New Media for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management
I had the opportunity last fall to ghost write the background paper for the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Study Guide on “The Impact of New Media on Peace…
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Souktel + TechChange Training for Crisis Mappers in Ramallah
Mobile phones remain vital for reaching the masses in the Middle East (as discussed in a [previous post](../2011/06/16/the-revolution-will-not-be-twee…
Google Creating a Map of Africa’s Broadband Cables
Cross-posted from the USAID GBI blog. Google’s Sub-Saharan Africa office is funding a project by Steve Song to create a comprehensive map of all…
9 Web Conferencing Platforms for Education and Collaboration 2.0: What Should Your Organization Use?
This blog post was updated as of November 2014 to reflect the advances of each web conferencing platform since the original blog post was published by…
TechChange and Ashoka U Twitter Chat Round-Up: 20 Organizations to Watch in the Educational Technology Space
Last Friday, 81 Tweeters joined for one hour to discuss the current landscape and future of technology and social entrepreneurship in higher education…
Building Local Capacity: “Technology for Crisis Response and Good Governance” training program hosted by the Partnership for Peace in Kisumu, Kenya
TechChange was recently brought to Kenya by the Partnership for Peace , a program run by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, to train local leaders from K…
This Live Broadcast Is Brought To You By Bambuser: Streaming Video for Activists
In the technological game of cat and mouse, where activists and governments seek to control the flow of information through digital devices, activists…
Culture and Capacity: Some lessons from our training in Kisumu, Kenya
As Jordan and I wrap up our FrontlineSMS/Ushahidi training here in Kisumu, Kenya we picked up a number of valuable observations that can be borne in m…
From Tahrir to Mumbai: Online Tools in Crisis
During the protests in Tahrir square, one Egyptian activist tweeted: “We use Facebook to schedule the protests, Twitter to coordinate, and YouTube to…
TechChange Lands in Kenya
Jordan and I are happily ensconced at the Partnership for Peace office here in Kisumu, Kenya preparing to facilitate a course with local leaders on th…
Freedom Fone: Can it Make Developing Nations More Democratic?
Freedom Fone, a service that is essentially an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) recently launched in conjunction with Frontline: SMS. It’s basically…
TechChange Training Recap Part 2: Conflict Prevention and Disaster Management at George Mason University
Two weeks ago I participated in a “Technology and Peacebuilding” course taught by [TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/), at the [School for Confli…
Reflections and Concerns about Gamification (Part I)
(Cross-posted from Aaron’s Blog) I’ve been a member of Gamespot – a website dedicated to news and discussion on videogames – since 2003. My rank on it…
AshokaU and TechChange TwitterChat: How Will Technological Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Transform Higher Education?
Have ideas for new models in higher education that use technology and social entrepreneurship? Interested in what universities will look like 10, 20 a…
The Future of Games for Crisis Mapping
With the end of the JCU Crisis Mapping class in sight, discussions have turned to the future of this emerging field and practice. Two classes were ded…
Recap of TechChange Course at George Mason School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Over the weekend TechChange had the opportunity to teach a two-day course on Technology and Peacebuilding at the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR) at George Mason…
The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted: Why the Mobile Phone is Still Critical to Reaching the Masses in the Middle East
The revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North Africa have captured the collective attention of the world, and with good reason: the images of millions mobilized in Cairo,…
Knowledge Management for Whom? A Response to USAID's KM for Development Conference
I had the opportunity to attend a conference at USAID a fewweeks ago on the theme of Knowledge Management (KM) for Development (http://kdid.org/kmic). It was a great space to…
Techvest in Africa's future: What Africa Really Needs Right Now
Moved by images of buildings crumbling like sand castles and children wandering the streets crying for parents buried in the rubble, I donated $10 to the Yéle Haiti…
TEDxSF a Study in Contradictory Concepts
TED events are always engaging and yesterday's TEDx event in San Francisco proved to be no exception. The theme (and hashtag) was #ALIVE and the topics presented generally…