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Alumni Spotlight: Royce Escolar on the TechChange Diploma Track

July 31, 2017  |  Arianna Montero-Colbert

Alumni Spotlight: Royce Escolar on the TechChange Diploma Track

Several months following the completion of the program, we sat down with Royce Escolar, Monitoring & Evaluation and Communications Officer and M&E Diploma Track graduate, to hear about how the program affected…

Facilitator Spotlight: Arianna Montero-Colbert

July 27, 2017  |  Isabel Knight

Facilitator Spotlight: Arianna Montero-Colbert

After a successful fall 2016 as Communications Fellow, Arianna returned this year as a Course Facilitator in Technology for Knowledge Management. Arianna is not only an online educator, but also a rising…

Illustrator Spotlight: John Kim

July 24, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Illustrator Spotlight: John Kim

A veteran Illustrator and Animator with the TechChange team, John Kim has been responsible for conceiving, illustrating, and animating some of TechChange's most beautiful and engaging educational content. From self-paced courses to…

Here Are The Webinar Tools You Should Be Using In 2017

July 14, 2017  |  Isabel Knight

Here Are The Webinar Tools You Should Be Using In 2017

It's 2017. We know webinar tools aren't just for online learning. They can be used for internal trainings, conferences, workshops, you name it. More and more people around the world are finding…

How To Create Successful, Effective Online Courses

July 12, 2017  |  Madeline McBride

How To Create Successful, Effective Online Courses

Successful, effective online courses? No, that's hardly a metaphor. At TechChange, we create online courses tailored to our professional participants so that they may create real change in the world. Across international…

How to Showcase Your TechChange Certificates on LinkedIn

July 11, 2017  |  Arianna Montero-Colbert

How to Showcase Your TechChange Certificates on LinkedIn

Picture this: You've just finished the latest Technology for Knowledge Management online course. After four engaging weeks, the guest experts, forums, and content already have you excited to demonstrate your new skills…

TechChange Returns for InterAction Forum 2017!

May 26, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

TechChange Returns for InterAction Forum 2017!

On June 20-22, TechChange will return to InterAction Forum 2017! We're hoping to build on our success from last year (See photos: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Gala and Awards…

Instructional Design Spotlight: Shannon Fineran

May 24, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Instructional Design Spotlight: Shannon Fineran

A veteran Instructional Designer with the TechChange team, Shannon Fineran recently shared some of her experiences over the last year with TechChange. Q: Could you share a bit about your background? What…

Instructional Design Spotlight: Austin Spivey

May 23, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Instructional Design Spotlight: Austin Spivey

Austin Spivey joined the TechChange team this week to start her role this summer as an Instructional Design fellow. To introduce her to the team and our learning community, we sat down for a short Q&A.…

Meet TechChange's New Creative Director: Yohan Perera

May 15, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Meet TechChange's New Creative Director: Yohan Perera

Already an established graphic designer with the TechChange team, Yohan Perera recently assumed the responsibilities of Creative Director, where he will oversee all animations, illustrations, videography, photography, and any other creative projects.…

Intern Spotlight: Kai Fox

May 15, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Intern Spotlight: Kai Fox

Here at the start of the summer season, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Kai Fox, the newest member of our team. Currently a senior at Severn High School in Annapolis, Maryland,…

TechChange Offers New In-Person Data Visualization Workshops

April 21, 2017  |  Nick Martin

TechChange Offers New In-Person Data Visualization Workshops

Is your organization trying to figure out how best visualize program or organizational data? Perhaps struggling to find the best tools to tell your stories better? After two years of offering our most popular course…

Nick Martin hosts SwatTank Competition at Swarthmore College

April 14, 2017  |  Isabel Knight

Nick Martin hosts SwatTank Competition at Swarthmore College

Nick Martin, the founder and CEO of TechChange and Swarthmore alumnus recently had the exciting opportunity to MC the 2017 SwatTank competition at Swarthmore College! SwatTank is a business competition much like the popular show…

Towards a Facilitation-First Approach to Online Education

April 3, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Towards a Facilitation-First Approach to Online Education

Why do the newest online courses still feel like the same video lectures? Six years ago, Moody's declared the MOOC revolution in higher education officially started in Autumn 2011 after Sebastian Thrun released his Stanford…

Listen, Before Changing the World: Obaid Arshad Khan

March 29, 2017  |  Madeline McBride

Listen, Before Changing the World: Obaid Arshad Khan

It was an immense pleasure to be a part of the two-day TechChange course 'Mobile Phones for International Development' with Nick Martin and fellow George Washington University classmates. Over the course of one weekend, we…

Why Socially-Driven Design Matters for International Development

March 10, 2017  |  Christopher Neu

Why Socially-Driven Design Matters for International Development

Can design thinking improve lives on topics that matter? Last year, TechChange collaborated with Catapult Design to create a short animation to provide three tips for how to make the most out of socially-driven design.…