No government or company, no school or NGO will be confident working in a country where its people are endangered.

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Whether it's Oprah's school opening or some new telecommunications company deciding to do business on the continent.

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In what can undeniably be called the Digital Age, visual elements are now more essential than ever to presentations of any kind, whether they are a second grade school project, a company-wide meeting, or a crowdfunding campaign.

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Be sure to include some aspirational tidbits, for example being the youngest vice president at a company or the valedictorian of your graduate school class.

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Now the company employs 700 educators who have either been laid off from public school systems or who are seeking part-time employment.

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Chase Elementary School, is in a tough, almost entirely Spanish-speaking, Chicago neighborhood, yet 40 or so kids come to school an hour early each day just to take one of the company's Accelerated Reader computer quizzes.

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