Event: ICT4Drinks International EdTech Happy Hour in DC
Join us tomorrow, July 29th in Washington, DC for the ICT4Drinks International EdTech Happy Hour! TechChange, Creative Associates, and Kurante are thrilled that Meg Adams,…
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The Role of Mobile Phones in Survey Data Collection: My World 2015
What role can mobile phones play in distributing a survey and collecting feedback and data from respondents? In particular, how can we use mobile technology…
Transforming Mobile Data into Credit History
In the fight against poverty, microcredit has been hailed as one of the most successful tools invented to help enterprising men and women build wealth…
Three Tips for ICT4D Success in Africa and Beyond
A group of girls in Zambia learn about Zambia U-Report. Information Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) holds exciting promise, especially on the African continent where…
Nick Martin Selected as 2014 Ariane de Rothschild Fellow
TechChange Founder and CEO, Nick Martin, has been selected as a 2014 Ariane de Rothschild Fellow! The AdR Fellowship program connects social entrepreneurs with a…
A Mama Is a Mama, Around the World
Being a first-time mother is hard, even for those of us lucky enough to have our babies in developed countries. Through the fog of fatigue…
TechChange ICT4D Training at UN Summer Academy 2014
TechChange Program Coordinator Matthew Heck explains technical aspects of Google Maps Engine to UN Summer Academy Director, Patrick van Weerelt. In June 2014, TechChange Founder…
Information and Communications Technology in the Global Youth Wellbeing Index
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an integral component of the increasingly technology-driven global economic and social landscape. For many of us, ICT has become…
Four Lessons Learned From Trying to Change the World with a Liberal Arts Degree
Did you know that prior to founding an e-learning social enterprise, TechChange President Nick Martin did his undergraduate degree in Modern Poetry? Nick recently returned…
What Does Global Social Media Mean for Social Change Campaigns?
In the last decade, social media has spread quickly across the world and has grown not just in terms of number of users on popular…
Discussing Hashtag Activism on the Radio and in an Online Course
With social media technology changing daily, it can sometimes be challenging to keep up with the latest platforms and their newest features, and the seemingly…
Two Fantastic TEDx Talks about the Future of Education
Over the years I've had the opportunity to work with hundreds of talented educators from all corners of the world. Two in particular who have…
#YesAllWomen: Can a Hashtag Shift Cultural Norms on Gender?
What does the rise of #YesAllWomen mean for social change? In our last post on #BringBackOurGirls, we examined whether social media activism could free girls…
TechChange featured in Forbes Magazine as Scaling EdTech Social Enterprise
With a domain that ends with [dot] org, TechChange is sometimes mistaken for a non-profit organization. However, we are actually a for-profit social enterprise business…
The Future of Online Education According to Venture Capitalist Marc Andreessen
In a timely visit to Washington, DC that aligned with the 25th Anniversary of the World Wide Web, one of the handful of inductees in…
VIDEO: Celebrating the World Wide Web's 25th Anniversary and its Potential to End Extreme Poverty
For many people in the world, it is difficult to imagine what life was like without the World Wide Web. In the last quarter century, the Internet has fundamentally changed the way people…
TechChange President Nick Martin Selected as runner-up for Society for International Development's Rice Award
We're excited to announce that TechChange president Nick Martin was selected as the runner-up for the 2014 Andrew E. Rice Award for Leadership and Innovation by a Young Professional in International…
Video: Accelerating Progress to End World Hunger
Taking the 2014 annual report from the U.S. Government's largest food security initiative and condensing it into an engaging 3-minute video is no easy task. But that's exactly what the creative…
#BringBackOurGirls: Can Hashtag Activism Spur Social Change?
In our modern times of media cycles fighting for our short attention spans, it is easy to ride the momentum of a highly visible campaign that can quickly fizzle out once…
Drawn in 60 Seconds: How to Create a Time Lapse Video Sequence
In preparation for our new Office Warming Party today, our creative team decorated our office with a special chalkboard mural. Check out our new time-lapse video documenting the creation of our chalk…