
> During the keynote, Barrett provided several examples of how technology,
> including the new third generation Classmate PC Netbook, which uses Intel's
> low-power Atom chip, can help improve the lives of people living in poor
> countries. And he urged everyone in the audience to contribute to Kiva and Save
> the Children.
> 
> "You travel and see the impact that technology and your donations can have on
> children's lives," he said. "Whether it's Kiva or Save the Children, it's a
> small step toward making the world a better place. But each and every one of us
> can play a role."
> 
> Intel has enlisted the help of several celebrities to get the word out about
> the Small Things Challenge. And two of the celebrities supporting the effort,
> joined Barrett on stage, Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Adam Duritz of Counting
> Crows.
> 
> Chambers didn't need star power when he took the stage later in the afternoon.
> The charismatic executive walked among the crowd like a Southern preacher at a
> church revival. But his message was less about philanthropy and giving back as
> an individual, and more about how developing countries can implement technology
> to pull themselves out of poverty.
> 
> He started off describing what he considers the "pillars of national
> competitiveness" that will make developing nations more prosperous. The pillars
> are education, infrastructure, innovation, the ability to identify market
> transitions, a supportive government, and collaboration.
> 
> He said technology is important to developing nations because it helps drive
> economic growth, create jobs and improve productivity. And he said it could
> help improve the quality of life of people, especially when it comes to health
> care.
> 
> Chambers likened developing countries to businesses, and he compared his own
> company's successes in growing its business over the years to what countries
> must do to improve the lives of their citizens. He said that countries, like
> companies, need to look out for market transitions. But he also said that they
> need to have a clear vision of where they want to go, and they must be able to
> execute on that vision. What's more, new ideas need to be able to scale as well
> as be sustainable.
> 
> "Emerging countries are like companies," he said. "And they can follow the same
> path toward success. You must be able to execute. But you can't have speed
> without vision. And catching market transitions determines whether a company or
> a country is successful."
> 
> ---
> 
> Credit: Marguerite Reardon CNET News/CBS Interactive
> Marguerite Reardon has been a CNET News reporter since 2004, covering cell
> phone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate, as well
> as the ongoing consolidation of the phone companies
> 
> -30-
> 
> P.S.:
> NN | Let IGF separate Fact-&-Fiction from clever Marketing
> 
> Industrialist obviously see NN as an opportunity... for profitable business.
> How will the IGF distill the Myths?
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