Learn about Technology for Peacebuilding on Non-Violence Day
In remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, today marks the International Day of Non-Violence. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2007 to mark…
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Technology Solutions Designed to Prevent Atrocities
We're very excited to welcome Michael Kleinman as one of our expert guest speakers in TC109: Tech for Conflict Management & Peacebuilding online course…
Magpi Rated Top Digital Data Collection App by Kopernik Impact Tracker Technology
The field of digital data collection is constantly and rapidly changing, and as we've seen in the many iterations of our online courses on…
When Social Media Broadcasts Both Peace and Conflict
One of the challenges of using social media in peacebuilding and conflict resolution is that while it can draw together like-minded people advocating for…
GDELT Global Dashboard: Big Data for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
The Global Database of Events, Language and Tone (GDELT) has been gathering and databasing all the news events related to conflict and political protest…
TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Delanie Ricketts
Delanie recently joined us as an Online Instructional Designer where she will build eLearning courses for TechChange's clients. Before moving to DC to join…
The Role of Ethics in Using ICTs for Peacebuilding
TechChange COO Chris Neu is fond of pointing out that in social change, technology is only 10% of the equation while the rest is…
TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Katie Perry
Katherine (Katie) Perry has recently joined us as a communications and operations associate where she will be key in TechChange's daily operations and communications…
Liberating Data for Humans with Data Visualizations
In his 2006 TED talk, Hans Rosling used data visualizations to deconstruct his students' assumptions about the 'developed' and 'developing' dichotomy of countries. He…
What the Data Revolution Means for Global Development and M&E
In the last decade, new technology has made advances in data storage and analysis to leverage the greater volume of data available. The digital…
Storytelling with Video Animation: How to Measure Peace
How do you measure peace? In July, DME for Peace got in touch with TechChange to help tell the story about the challenges that peacebuilders…
How an Online Course Gave this MBA Graduate an Edge, and Ultimately a Job Offer
TC105: Mobiles for International Development alumna, Ivy McCottry is starting a job at AT&T after completing her TechChange M4D course and MBA at Wake Forest…
What Happened in Our Last Mobiles for International Development Course?
Four months ago, we wrapped up our ninth TC105: Mobiles for International Development course here at TechChange. Fifty-eight participants joined us online from twenty-two different…
Improving Malaria Case Outcomes Using Blended Learning for Africa's Private Sector
Filming of Malaria Consortium staff doctor counselling a client on proper treatment of malaria. There is an undeniable malaria problem in the world today. According…
Revolutionizing Data with GeoPoll: A TechChange Alumna Interviews Amy Sweeney
For my final project for TC105: Mobiles for International Development, I decided to interview Amy Sweeney of GeoPoll, one of the guest speakers of our…
M4D Online Course Sneak Peek: Mobile Money Beyond M-Pesa with Chrissy Martin of Zoona
It's been two years since Chrissy Martin wrote a post on her thoughts on mobile money for development for TechChange's Mobiles for International Development online…
Reflections on the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship: Cross-Cultural Dialogue & Social Entrepreneurship at Cambridge University
Earlier this summer, I was selected to participate in the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship program. The fellowship brings together 25 leaders from North America and…
When Technologies Reach the Poor and the Remote
Hamlet (community) health workers in Vietnam learn to interact with mCare. With international development program cycles often having a "project design phase", how can online…
Global Internet Access Initiatives: Breaking Down Digital Divides for the Developing World
Internet connectivity is increasingly being seen as a human right in our digital world. Today, most of us can't imagine a world without the Internet,…
Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in the Digital Age
Some 85 percent of the world population has access to Internet nowadays. An increasing number of users venture online with a mobile device – smartphone…