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At TechChange, we are always excited to support the work of young social entrepreneurs across the world from Pakistan, Tunisia, to Kosovo. TechChange is proud to welcome three participants representing the…
Since the mobile phone has become a global tool for social good, it can be tough to keep up with the many different mobile products and platforms being used across international development.…
Technology alone won't change an organization, but people might. Last week Forbes featured our upcoming course on Social Intrapreneurship in a post on 2014's Most Valuable Employee: The Social Intrapreneur. While…
TechChange and Kurante are excited to kick off the 2014 ICT4Drinks series with a Back-to-School happy hour on Thursday, January 30th from 6-9pm at 14K Lounge. (RSVP Now) It's now a…
How has the use of ICTs to collect election observation findings evolved over the past decade? Over the past three decades, election observation conducted by independent international and domestic organizations has become…
For the first time, an international observation mission will utilize mobile devices and formhub for collecting real-time data from its observers. I'm here in Egypt as part of the election observation…
This year, Starbucks announced that it would make its internet speed in coffee shops 10 times faster by switching from AT&T to Google. Though it has not revealed which 7,000 locations…
Tech entrepreneurs of the world unite! Last Friday, TechChange was proud to present on a short panel for The Tunisia Community College Scholarship Program (TCCSP) at the 4-H Youth Conference Center…
Recently, we posted how excited we are to be approaching 10,000 Twitter followers and shared 3 lessons we've learned on building a brand with a social media community. To celebrate our…
The release of the South Sudan Ushahidi map has spurred an online dialogue on the possibilities and challenges of how we understand crowdsourcing, big data, and technology for conflict management and…
When is it ethical to either restrict or share information during violent conflict? Two tweets summarized the information challenges of the South Sudan Watch crisis map will face in the coming…
Spreading violence in South Sudan threatens thousands of civilian lives, political stability in the region, and even outbreaks of transmissible disease (NYT). As the fog of the initial outbreak of war…
Last week, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, stopped by our booth for a quick interview on mHealth at the 2013 mHealth Summit. As the founder of the Grameen Movement,…
What a year 2013 has been! Last year we did our first State of TechChange 2012 and figured it was time to look back on a year of learning. More than…
In recent years, mobile phones have drawn tremendous interest from the conflict management community. Given the successful, high profile uses of mobile phone-based violence prevention in Kenya in voting during 2010…
We're excited to partner with Ashoka Changemakers to launch an online course on Social Intrapreneurship this February 25 – March 21, 2014! This four-week online certificate course on…
In Online Learning, There Are No Shortcut Keys. Tonight, we're having a blast celebrating lessons learned in ICT4D and international development at the 2013 Fail Festival in Washington, DC.…
On Wednesday, Nov. 20, we were proud to help facilitate the online engagement for a Wilson Center event on New Visions for Citizen Science. It was a perfect follow-up to the…
TechChange is proud to be working with Global OPS, a platform for global peacebuilding, to provide real-time, customized assistance and professional development training for policy makers and peacebuilding practitioners working on…
One of the most difficult things as an entrepreneur is transitioning from a single person with an idea to a team of colleagues with a shared creative vision. Such a transition…