TechChange Staff Spotlight: Yohan Perera
Yohan Perera recently joined TechChange as a Graphic Designer. He received his Bachelor's degree in Digital Arts & Design from Full Sail University, Winter…
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State of TechChange 2014
So long, 2014! Building on our annual posts in 2013 and 2012 (as well as a repeat performance at FailFest 2014!), we wanted to…
Celebrating 2015 as the International Year of Evaluation
Photo Source: EvalPartners Today marks the first day of the International Year of Evaluation, which kicks off with an official celebration at the UN…
Why Global Development Practitioners Must Be Data Skeptics
The global development industry is generating a lot of data on the 'developing' world--data that has not always been available. As technology has made…
Fail Fest 2014: More Lessons from Online Learning Mistakes
As 2014 has been a big year for us at TechChange, we celebrate more failures and lessons learned at Fail Fest 2014 with the…
TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Kendra Keith
Kendra first connected with us almost a year ago while taking our mHealth online course. She was interning with the USAID Bureau of Global…
5 Ways Technology is Fighting HIV and Preventing AIDS
In honor of World AIDS Day 2014, we celebrate several TechChange alumni who are heroes in the front lines of fighting HIV and AIDS…
TechChange Staff Spotlight: Alon Askarov
Where are you from? I'm originally from Israel, specifically a city south of Tel Aviv called Rishon Le Zion. What did you do before…
How Maps Help Fight Ebola
As technology for disaster response evolves, digital mapping is playing an increasingly important role in helping emergency managers in humanitarian emergency response operations. When…
TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Sara Pitcairn
Sara recently joined us as an online instructional designer and works with clients to develop and design online courses, in addition to coordinating and…
Using Mobile Technology to Better Prepare, Communicate, and Keep Informed during Emergencies
Image source: ReadyMarin During an emergency, it is important to have ample information. Specifically, emergency management teams and affected populations need details surrounding the…
Lessons Learned Piloting a mHealth Project in Senegal
This feedback on mhealth concerns a field mission I undertook in July 2014. I visited one of Handicap International Federation's HIV and disability projects…
Towards Standardized Hashtags in Disaster Response
Wouldn't it be wonderful if all public social media messages in a disaster would come with a flag that identifies them as relevant? The…
TechChange Alumnus Launches mHealth App to Correctly Prescribe Antiretrovirals for HIV
Treating HIV with antriretroviral treatment (ARV) medication can be very challenging, given how complicated it can be to dispense these pills correctly. Especially in…
Ebola Webinar Series Brings Together 550 Participants from over 70 Countries
TechChange recently broadcasted the Training Health Workers for Ebola webinar series, with the sponsorship and webinar content of mPowering Frontline Health Workers and IntraHealth…
Challenges and Opportunities for mHealth in Kenya
According to GSMA's Digital Entrepreneurship in Kenya 2014 report, 99% of internet subscribers in Kenya access the internet through mobile devices. Kenya has been…
Can the "Panic Button" Android Emergency App Protect Activists and Prevent Sexual Violence?
Photo source: Amnesty International In the latest session of TechChange's "Tech for International Crisis Response and Good Governance" class, I learned about the Panic…
I Watch Trains Tunisian Election Observers Online
On Sunday October 26, 2014, more than three million Tunisian voters cast ballots in parliamentary elections, marking an historic milestone in the country's remarkable…
Why Haven't Mobiles Solved the Problem of Ebola Contact Tracing Yet?
Before the recent Ebola outbreak, the terms "contact tracing" and "Ebola" were spoken by only a small community of public health specialists consisting of…
TechChange Finalist for InTheCapital "50 on Fire" 2014 List
We're excited to be a finalist on the InTheCapital "50 on Fire" list for 2014 in the Education category! For this year's list, InTheCapital…