Now with outlets such as YouTube, you have that perfect tool for providing a global platform that anyone, anywhere can watch".
There is, for instance, a global platform to share experience on DRR among UNISDR parties (Olowu 2010); national platforms were also developed to track efforts in the implementation of DRR strategies made in each country; finally a reporting process was establish through the voluntary submission of national reports on progress regarding the implementation of HFA (Olowu 2010).
Enter online crowdfunding, which puts the tradition of passing a hat around at church or the workplace for donations on a global platform.
The startup, launched in 2012 by three ex-university classmates, aims to be a trusted, global brand for students, developing its product, a global platform for student accommodation, and expand into other markets.
"In turn, the CNN imprimatur opened doors for her around the world and provided a global platform for the intelligent, courageous, principled reporting that is her signature.
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, or HKMEx, opened for business two years ago and aimed to be a global platform for investors seeking to tap into China's tremendous demand for commodities.
zanox is the market leader for performance-based multichannel commerce and provides a global platform for efficiently marketing products and services on the Internet.
Lula is thus helping to offer his chief rival for leadership in South America a global platform.
"Small cities can be a global platform for companies' global expansion," says Saskia Sassen, a professor on Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought.
