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                    <title>Lera Boroditsky: Space and time, a matter of language</title>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Alexandra Rojas Rodríguez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Podcast]]>
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                            <![CDATA[One day, during a talk, she conducted a simple experiment: she asked a group of scholars to close their eyes and point south-eastwards. There were fingers pointed in every posible direction. However, <a href="https://aprendemosjuntos.elpais.com/especial/espacio-y-tiempo-una-cuestion-de-lengua-lera-boroditsky/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Lera Boroditsky</strong></a> knew that if she asked the same question to a girl from an Aboriginal community in Australia she would point her finger in the right direction.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[One day, during a talk, she conducted a simple experiment: she asked a group of scholars to close their eyes and point south-eastwards. There were fingers pointed in every posible direction. However, <a href="https://aprendemosjuntos.elpais.com/especial/espacio-y-tiempo-una-cuestion-de-lengua-lera-boroditsky/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Lera Boroditsky</strong></a> knew that if she asked the same question to a girl from an Aboriginal community in Australia she would point her finger in the right direction.]]>
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                    <title>SALT opens its tenth year with the 'The Sequential' program</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/salt-opens-its-tenth-year-with-the-ardisik-program/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[XE90953]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Arts and culture]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has been developing social investment programs for years with the aim of creating common values. With this in mind, the non-profit organization SALT was founded in 2011, which is now Garanti BBVA´s most important cultural and artistic initiative.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has been developing social investment programs for years with the aim of creating common values. With this in mind, the non-profit organization SALT was founded in 2011, which is now Garanti BBVA´s most important cultural and artistic initiative.]]>
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                    <title>Sonja Lyubomirsky: "Happiness in times of uncertainty"</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/podcast-sonja-lyubomirsky-happiness-in-times-of-uncertainty/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Alexandra Rojas Rodríguez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Podcast]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social problems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social services]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Sonja Lyubomirsky received her PhD in social psychology from Stanford University and is currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Sonja Lyubomirsky received her PhD in social psychology from Stanford University and is currently Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside.]]>
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                    <title>Volunteerism Can Impact Employee Health and Well-being in a Positive Manner</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/volunteerism-can-impact-employee-health-and-well-being-in-a-positive-manner/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social welfare]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The main goal of volunteering is to help others. But it turns out volunteers also benefit from their charitable activities. Over the years, many studies have shown volunteers experience greater fulfillment, better health, and improved overall well-being.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The main goal of volunteering is to help others. But it turns out volunteers also benefit from their charitable activities. Over the years, many studies have shown volunteers experience greater fulfillment, better health, and improved overall well-being.]]>
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                    <title>Why Social Enterprise Matters</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/innovation/why-social-enterprise-matters/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social welfare]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Two young friends on a surfing trip to Bali, shocked by the heaps of <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/07/4oceans-cleaned-up-1-million-pounds-of-ocean-garbage.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plastic</a> they found washed up on the beach, returned to the United States with an entrepreneurial vision to clean the ocean. Their company, <a href="https://4ocean.com/pages/our-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4Ocean</a>, promises to remove one pound of trash from oceans and coastlines with the sale of every one of its $20 bracelets, which are made from recycled plastic and glass bottles. In roughly two years, the venture, which now employs more than 150 people around the planet, reports that it has recovered over 4 million pounds of trash.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Two young friends on a surfing trip to Bali, shocked by the heaps of <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/07/4oceans-cleaned-up-1-million-pounds-of-ocean-garbage.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plastic</a> they found washed up on the beach, returned to the United States with an entrepreneurial vision to clean the ocean. Their company, <a href="https://4ocean.com/pages/our-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4Ocean</a>, promises to remove one pound of trash from oceans and coastlines with the sale of every one of its $20 bracelets, which are made from recycled plastic and glass bottles. In roughly two years, the venture, which now employs more than 150 people around the planet, reports that it has recovered over 4 million pounds of trash.]]>
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                    <title>Committing to the San Diego community</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/committing-san-diego-community/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Creating opportunities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social services]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Acting on its brand message and promise of “creating opportunities,” <a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Compass</a> continues to pave the way for people and communities throughout its footprint. Most recently, the bank dedicated time to two community service projects in San Diego as a sponsor of AFP Aware, an initiative where the <a href="https://www.afponline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)</a>, as part of its annual conference, partners with organizations committed to corporate and social responsibility.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Acting on its brand message and promise of “creating opportunities,” <a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Compass</a> continues to pave the way for people and communities throughout its footprint. Most recently, the bank dedicated time to two community service projects in San Diego as a sponsor of AFP Aware, an initiative where the <a href="https://www.afponline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)</a>, as part of its annual conference, partners with organizations committed to corporate and social responsibility.]]>
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                    <title>Microfinance for peace</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/microfinance-for-peace/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 01:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Adults]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Human capital]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Labour, consumption and social welfare]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Labour, employment and enterprise]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans and credits]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Peace, Justice and strong institutions]]>
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                                <![CDATA[People]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Policy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Project finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Riots, conflicts and war]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Savings]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social problems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social welfare]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Youth]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Sustainable Development is essential to achieving more peaceful and just societies and the United Nations counts on the private sector to help in this effort. The <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Microfinance Foundation</a> (BBVAMF) has contributed its experience in the finance sector to the report entitled “Business and SDG 16: contributing to peaceful, just and inclusive societies,” drawn up by the <a href="http://www.sdgfund.org/es" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainable Development Goals Fund</a> and the <a href="https://www.upenn.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Pennsylvania</a>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Sustainable Development is essential to achieving more peaceful and just societies and the United Nations counts on the private sector to help in this effort. The <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Microfinance Foundation</a> (BBVAMF) has contributed its experience in the finance sector to the report entitled “Business and SDG 16: contributing to peaceful, just and inclusive societies,” drawn up by the <a href="http://www.sdgfund.org/es" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainable Development Goals Fund</a> and the <a href="https://www.upenn.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Pennsylvania</a>.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Compass, Dynamo marshaled all resources in month-long campaign to lift up Houston</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-compass-dynamo-marshaled-resources-month-long-campaign-lift-houston/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[kimberly.tabor]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Elementary school]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and economic wellness]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Schools]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Soccer]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sponsorship]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sport]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass and the Houston Dynamo wrapped up their <strong>joint campaign to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts</strong> with a series of community events that ended when the Dynamo took the pitch at BBVA Compass Stadium for the <strong>Ninth Annual BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup</strong>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass and the Houston Dynamo wrapped up their <strong>joint campaign to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts</strong> with a series of community events that ended when the Dynamo took the pitch at BBVA Compass Stadium for the <strong>Ninth Annual BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup</strong>.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Compass' archive of Harvey-related stories designed to help Houston navigate new reality</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-compass-archive-harvey-related-stories-designed-help-houston-navigate-new-reality/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer experience]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Donations]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social problems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social services]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In the month since Harvey hit Houston, <a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Compass</a> has published a <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/featured/hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">series of articles</a> to help its customers and the public at large understand the city's new reality, how to move forward, and how the bank will be there to provide support.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In the month since Harvey hit Houston, <a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Compass</a> has published a <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/featured/hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">series of articles</a> to help its customers and the public at large understand the city's new reality, how to move forward, and how the bank will be there to provide support.]]>
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                    <title>Francisco González: "We want to raise more than $2 million for victims in the U.S."</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/francisco-gonzalez-want-raise-2-million-victims-u-s/</link>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 07:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Donations]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Francisco González Rodríguez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[High social impact products]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social problems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social services]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Executive Chairman Francisco González has reinforced the Group’s commitment to the U.S. after the most recent natural disasters. “We’re going to redouble our commitment to those affected through a number of actions,” he explained. In Houston, where he met with the city’s mayor, Sylvester Turner, he gave a message of solidarity on behalf of the entire BBVA Group. <strong>Francisco González also announced that he is going to visit Mexico City</strong> in the coming days to see first-hand the damages caused by the Sept. 19 earthquake.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Executive Chairman Francisco González has reinforced the Group’s commitment to the U.S. after the most recent natural disasters. “We’re going to redouble our commitment to those affected through a number of actions,” he explained. In Houston, where he met with the city’s mayor, Sylvester Turner, he gave a message of solidarity on behalf of the entire BBVA Group. <strong>Francisco González also announced that he is going to visit Mexico City</strong> in the coming days to see first-hand the damages caused by the Sept. 19 earthquake.]]>
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