# TechChange | We build the communities that move big ideas forward

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- [TechChange | We build the communities that move big ideas forward](https://www.techchange.org/): TechChange convenes and connects the people working across global health, AI, and social impact.
- [Welcome to TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/05/14/welcome-to-techchange-2/): It’s clear that technology is beginning to play a key role in social change. Look at the role crisis mapping software has played in coordinating earth…
- [First-Ever Course on Technology and Peace | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/06/23/first-ever-course-on-technology-and-peace-2/): Last week, TechChange Co-Founder and President Nick Martin taught a one-week course on Technology and Peace at the United Nations-mandated…
- [An Afghan Discussion; Furthering Communities via Mobile Phones | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/06/24/an-afghan-discussion-furthering-communities-via-mobile-phones/): Yesterday’s Can You Help Me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding In Afghanistan panel at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) showcased expert…
- [What Do One Billion Cell Phone Users Around the World Lack? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/06/29/what-do-one-billion-cell-phone-users-around-the-world-lack/): [Any banking services](http://www.europeanbusiness.gr/page.asp?pid=732). While those in the developed world take it for granted, easy access to a bank…
- [TechChange Photo Project | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/06/techchange-photo-project/): Anyone can submit work for this project. All you need is a camera and access to an email account. Refer to the following guidelines for submissions: *…
- [Promise and Setback in African Fiber Optics | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/07/promise-and-setback-in-african-fiber-optics-2/): On July 2nd, the Main One Cable company finished construction on a 4000 mile fiber optic cable linking Nigeria to Western Europe. The new pipe promise…
- [Promise and Setback in African Fiber Optics | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/09/promise-and-setback-in-african-fiber-optics/): Three days later as if to highlight the challenges that still remain the Seacom fiber optic cable connecting east Africa to India and Europe failed. T…
- [Conflict Minerals: The Industry’s Dirty Little Secret | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/17/conflict-minerals-the-industrys-dirty-little-secret/): With the help of Leonardo DiCaprio, we know what blood diamonds are. And now, thanks to the Enough Project, we are starting to know more about conflic…
- [Rich vs Reach in Mobile Health Applications | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/21/rich-vs-reach-in-mobile-health-applications/): An issue that comes up time and again in the technology for development space is whether to focus on an applications
- [Spy Tools to Spread Dissident Information | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/23/spy-tools-to-spread-dissident-information/): A technique recently used by [Russian spies](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063003108.html)to communicate with…
- [FAILFaireDC a Social Space for less than Smashing Successes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/26/failfairedc-a-social-space-for-less-than-smashing-successes/): Several of us at TechChange had the privilege of attending a great event MobileActive and the World Bank put on last night that focused on those…
- [Ushahidi Simulation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/28/ushahidi-simulation/): Last month I taught the first ever course on “Technology and Peace” at the UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica. The course drew 16…
- [Enterprise 2.0 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/07/30/enterprise-2-0/): Sitting in the 140conference in Washington, something got my attention. Or should I say someone. His name is Blake Hall, co-founder of TroopSwap, a…
- [Tech@State: Mobile Money for the Unbanked | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/02/techstate-mobile-money-for-the-unbanked/): Today’s [Tech@State](http://www.state.gov/statecraft/tech/money/index.htm) event produced some great insights into current uses and future application…
- [Blackberrys Banned in UAE because of Data Encryption | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/05/blackberrys-banned-in-uae-because-of-data-encryption/): The BlackBerry smartphone, launched in 1999 by Research In Motion (RIM), is the quintessential, on the go tool for communicating. In 2004 BlackBerry h…
- [Consulting | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/05/consulting/): USIP event on mobile phones, peacebuilding and Afghanistan organized by TechChange TechChange equips organizations with a suite of customized, strateg…
- [Emerging Dangers in Mobile Communications | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/08/emerging-dangers-in-mobile-communications/): The importance of both mobile network and software security continues to grow as more personal and significant information is communicated…
- [New Innovations in Mobiles for Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/10/new-innovations-in-mobiles-for-health/): We’re going to continue to look at emerging mobile health applications this week. While last time the focus was on promising technologies on the horiz…
- [Marking the m-Health Moment | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/12/marking-the-m-health-moment/): It’s hard not to get excited about the work being done bringing health care into the digital age. Mobiles have the potential to increase efficiency at…
- [Tech-Savvy Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/16/tech-savvy-education/): Peace through technology in the Middle East; this is what Elizabeth Buckner has set out to do. If you grew-up in the early tech-world of portable Game…
- [21st Century Statecraft: What does it really mean? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/23/21st-century-statecraft-what-does-it-really-mean/): “In the twenty first century, the United States’ exceptional capacity for connection, rather than splendid isolation or hegemonic domination, will ren…
- [Are You There Social Media? It’s Me, Conflict | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/23/are-you-there-social-media-its-me-conflict/): The SXSW Interactive conference, held in Austin Texas, is five days of undeniably awesome presentations from the brightest minds about up and coming t…
- [Online Location: From Facebook’s ‘Places’ to Pakistan’s Floods | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/24/online-location-from-facebook-e2-80-99s--e2-80-98places-e2-80-99-to-pakistan-e2-80-99s-floods/): Before getting too carried away with Facbeook’s Places app, look into how smartphones are locating and coordinate relief efforts in Pakistan’s natural…
- [Lessons from a Decade of Online Social Networking, How to Build a High Impact Site | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/25/lessons-from-a-decade-of-online-social-networking-how-to-build-a-high-impact-site/): Earlier this month I sat down with Dr. Craig Zelizer, Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution MA Program at Georgetown University and…
- [Fasten Your Seatbelts: Facebook is Following You in India | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/08/30/fasten-your-seatbelts-facebook-is-following-you-in-india/): In a city “famous for its snarled traffic and infamous for its unruly drivers,” Facebook is aiding the authorities in New Delhi—”5,000 traffic…
- [Lighting Up Uganda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/01/249/): To the billion individuals who lack access to electricity, the promise of new technologies for development pales in comparison to the more immediate c…
- [Knowledge Sharing for Effective Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/02/knowldge-sharing-for-effective-development/): In international development, as with so many other fields, information is everything. OK, that’s kind of a broad statement, and a bit of a “no duh”…
- [Innovative Open Source Wireless Network Undergoes Trial-by-Fire at Burning Man | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/07/innovative-open-source-wireless-network-undergoes-trial-by-fire-at-burning-man/): Expanding wireless coverages to the more remote areas of the world is the obvious first step in enabling individuals to benefit from the myriad…
- [From the 1990s to 2010: Back To School in Technological Fashion | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/08/from-the-1990s-to-2010-back-to-school-in-technological-fashion/): Back to the books, assignments and test — back to what students do best. In my neck of the Canadian woods, students went back to school yesterday.…
- [Paving the Way for a Cashless Society: Somaliland and Mobile Banking | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/09/paving-the-way-for-a-cashless-society-somaliland-and-mobile-banking/): There are no ATMs, the countries currency is unrecognized without an official exchange rate, and every American dollar translates into 17, 000 Somalil…
- [World Bank Open Data and Applications for Development Challenge | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/10/world-bank-open-data-and-applications-for-development-challenge/): Yesterday, the World Bank brought together leading technologists, data gurus and development practitioners for a whirlwind group brainstorming activit…
- [Peace and Social Entrepreneurship Through Mobile Phones in Afghanistan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/14/peace-and-social-entrepreneurship-through-mobile-phones-in-afghanistan/): On June 24th, TechChange co-hosted an event with the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) entitled: Can You Help Me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebu…
- [A Picture Says A Thousand Words: Facebook Case of Eden Abergil | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/16/a-picture-says-a-thousand-words-facebook-case-of-eden-abergil/): Look familiar? Another Abu Ghraib photo frenzy? Needless to say, not the first of its kind. Photos taken by former IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) soldie…
- [Bigger is Not Always Better: Technological Challenges in an Exploding Megacity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/17/bigger-is-not-always-better-technological-challenges-in-an-exploding-megacity/): Bangladesh. Most people have rarely heard of this tiny country the size of the state of New York nestled in India’s “armpit” and even fewer will be ab…
- [Online Press Freedom in Jordan: New 2010 Cyber Crime Law | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/20/online-press-freedom-in-jordan-new-2010-cyber-crime-law/): In a country where the Queen has her own YouTube Channel, you would think Internet is a free and open space for all, but not exactly.​ Because Jordani…
- [Open Data Mapping and Storytelling | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/23/open-data-mapping-and-storytelling/): We live in the age of data. Open source software, content aggregation software, GPS and mobile technology have changed the way in which we collect, in…
- [Digital Communication and Afghanistan’s 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/24/digital-communication-and-afghanistan-e2-80-99s-2010-wolesi-jirga-elections/): For nearly two thousand years, Silk Road land and sea routs — which created an “intercontinental think tank of human ingenuity” in terms of trade and…
- [MOSES Giving Voice to Victims & Survivors in Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Commission | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/28/moses-giving-voice-to-victims-survivors-in-liberian-truth-reconciliation-commission/): The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia was established in 2005 as part of the country’s transition of bloody civil war into an emerging de…
- [Has the Anonymity of Haystack been Revealed? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/09/30/has-the-anonymity-of-haystack-been-revealed/): The core project of the San Francisco based non-profit Censorship Research Center (CRC) — Haystack: Good Luck Finding That Needle — has recently been…
- [International Conference on Crisis Mapping 2010 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/04/international-conference-on-crisis-mapping-2010/): I just got back from the International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2010) held at Tufts and Harvard Universities. The conference brought…
- [Micheal Wesch on How New Media Mediate Our World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/06/micheal-wesch-on-how-new-media-mediate-our-world/): Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead. Mar…
- [Community Radios and Mobile Phones: A Perfect Match | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/08/community-radios-and-mobile-phones-a-perfect-match/): Despite dramatic increases in global internet penetration, many people still depend on radio as their primary connection to the outside world. However…
- [SMS:Legal and Mobile Service Provision | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/14/smslegal-and-mobile-service-provision/): It
- [Regulating the Saudi Arabian Blogosphere via Licensing? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/15/regulating-the-saudi-arabian-blogosphere-via-licensing/): In September 2010, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report titled “Looser Rein, Uncertain Gain,” A Human Rights Assessment of Five Years of King Ab…
- [TechChange Advisory Board Meeting: Reconnecting with Partners and Planning for the Future | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/19/techchange-advisory-board-meeting-reconnecting-with-partners-and-planning-for-the-future/): On October 15th, 2010, TechChange staff, advisory board members, friends and colleagues came together at our office in Washington, D.C. to reconnect a…
- [Social Media Encouraging Non-Violent Resistance in Kashmir? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/27/social-media-encouraging-non-violent-resistance-in-kashmir/): There has been much buzz recently in the social media community about a recent article published in The New Yorker magazine titled “Small Media” by Malcolm Gladwell.…
- [Keeping Face in Censored Cyber World via Circumvention Tools | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/10/29/keeping-face-in-censored-cyber-world-via-circumvention-tools/): Happy National Cyber Security Awareness Month too all you tech-savvy, Internet loving folk out there! Let’s Celebrate — by examining The Berkman Center for Internet & Society…
- [Refugee Health: The Potential of Mobile Health Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/11/01/refugee-health-the-potential-of-mobile-health-technology/): Mobile health technologies are one of the fastest growing, arguably most innovative new platforms that utilize the power of mobile phones. As mentioned before by Jordan Hosmer-Henner…
- [Technology and Do-It-Yourself Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/11/05/technology-and-diy-development/): A couple weeks ago, Nick Kristof published a New York Times article titled DIY Foreign-Aid Revolution and Dave Algoso wrote an excellent critique just a few days…
- [Elections, Human Rights, Censorship, Twitter: A Special Time for Burma | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/11/07/elections-human-rights-censorship-twitter-a-special-time-for-burma/): The people of Burma will vote on Sunday — for the first time in 20 years — but domestic reporters are “prohibited from going within 50…
- [The Humanitarian Crowd Source Debate Heats Up | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/11/24/the-humanitarian-crowd-source-debate-heats-up/): In his recent article on MobileActive.org, Paul Currion posed the question, “If all You Have is a Hammer, How Useful is Humanitarian Crowdsourcing”. Currion argued that those…
- [YouTube Censored in Turkey: On Again, Off Again | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/11/30/turkey-e2-80-99s-censored-videos-youtube-is-on-again-off-again/): Chad Hurley, co-founder of the video-sharing website YouTube, has recently stepped down from his position as CEO. And the Turkish court has stepped down from the Web…
- [Jumo: Day 1. Our First Impressions of the Social Network for Social Causes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/01/jumo-day-1-our-first-impressions/): Yesterday, Jumo released its beta platform to the world, but the launch was far from seamless. Founded by Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes, Jumo bills itself as a…
- [TechChange Photographer Goes to Haiti | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/02/techchange-goes-to-haiti/): In August of this year, Keith Lane, professional photographer and a member of the TechChange team, went to Haiti to document, through photography, whether and how the…
- [Is e-Learning Inferior to Face-to-Face Instruction? (e-Learning Series) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/06/is-e-learning-inferior-to-face-to-face-instruction/): TechChange is excited to launch a new blog series dedicated to e-Learning for educators and trainers. The series will highlight emerging technologies, best practices in instructional design…
- [Zero Force: Using Social Media to End the Use of Child Soldiers | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/09/zero-force-using-social-media-to-end-the-use-of-child-soldiers/): Romeo Dallaire may be best known for his book titled Shaking Hands with the Devil. Since retiring from his illustrious military career, he has taken on a…
- [The ‘Donkey Bloggers’ Satire: Azeri Journalists Free from Detention | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/10/the-donkey-bloggers-satire-azeri-journalists-free-from-detention/): On July 4th 2009, Emin Milli — blogger and one of the Alumni Network founders —spoke at “a Heinrich Böll Foundation roundtable dedicated to a democratization process…
- [Cross ‘Worry’ Off your Holiday List with Cloud Storage | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/14/cross-worry-off-your-holiday-list-with-cloud-storage/): Deck the halls, wrap some presents and pour yourself a tall glass of eggnog: Cloud storage gives you one less thing to worry about this holiday season.…
- [Bridging the Digital Divide: Why Mobiles, Markets and Moore’s Law Matter | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/21/bridging-the-digital-divide-why-mobiles-markets-and-moores-law-matter/): Remember to toast the birth of the World Wide Web this Saturday—just don’t buy it a drink. It was only twenty years ago that Tim Berners-Lee loaded…
- [Top Five Most Absurd Tech Gifts of 2010 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2010/12/22/top-5-most-absurd-tech-gifts-of-2010/): This holiday season we’re taking a break at TechChange from bringing you the latest developments in technology, education and social change to focus on something a little…
- [Recap of ICT4D Tweet Chat (Hashtag: #ict4ddl) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/01/17/recap-of-ict4d-tweet-chat-ict4ddl/): On January 11, 2011 from 11-12am, TechChange co-hosted a tweet chat with Linda Raftree (@meowtree) from Plan International to gauge interest in ICT for Development (ICT4D) distance…
- [Tunisia at a Crossroads: Social Media, Protests & Potential for Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/01/21/tunisia-at-a-crossroads-social-media-protests-potential-for-change/): In recent days, the North African country of Tunisia has flooded the front pages of most international media outlets because of demonstrations against authoritarian rule and the…
- [Cement Embedded USBs: Connect At Your Own Risk | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/01/24/cement-embedded-usbs-connect-at-your-own-risk/): A technological search and find; a social media scavenger hunt. An advanced way to stay connected while being offline or a plot with technological vandalism written all over it?…
- [Comments on a Live Blogged Revolution | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/01/28/comments-on-a-live-blogged-revolution/): Update 13:30 EST 1/31 As the protests continue unabated, the internet remains largely blocked with the exception of Noor ISP which serves roughly 8% of Egyptian traffic.…
- [Google Africa has a new Manager of Policy – Ory Okolloh | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/01/31/google-africa-has-a-new-manager-of-policy-ory-okolloh/): Google Africa has a new Manager of Policy – Ory Okolloh.…
- [Technology for Social Change Tidbits This Week | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/04/technology-for-social-change-tidbits-this-week/): In case you missed any of it, there have been a few very interesting developments recently on how technology is being used, developed and shared for s…
- [Election Aftermath and Demands for Democracy in Belarus | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/07/election-aftermath-and-demands-for-democracy-in-belarus/): While the world’s eyes are on Egypt, it is imperative not to forget the struggle in Belarus, which has entered a new phase following the December 2010…
- [Video Blogger Gives Voice to The Voiceless in Bangladesh | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/10/video-blogger-gives-voice-to-the-voiceless-in-bangladesh/): In the digital 21st century, Jürgen Habermas’ public sphere and Marshall McLuhan’s global village have gone electronic, hence citizen journalism and t…
- [Canadian Television-Radio User-Based Billing Controversy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/14/canadian-television-radio-user-based-billing-controversy/): The Canadian Radio television Telecommunications Commission, more commonly referred to as the CRTC, has recently ignited a firestorm among Internet us…
- [Inveneo in Haiti: An Interview with Mark Summer and Rohan Mahy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/16/inveneo-in-haiti-an-interview-with-mark-summer-and-rohan-mahy/): The current picture of Haiti is complex: millions of people are still displaced, billions of dollars in promised aid have yet to arrive, and there is…
- [Is Forcing Open the Internet a Next Frontier for Humanitarian Intervention? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/18/is-forcing-open-the-internet-the-next-frontier-for-humanitarian-intervention/): The recent demonstrations in Belarus, Tunisia, Bahrain, and especially Egypt have all recently demonstrated the importance of the Internet and social…
- [Multilingual Tweets: U.S. State Department To Middle East Revolutionaries | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/18/multilingual-tweets-u-s-state-department-to-middle-east-revolutionaries/): U.S Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton – speaking on behalf of the Obama administration – expressed views on the power of media via a statement…
- [Corralling the Data, Instead of the Data Corralling Us | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/22/corralling-the-data-instead-of-the-data-corralling-us/): For those working in the field of conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance, reliable real time data plays a critical role in staging a successf…
- [How demography, climate change and communication are breeding revolution | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/02/28/how-demography-climate-change-and-communication-are-breeding-revolution/): Mohamed Bouazizi was three years old when Zine El Abidine Ben Ali took power in Tunisia. His self-immolation in protest of harassment by corrupt…
- [Exploring New Models for Education 2.0. “Applications of Technology for Peacebuilding” at American University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/02/exploring-new-models-for-education-2-0-applications-of-technology-for-peacebuilding-at-american-university-course-recap/): This past weekend Dr. Michael Gibbons and I taught a 20-hour graduate skills institute at American University’s School of International Service…
- [Integrating Multimedia into Adult Education: Is it Worth all the Trouble? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/04/integrating-multimedia-into-adult-education-is-it-worth-all-the-trouble/): Multimedia can be a powerful tool for adult education. When used effectively it can captivate an audience, tug emotions, maintain attention, and contextualize scenario-based learning. But creating and…
- [Vittana: A Seed for Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/07/vittana-a-seed-for-social-change/): Vittana: No, it
- [Women in Tech: Why the Future Looks Bright | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/08/women-in-tech-why-the-future-looks-bright/): Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women
- [The end of 'datagoraphobia' – organizing event data spatially to support humanitarian relief and peacekeeping operations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/11/the-end-of--e2-80-98datagoraphobia-e2-80-99-organizing-event-data-spatially-to-support-humanitarian-relief-and-peacekeeping-operations/): Much of the event data that new technology is making available to practitioners contains geographic information, and to take advantage of this we need a way of thinking…
- [Al Jazeera and Others Visualizing Twitter and Unrest | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/14/al-jazeera-and-others-visualizing-twitter-and-unrest/): Qatar-based Al Jazeera may be completely responsible for the lack of productivity amongst university students, in many different disciplines, all over the world. Walking through the halls of…
- [A look at World Bank's Urgent Evoke: Reflections for Season 2 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/18/a-look-at-urgent-evoke-reflections-for-season-2/): On March 3, 2010, the World Bank launched Urgent Evoke—an online video game designed to help individuals across the world develop innovative, creative solutions to the globe
- [Social Media and Non-Violence: The Debate Heats Up at Georgetown | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/21/social-media-and-non-violence-the-debate-heats-up-at-georgetown/): This past week, I had the valuable opportunity to step out of my usual role as a graduate student at Georgetown and instead, for one day, serve as…
- [A Personal Encounter with Paraguay's Tech Progress | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/03/30/a-personal-encounter-with-paraguay-e2-80-99s-tech-progress/): Deep in the
- [Facebook Pulls "Third Palestinian Intifada Page": Violent Incitement Overrules Free Speech | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/04/facebook-pulls-third-intifada-page-violent-incitement-overrules-free-speech/): The first Palestinian Intifada (meaning
- [SwiftRiver: Where Software Meets Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/05/swiftriver-where-software-meets-social-change/): You land in a country that is recovering from a long war. The infrastructure is limited, but there is a nascent democratic government. To make up for the…
- [From the Trading Floor to the Polling Booth: Twitter's Value-Added | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/07/from-the-trading-floor-to-the-polling-booth-twitters-value-added/): The BBC reported today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12976254) on the value that Twitter has provided to stock traders. This is an example of how social media, when well filtered, can…
- [Is GroupMe the Next Big Thing for SMS and How Might It Support Social Change? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/08/is-groupme-the-next-big-thing-for-sms-and-how-might-it-support-social-change/): Perhaps the biggest thing to come out of this years famed South By Southwest Conference (SXSWi) was the GroupMe app. And since there
- [Time for a Cell Phone Detox? Have We Become Too Dependant on our Devices? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/18/time-for-a-cell-phone-detox/): Call it a social experiment or just plain crazy, but I refuse to buy a cell phone. This mobile-addict is detoxing. Not long ago, I was a slave…
- [Power to the People: The Risk and Rewards of Mobile Technology in Governance Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/21/power-to-the-people-the-risk-and-rewards-of-mobile-technology-in-governance-development/): For the frustrated governance advisor, exasperated force commander, and perpetually under funded election observer the notion that technology can solve our problems is a tempting one. But as…
- [Does Chinese Internet censorship have an effect on its ICT industry? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/25/does-chinese-internet-censorship-have-an-effect-on-its-ict-industry/): The issue of Internet censorship has cycled throughout headlines, whether it
- [Internet Security in an Age of International Protest | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/28/net-security-in-an-age-of-protest/): Last month, the government of Sudan declared a
- [Canadians Protest Election Results Ban Using Social Media Ahead of Monday Polls | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/04/29/canadians-protest-election-results-ban-using-social-media-ahead-of-monday-polls/): On Monday May 2, 2011 Canadians will be voting in the 41st Canadian Federal Election. The election comes as the result of non-confidence vote held on March 25th,…
- [Exchange 2.0- Weighing the Benefits of Increased Intercultural Awareness | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/02/exchange-2-0-weighing-the-benefits-of-increased-intercultural-awareness/): This is part one of a two part series on Exchange 2.0. Even though I never had the chance to do a study abroad, for ten years of…
- [Exchange 2.0: The Conversation Continues | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/06/exchange-2-0-the-conversation-continues/): This is the second post in a two part series on this topic. The first installment was written by TJ earlier in the week. The Exchange 2.0 conference…
- [e-Portfolios: Networking Across Continents | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/11/e-portfolios-networking-across-continents/): Whether you think of HTML as a familiar friend or a terrifying alien monster, we can all agree that sometimes code just takes too much time. In an…
- [TechChange & Movements.org Twitter Chat on Friday, June 3rd | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/18/techchange-movements-org-twitter-chat-on-friday-june-3rd/): How can digital activists harness new technologies, tools, and platforms to be as effective as possible in their work? Digital organizing has arguably been at the heart of…
- [Three Take-Aways from the Ashoka and World Bank Event: Public Goods through Social Enterprises | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/23/three-take-aways-from-the-ashoka-and-world-bank-event-public-goods-through-social-enterprises/): Last Wednesday, Ashoka delivered a terrific panel conversation at the World Bank called, Public Goods through Social Enterprises: Creating Hybrid Value Chains. Bill Drayton and Valeria Budinich spearheaded the…
- [The Self-Imposed Challenge: Assessment and Games-Based Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/25/the-self-imposed-challenge-assessment-and-games-based-learning/): (Cross-posted from Aaron
- [Newseum, Google and YouTube Commemorate The Fallen Journalists of 2010 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/05/30/newseum-google-and-youtube-commemorate-the-fallen-journalists-of-2010/): On May 16 th 2011, Washington DC
- [FrontlineSMS and Technological Responsibility | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/01/frontlinesms-and-technological-responsibility/): When an innovator is struck with a new idea for a technology, his or her first thought isn
- [TEDxSF a Study in Contradictory Concepts | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/06/tedxsf-a-study-in-contradictory-concepts/): TED events are always engaging and yesterday
- [Techvest in Africa's future: What Africa Really Needs Right Now | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/10/techvest-in-africa-e2-80-99s-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…
- [Knowledge Management for Whom? A Response to USAID's KM for Development Conference | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/14/knowledge-management-for-whom-a-response-to-usaids-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…
- [The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted: Why the Mobile Phone is Still Critical to Reaching the Masses in the Middle East | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/16/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,…
- [Recap of TechChange Course at George Mason School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/21/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 Future of Games for Crisis Mapping | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/27/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…
- [AshokaU and TechChange TwitterChat: How Will Technological Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Transform Higher Education? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/28/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…
- [Reflections and Concerns about Gamification (Part I) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/06/30/on-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…
- [TechChange Training Recap Part 2: Conflict Prevention and Disaster Management at George Mason University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/05/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…
- [Freedom Fone: Can it Make Developing Nations More Democratic? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/11/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 Lands in Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/13/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…
- [From Tahrir to Mumbai: Online Tools in Crisis | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/15/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…
- [Culture and Capacity: Some lessons from our training in Kisumu, Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/18/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…
- [This Live Broadcast Is Brought To You By Bambuser: Streaming Video for Activists | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/20/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…
- [Building Local Capacity: “Technology for Crisis Response and Good Governance” training program hosted by the Partnership for Peace in Kisumu, Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/25/building-local-capacity--e2-80-9ctechnology-for-crisis-response-and-good-governance-e2-80-9d-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…
- [TechChange and Ashoka U Twitter Chat Round-Up: 20 Organizations to Watch in the Educational Technology Space | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/07/26/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…
- [9 Web Conferencing Platforms for Education and Collaboration 2.0: What Should Your Organization Use? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/08/10/9-web-conferencing-platforms-for-education-and-collaboration-2-0-what-should-your-organizations-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…
- [Google Creating a Map of Africa’s Broadband Cables | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/08/12/google-creating-a-map-of-africa-e2-80-99s-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…
- [Souktel + TechChange Training for Crisis Mappers in Ramallah | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/08/31/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…
- [New Media for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/09/05/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…
- [Course Launch: Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/09/07/course-launch-tech-tools-and-skills-for-emergency-management/): We’re excited to start our online course on TC103: Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management. We have an incredible group of participants enrolle…
- [Submit your questions for Friday’s social media event! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/09/12/submit-your-questions-for-friday-e2-80-99s-social-media-event/): We’re excited to announce that we’re partnering with the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for this Friday’s event (9/16) on [Sifting Fact from Fiction:…
- [mLearning and the Global Classroom: New Technologies that are Changing the way we Learn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/09/15/mlearning-and-the-global-classroom/): mLearing 1900s style Adults and adolescents with Atopic Dermatitis in the USA, expectant mothers in Ghana, young teachers in Finland and pharmacists i…
- [Mapping Online Event Participation: @USIP for #USIPBlogs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/09/20/mapping-online-event-participation-usip-for-usipblogs/): How do you turn a panel discussion in Washington, DC into a global conversation? On Friday September 16, TechChange partnered with the U.S. Institute…
- [Scaling Social Impact by Giving Away Value | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/09/27/scaling-social-impact-by-giving-away-value/): Cross-posted from The Stanford Social Innovation Review by Roshan Paul and Alexa Clay This is the first in a series of interviews where we speak with…
- [Interview: An Open Source Approach to Medical Research | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/10/06/interview-an-open-source-approach-to-medical-research/): Cross-posted from The Stanford Social Innovation Review by Roshan Paul and Alexa Clay This is the second in a series of interviews where we speak…
- [What are Sudanese Youth Learning from Online Activism? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/10/11/what-are-sudanese-youth-learning-from-online-activism/): The end of September 2011 witnessed scattered renewed protests in Sudan against the hike in prices of food and other basic necessities. There is hope…
- [After Gaddafi, how can we use ICT4D to support the recovery in Libya? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/10/20/after-gaddafi-how-can-we-use-ict4d-to-support-the-recovery-in-libya-2/): After 40 years of rule, Colonel Gaddafi is gone. Reports say he was killed today in a military offensive in Sirte, Libya after a protracted insurgency…
- [Interview: Adam Papendieck, Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/10/24/interview-adam-papendieck-disaster-resilience-leadership-academy/): Image Source: Ushahidi Mini Biography Adam Papendieck has an MPH from Tulane University and a technical background in GIS, Statistics and Information…
- [Risk Management & Ethics in Conflict Mapping | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/10/26/risk-management-ethics-in-conflict-mapping/): Editor
- [The Crisis in #HigherEducation – Is the Bubble About to Burst? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/10/31/the-crisis-in-highereducation-is-the-bubble-about-to-burst/): *Cross-posted from [The Amani Institute Blog](http://amaniinstitute.org/2011/10/the-crisis-in-higher-education/).* If you’ve been reading the news muc…
- [Emergence Theory: New Methods in Education for Emerging Economies Has Developed Countries Rethinking Their Assumptions | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/11/08/emergence-theory-new-methods-in-education-for-emerging-economies-has-developed-countries-rethinking-their-assumptions/): This post is contributed by a guest author and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of TechChange or the TechChange staff The development of a ro…
- [Go Ahead, Use Your Mobile in Class:  Part 2 of the Tech in Higher Education Discussion | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/11/09/go-ahead-use-your-mobile-in-class-part-2-of-the-tech-in-higher-education-discussion/): Cross-posted from The Amani Institute Blog The first thing Anya Kamenetz said when she took the stage at a talk at the Center for American Progress…
- [TechChange Successfully Delivers First Series of Online Courses | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/11/16/techchange-successfully-delivers-first-series-of-online-courses/): In the fall of 2011, TechChange facilitated its first series of online courses. The courses were each three weeks long and covered the following topic…
- [Crowdsourcing for Conflict Prevention: Building Knowledge with the UNDP and the International Peace Institute | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/11/21/crowdsourcing-for-conflict-prevention-building-knowledge-with-the-undp-and-the-international-peace-institute/): On November 9, TechChange President Nick Martin and the TechChange team were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion co hosted by the Intern…
- [Help @TechChange choose #TCParty slideshow music! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/12/02/help-techchange-choose-tcparty-slideshow-music/): TechChange Year In Review We’ve posted the video slideshow of our year in review, but we need your help to pick the accompanying music! Tweet your…
- [TechChange Online Course Planting Seeds of Change in Haiti | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2011/12/20/techchange-planting-seeds/): This past Fall, I was fortunate enough to participate in an online course offered by [TechChange](http://www.techchange.org); [Mobiles for Internation…
- [Mobiles for education…a memory from Samoa | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/01/04/mobiles-for-education-e2-80-a6a-memory-from-samoa/): This article is re-posted from TechChange team member Charles Martin-Shields’s website “Espresso Politics”. We thank him for being awesome and sharing…
- [Technology That Connects Us | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/01/12/technology-that-connects-us/): *This post was contributed by Ferya, a participant in the TechChange course: “Global Innovations for Global Collaboration” developed for IREX for alum…
- [Talking about tech, research and education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/02/08/talking-about-tech-research-and-education/): Tomorrow I’ll be giving a talk at George Mason University’s [School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution](http://scar.gmu.edu) on how emerging technol…
- [eLearning in Uganda – A report from Makerere University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/02/10/elearning-in-uganda--e2-80-93-a-report-from-makerere-university/): Makerere University is one of the oldest and most well reputed universities in East Africa. As a leading institution in the field, Makerere, or Mak (p…
- [M-learning at Makerere University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/02/13/m-learning-at-makerere-university/): This past week, Raymond Besiga, my co-fellow on the Global Health Corps fellowship, and I met with Dr. Paul Muyinda, a leading mLearning practitioner…
- [Preview of TC106: New Tech for Educational Practice | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/02/14/preview-of-tc106-new-tech-for-educational-practice/): Next monday (Feb 20th) we begin the TechChange four week certificate course on New Technologies for Educational Practice. I
- [How PeaceTxt went from Chicago Interrupter to Kenyan Peacebuilder | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/05/how-peacetxt-went-from-chicago-interrupter-to-kenyan-peacebuilder/): Editor’s Note: This post has been revised to reflect corrections submitted by PeaceTXT and Sisi Ni Amani I’ve long been interested in how new media…
- [Four Lessons from Training International Exchange Alumni in Pakistan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/09/four-lessons-from-training-international-exchange-alumni-in-pakistan/): By Gerard McCarthy and Christopher Neu Please note that this post pertains to a customized course developed with IREX for alumni of the Global…
- [Look But Don't Touch….Yet: Internet Activism in #TimorLeste | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/14/look-but-dont-touch-yet-internet-activism-in-timorleste/): This is a guest post from Laura Ogden, an alumna of our course, TC104: Global Innovations for Digital Organizing. If you
- [ICTD 2012 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/19/ictd-2012/): This post is cross posted from Charles Martin-Shields
- [Launching our Ushahidi Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/21/launching-our-ushahidi-course/): Today we are excited to announce, in conjunction with our friends and colleagues at Ushahidi, one of our first new 200-level courses: Ushahidi: Frameworks for Effective Platform Management, a four-week,…
- [Announcing TechChange/GeoPoll SMS Simulation in Tunisia! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/27/announcing-techchangegeopoll-sms-simulation-in-tunisia/): We
- [From Caring to Doing: The Responsibility of Experts for #StopKony | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/03/27/from-caring-to-doing-the-responsibility-of-experts-for-stopkony/): This article has been reposted from the Huffington Post. Read the original article. By: Stephanie Rudat, Kevin Malone, and Christopher Neu
- [Presenting at Tech4Dev in May! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/04/04/presenting-at-tech4dev-in-may/): Thanks to TechChange resident conflict analysis and data guru Charles Martin-Shields for cross-posting this from his site Espresso Politics. We
- [Taking Stock and Saving Lives: How an mHealth Initiative Is Revolutionizing Healthcare in Uganda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/04/04/taking-stock-and-saving-lives-how-an-mhealth-initiative-is-revolutionizing-healthcare-in-uganda/): Until recently, most health clinics in Uganda, and indeed across the continent of Africa, transmitted all of their data manually, sometimes by phone, but in most cases by sending messengers…
- [Three Tech Advances That May Lead to a More Equitable World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/04/05/three-tech-advances-that-may-lead-to-a-more-equitable-world/): This article was first published on the The Asia Foundation
- [FrontlineSMS Zombie Apocalypse Simulation at Challenge Accepted 2012 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/04/16/frontlinesms-zombie-apocalypse-simulation-at-challenge-accepted-2012/): Zombies have started to make their way into the DC Metropolitan Area! Yesterday the TechChange team delivered another FrontlineSMS simulation, this time set against the backdrop of a Zombie Apocalypse. The…
- [TechChange to Host Digital Organizing Twitter Chat on Friday April 27th | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/04/18/techchange-to-host-digital-organizing-twitter-chat-on-friday-april-27th/): Description: The campaign to #StopKony is approaching a critical transition. On April 20th Invisible Children will launch its Cover the Night campaign on the heels of one of the most successful…
- [TechChange to Lead Simulation at Upcoming SAIS Conference on ICT and African Governance | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/04/24/techchange-to-lead-simulation-at-upcoming-sais-conference-on-ict-and-african-governance/): During the tense electoral standoff in Cote d
- [Recap of TC105: Mobiles for International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/05/16/recap-of-tc105-mobiles-for-international-development/): The recent four-week online certificate course on TC105: Mobile Phones for International Development was our largest and most diverse class to date with 70 participants from 32 countries. Given the…
- [Lessons Learned from TechWeek@DU | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/05/17/lessons-learned-from-techweekdu/): Anyone who has planned a conference knows that they
- [TC105: Thoughts on Mobile Money for Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/05/23/tc105-thoughts-on-mobile-money-for-development/): by Chrissy Martin, cross-posted from her blog, innovate.inclusively. She was a moderator for our Mobiles for International Development course that ran last month. A new session will be starting June…
- [Responsive Design for a Responsive Organization: 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Have a Mobile-First Online Identity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/06/13/responsive-design-for-a-responsive-organization-3-reasons-why-your-organization-should-have-a-mobile-first-online-identity/): The TechChange course on Mobiles for International Development starts on June 18. Sign up now! Have you ever been stuck on the mobile version of a website and were unable…
- [Text to Change Interview with Marcus Wagenaar | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/06/21/text-to-change-interview-with-marcus-wagenaar/): Text to Change
- [The Nigeria Security Tracker: How (not) to Design an ICT-Enabled Project | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/06/25/the-nigeria-security-tracker-how-not-to-design-an-ict-enabled-project/): For those interested in Technology for Peacekeeping consider taking our online certificate course, Technology for Conflict Management and Prevention, starting July 23rd. Disclaimer: These are Asch
- [Should the U.S. have an intelligence center for mass atrocities? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/06/27/should-the-u-s-have-an-intelligence-center-for-mass-atrocities/): If you are interested in using technology for peacebuilding consider taking our course, Technology for Conflict Management and Prevention, starting July 23rd. Social media plays a major role in raising awareness…
- [Politics Puts the Brakes on Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/06/29/politics-puts-the-brakes-on-ict4d-projects-why-tech-projects-are-always-susceptible-to-being-stifled-by-politics-and-societal-power-relations/): For those interested in Technology for Peacekeeping consider taking our online certificate course, Technology for Conflict Management and Prevention, starting July 23rd. There has been a recent surge in literature…
- [TechChange in The Economist | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/07/10/techchange-in-the-economist/): Dear TechChange Community: We wanted to write a brief thank-you post to everyone who has shared and commented on the recent piece on TechChange in The Economist (Geeks for Good 6/27/12).…
- [TechChange's Charles Martin-Shields to Present at Amnesty International Australia | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/07/13/techchanges-charles-martin-shields-to-present-at-amnesty-international-australia/)
- [Three Questions to Ask as Universities Incorporate Hybrid Classroom Pedagogies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/07/23/three-questions-to-ask-as-universities-incorporate-hybrid-classroom-pedagogies/): As K-12 teachers experiment with iPads in the classroom, Twitter streams in the backchannel, and TEDtalks as the new textbook, university professors are figuring out what to make of massively…
- [Technology For Accountability: Seeing The Wood For The Trees | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/08/03/technology-for-accountability-seeing-the-wood-for-the-trees/): Cross-posted from the TC104: Global Innovations for Digital Organizing course we ran last May. If you are interested in mobile organization and censorship/privacy in the 21st century, consider enrolling in…
- [New USAID-TechChange Online Course Partnership: Accelerating Mobile Money | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/08/13/new-usaid-techchange-online-course-partnership-accelerating-mobile-money/): This week will mark the launch of our new eight-week online certificate course on Mobile Money in partnership with the Mobile Solutions team at USAID and The QED Group. Today, we…
- [Preview of TC110: Social Media and Technology Tools for Research | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/08/13/preview-of-tc110-social-media-and-technology-tools-for-research/): Next week we
- [Field Update: Lessons Learned from Designing Community-Based M&E Systems in Jasola | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/08/21/field-update-lessons-learned-from-designing-community-based-me-systems-in-jasola/): If you
- [Preview of TC103: Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/08/27/preview-of-tc103-tech-tools-and-skills-for-emergency-management/): If you
- [TechChange Partners with The Wilson Center for “Connecting Grassroots to Government for Disaster Management” Event | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/09/11/techchange-partners-with-the-wilson-center-for-connecting-grassroots-to-government-for-disaster-management/): If you
- [Note from Nick: Is the media finally getting what's happening with mobile phones? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/09/17/note-from-nick-is-the-media-finally-getting-whats-happening-with-mobile-phones/): Nick Martin is President and CEO of TechChange and is the Lead Facilitator for the upcoming course: Mobile Phones for International Development. Class starts Sept. 24. Apply Now! In the last…
- [Five habits of effective presenters: Mobile Phones for International Development (TC105) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/09/19/four-habits-of-effective-presenters-mobile-phones-for-international-development-tc105/): As we prepare to launch the next iteration of online course Mobile Phones for International Development on September 24, we wanted to talk about what some speakers have done in the…
- [Special Offer: 60% off Mobiles for International Development if Already Enrolled in TC108 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/09/19/special-offer-60-off-mobiles-for-international-development-if-already-enrolled-in-tc108/): Are you already enrolled in our Technology, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship course and interested in mobile phone applications for the developing world? Do you want to deeply examine organizations and…
- [Field Update: Tech Training for Governance and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/09/24/techchange-training-in-ethiopia-strengthening-research-capacity-through-technology-for-governance-and-security-in-sub-saharan-africa/): This past week I had the privilege of meeting and working with fifteen fellows from across the African continent who came to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a two-week training organized by…
- [Field Update: Mobile Phones and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/09/25/field-update-mobile-phones-and-reconciliation-in-sri-lanka/): Interested in learning with us? Check out our next course on Technology Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, starting Oct. 1. Apply now! What does it mean in a country transitioning from…
- [It's Not About the Technology: Reflections on the First Two Days of Running an Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/04/its-not-about-the-technology-reflections-on-the-first-two-days-of-running-an-online-course/): This piece has been cross-posted from The Amani Institute. Read the original post. You think carefully through the strategy for starting a new educational organization with an online course. You…
- [6 Tech Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: The TechChange Secret Sauce? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/09/6-tech-tools-for-social-entrepreneurs-the-techchange-secret-sauce/): Interested in learning with TechChange? Check out our upcoming course with the mHealth Alliance: Mobile Phones for Public Health. Class starts on Nov. 12! This month we introduced a new…
- [Goodbye EpiSurveyor: Hello Magpi! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/09/goodbye-episurveyor-hello-magpi/): This has been reposted from the DataDyne blog. If you
- [ICCM 2012 Webcast: Powered by TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/11/iccm-2012-webcast-powered-by-techchange/): Go to the live webcast (starts Friday, Oct. 12 at 2:00pm) Good news, everyone! TechChange has been asked to livestream the second day of the 2012 International Conference of Crisis…
- [Activation Successful: The Digital Humanitarian Network Simulation at ICCM | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/16/activation-successful-the-digital-humanitarian-network-simulation-at-iccm/): The past weekend was busy for the crisis mapping community, with a very full four days of events at the International Conference on Crisis Mapping. While the ignite talks and self-organized…
- [Online-first event planning: Leave the bagels, keep the connectivity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/18/online-first-event-planning-leave-the-bagels-keep-the-connectivity/): Best practices conferences are critical to the growth of any community. The sharing of ideas and capturing of collective lessons-learned allows for those both in attendance, and those reading any…
- [The Value of Real-Time Video: How OpenTok Has Improved Our Online Engagement | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/22/the-value-of-real-time-video-how-opentok-has-improved-our-online-engagement/): OpenTok helps us bridge self-paced content and real-time video engagement. If you
- [Sneak Peek of the Upcoming mHealth Course with TechChange! PLUS a Special Announcement | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/10/23/sneak-peek-on-the-upcoming-mhealth-course-with-techchange-plus-a-special-announcement/): This piece has been crossposted from Health Unbound. If you’re interested in learning more, please visit our course page on mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health. On November 14th the Mobile…
- [What is ICTD Anyway? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/11/01/what-is-ictd-anyway/): [Maximizing Mobile Infographic. Source: World Bank] This is a guest post by Joellen Raderstorf, a participant in the TechChange course: TC105: Mobiles for International Development. You can follow…
- [Announcing the Scholarship Winners to Mobile Phones for Public Health! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/11/02/announcing-the-scholarship-winners-to-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): The Winners: Susanna J Smith and My Nigeria Hospitals We are excited to announce that My Nigeria Hospitals (@mynig_hospitals) and Susanna J Smith (@SusannaJSmith) are our winners for one free seat…
- [mHealth Preview: Laura Walker Hudson on SMS and Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/11/07/mhealth-preview-laura-walker-hudson-on-sms-and-social-change/): In preparation for our upcoming course on Mobile Phones for Public Health, we wanted to share our most recent attempt to blend compelling narration with informative animation. In this short clip,…
- [A New Partnership to Provide Online Training for Media Professionals in E. Europe | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/11/14/a-new-partnership-to-provide-online-training-for-media-professionals-in-e-europe/): TechChange is excited to announce a new partnership with Transitions (TOL), a Prague-based journalism and media training organization with a focus on the post-communist countries of Europe and the…
- [Maps, Texts, and Video, Oh My! Following the Road to Crisis Response and Good Governance through Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/11/15/maps-texts-and-video-oh-my-following-the-road-to-crisis-response-and-good-governance-through-technology/): This post was originally published on the NDITech DemocracyWorks blog by Lindsay Beck (view original post), a student in TechChange’s recent course at George Washington University. For more…
- [When Nerds Cross the Rubicon: How Military Veterans Are Revolutionizing Disaster Response Networks through Better Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/11/21/when-nerds-cross-the-rubicon-how-military-veterans-are-revolutionizing-disaster-response-networks-through-better-technology/): “Team Rubicon is doing for disaster response what the Obama team did for political campaigns,” said Jonathan Morgenstein while taking a break from tearing down moldy drywall in hurricane-damaged…
- [mHealth Summit: We Want to Interview You! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/12/03/mhealth-summit-we-want-to-interview-you/): [UPDATE: Thank you so much to all the wonderful speakers who stopped by! We’ve posted many of the interviews in our media library!] TechChange and mHealth Alliance are camped out at the mHealth…
- [Check out Our New Media Library! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/12/10/check-out-our-new-media-library/): Well, it only took us a full year of facilitating online courses, but we’re finally sharing some of our original content as part of launching our brand new Media Library. Right now it’s admittedly…
- [TechChange Animates! How We Turn Your Ideas Into Videos | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/12/17/techchange-animates-how-we-turn-your-ideas-into-videos/): Curious about learning with TechChange? Check out our upcoming class: Digital Organizing and Open Government. Class starts Jan 7! Apply Now. Have you seen our latest video about TC104: Digital…
- [State of TechChange 2012 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/12/20/state-of-techchange-2012/): The end of the year is now upon us. We just wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts and the top of our DC nerd attic for making 2012 our best one yet. Specifically, thanks to your course…
- [Course Preview: Digital Organizing and Open Government (TC104) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2012/12/27/course-preview-digital-organizing-and-open-government-tc104/): [UPDATE: Course rescheduled for April 8th, 2013] We’re very sorry to inform you that we are rescheduling the Digital Organizing and Open Government course that was originally scheduled to begin on…
- [Listening to the ‘Peacekept’: Using Technology to Understand Conflict Narratives | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/01/04/listening-to-the-peacekept-using-technology-to-understand-conflict-narratives/): If you’re interested in learning more about how technology can support peacebuilding and conflict management programming, check out TC109: Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, being…
- [President Joyce Banda: New Focus on Women’s Health and Empowerment in Malawi | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/01/10/president-joyce-banda-new-focus-on-womens-health-and-empowerment-in-malawi/): This is a guest post by TechChange alumna Julia Nagel. If you’re interested in learning with TechChange, check out our next course on Mobile Phones for Public Health. Class starts June 3. Apply now!…
- [The Challenge of Co-ordinating Volunteer and Technical Communities in Crisis and Disaster Response: TC103 Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/01/14/the-challenge-of-co-ordinating-volunteer-and-technical-communities-in-crisis-and-disaster-response-tc103-tech-tools-and-skills-for-emergency-management/): If you’re interested in learning more about this class, please check out the course page for more details on speakers and course topics or apply now to reserve your seat. Time and accuracy are…
- [New USAID-TechChange Course Preview: Mobile Data Solutions (TC311) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/01/15/new-usaid-techchange-course-preview-mobile-data-solutions-tc311/): Are you interested in learning with TechChange? Check out our next class: Digital Organizing and Open Government. Class starts April 8, 2013. Apply Now. How can USAID use mobile technologies to more…
- [What Can We Learn from Coursera’s “MOOC Mess”? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/02/05/what-can-we-learn-from-courseras-mooc-mess/): We make no secret of it at TechChange: Our staff are huge fans of Coursera. This innovative organization absolutely deserved to win TechCrunch’s Best New Startup of 2012 and are the gold standard in…
- [TC109 Preview: 2013 Kenyan Election As Challenge for Technology, Ethics, and Communities in Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/02/12/tc109-preview-2013-kenyan-election-as-challenge-for-technology-ethics-and-communities-in-peacebuilding/): Interested in our upcoming course: Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding? Our next class starts Monday, February 18th. Apply today! This week, Ushahidi announced the launch of the…
- [Mobile Applications for Atrocity Prevention Require Mobile Students | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/02/19/mobile-applications-for-atrocity-prevention-require-mobile-students/): Interested in learning about Mobile Phones for International Development? Early bird registration for our next class ends on February 25, 2013! Apply Now. Last week, the Stanford Social Innovation…
- [The Health and Development Foundation Launches an IVF/ART School and Celebrates One Year Anniversary of Text4baby Russia | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/02/19/the-ivfart-school-and-one-year-anniversary-of-text4baby-russia/): This guest post is by Sara Buzadzhi a past participant in TC309 Mobile Phones for Public Health. Can’t wait for June 3? Sign up for TC105 Mobiles for International Development launching on March 4th,…
- [The Mobile Future in One Picture | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/02/26/mobiles-development-course/): Interested in learning about Mobile Phones for Public Health? Class starts on June 3! Apply Now. Mobile devices are quickly becoming much more than just a means to make a voice call. Top of the line…
- [Introducing CaerusGEO | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/03/08/introducing-caerusgeo/): This is a guest post by Matt McNabb, Principal of Caerus Associates. If you are interested in using mapping for digital organizing, consider taking our course Digital Organizing and Open Government.…
- [MOOCs Are Not the Answer: Embracing Creative Chaos for Online Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/03/28/moocs-are-not-the-answer-embracing-creative-chaos-for-online-education/): Reports of the demise of the American educational system have been greatly exaggerated. According to the New York Times, 2012 was the Year of the MOOC with the emergence of edX, Udacity, and Coursera…
- [Search and Download Our Videos on the New Global Health Channel! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/03/29/global-health-channel-launch/): Thanks to our new partnership with iHeed and Mobento, you can now search for content inside our educational videos, as well as store them on your Android phone for offline use. Earlier this month, we…
- [New Video! Why Is It So Hard to Try Something New in ICT4D? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/04/01/new-video-why-is-it-so-hard-to-try-something-new-in-ict4d/): THE FUTURE IS HERE! But why is it so hard to apply technology to development challenges in the field? This video with Laura Walker Hudson of Social Impact Lab explores this question in more depth, with…
- [Build Our #OpenGov MOOC! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/04/02/build-our-opengov-mooc/): Our OpenGov 101 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a Semifinalist in the Knight News Challenge! Submitted in partnership with Global Integrity, we’re hoping to develop a global curricula to connect…
- [From Barcelona to DRC: How Public-Private Education Partnerships Can Build USAID Capacity for Mobiles for Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/04/09/from-barcelona-to-drc-how-public-private-education-partnerships-can-build-usaid-capacity-for-mobiles-for-development/): On February 26, USAID received the “Best Government Policy for Mobile Development” award at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress 2013. And while the Mobile Solutions team was receiving an award in Barcelona,…
- [Skype vs. OpenTok: Which Video Platform Should You Use? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/04/15/skype-vs-opentok-which-video-platform-should-you-use/): When something breaks mid-class it can be awfully hard not to blame your students. But the truth is that nobody cares about the tech you’re used to using or how it works optimally. They care about…
- [How Can We Scale the mHealth Community through Education? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/04/17/mhealth-education/): We’re excited to partner with the mHealth Alliance yet again to offer our Mobile Phones for Public Health for open enrollment. And we think it matters: When it comes to IC4D (or M4D) projects, even…
- [Teaching Students to “Protect the Vote!”: Leveraging CrowdMaps for Kenyan Election Monitoring | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/04/22/teaching-students-to-protect-the-vote-leveraging-crowdmaps-for-kenyan-election-monitoring/): This is a guest post by Dhairya Dalal. If you are interested in using crisis mapping and using technology for humanitarian relief, conflict prevention, and election monitoring, consider taking our…
- [ICTs for Violence Prevention at the World Bank | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/07/icts-for-violence-prevention-at-the-world-bank/): This past Thursday and Friday (May 8 & 9) I participated in the ICTs and Violence Prevention workshop hosted by the World Bank’s Social Development Office. We had an excellent collection of experts from…
- [#mHealth101 Twitter Chat on May 17th – Free Seat Giveaway! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/09/mhealth101-twitter-chat-on-may-17th-free-seat-giveaway/): Our mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health Online Certificate course will run for its second time from June 3rd – 28th and we couldn’t be more excited about it. Along with The mHealth Alliance, we…
- [How The State Department Is Seeding Open Government | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/15/how-the-state-department-is-seeding-open-government/): The following is a guest post by Christian Douglass, a TechChange alumni from TC104: Digital Organizing and Open Government. What makes the Open Government Partnership – seemingly another multilateral…
- [Four Reasons Why Universities Aren’t Ready to Move Online | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/20/four-reasons-why-universities-arent-ready-to-move-online/): Co-authored by Mike Brown. The future of higher education may be online, but the present is still a mess. The New Yorker recently published a thorough exploration of MOOCs and higher education.…
- [Why Kevin Spacey and Netflix Will Save Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/23/why-kevin-spacey-and-netflix-will-save-online-learning/): Big data is already giving us better TV shows. Could it also help build a better education system? This week our team went to 1776 Reboot: Education Meetup, where we heard from leading experts from…
- [Education Access for Everyone, Online. | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/24/access-for-everyone-online/): Traditional education in the US has long been required to accommodate those with disabilities through statutes like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), but online learning has lagged…
- [“Technology is the Easy Part” in mHealth | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/05/30/technology-is-the-easy-part-in-mhealth/): With high expectations for mobile health initiatives, and a proliferation of pilot projects (see this map from Uganda), it can be easy to forget that the mHealth field is still young. Like any emergent…
- [Entrepreneurs in Institutions: Why Intrapreneurs are so Valuable to International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/06/14/entrepreneurs-in-institutions-why-intrapreneurs-are-so-valuable-to-international-development/): Is it possible to be an entrepreneur AND work for a large organization? Intrapreneurship, defined as entrepreneurial behavior within an established bureaucratic organization, is offering new graduates,…
- [Teaching at TechChange: Crowdmaps, cell phones, and zombies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/06/20/teaching-techchange-crowdmap-zombies/): When I graduated college two weeks ago, I thought I was done taking classes for a while. Yet, instead of hanging out with friends, finishing season 4 of Arrested Development on Netflix, or even…
- [Evaluating Crisis Backups and Balloons: What’s Next for BRCK and Loon? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/06/24/evaluating-crisis-backups-and-balloons-whats-next-for-brck-and-loon/): It’s no secret that we’re passionate about the power of volunteer technical communities here at TechChange. We helped link volunteer communities with response organizations for the Digital Humanitarian…
- [Innovative Employment: Here come the Intrapreneurs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/06/25/innovative-employment-here-come-the-intrapreneurs/): Want to change the world with socially minded and innovative ideas, but bills, student loans and lack of investment opportunities are pushing you away from entrepreneurship and towards jobs that…
- [Congrats Rob! How The US Government Is Cultivating A Bumper Crop of Intrapreneurs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/06/27/pif-intrapreneur/): As you can probably tell, we
- [Social Movements and Social Media: Spark a Movement, Change the World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/02/social-movements-and-social-media-spark-a-movement-change-the-world/): On September 17, 2011, a handful of people gathered in Liberty Square in Manhattan
- [TechGirls are Coming to TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/03/techgirls-are-coming-to-techchange/): The first step to closing the ever-widening technology gender gap is getting more young girls excited about technology. This is the goal of the State Department-led TechGirls international exchange program,…
- [Simple, User-Friendly, and Effective: Is uReport the Next Killer App? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/10/simple-user-friendly-and-effective-is-ureport-the-next-killer-app/): Imagine you
- [TechGirls @TechChange for #JobShadow Day! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/16/techgirls-techchange-for-jobshadow-day/): Last Thursday, TechChange was proud to participate in the TechGirls program by inviting two young women from the Middle East to shadow our team during a work day. While we
- [Charting the Future of Capacity Building for mHealth | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/22/charting-the-future-of-capacity-building-for-mhealth/): Last month, 130 doctors, nurses, development workers, techies, government officials, and academics from 35 countries joined us on an exciting four-week journey through the latest developments in mHealth. Imagine how…
- [Want to Become the Voice of TechChange? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/24/want-to-become-the-voice-of-techchange/): Ever wanted to become a famous voice actor? Now is your chance. Over the next month, we will be holding virtual auditions to find the next Voice of TechChange. The winner…
- [An 'Urgent' Call for Voices of Youth Mappers | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/30/an-urgent-call-for-voices-of-youth-mappers/): Maps can represent many things – adventure, discovery, a journey, a return home or even a sense of order – but now they are also representing youth empowerment. In 2011…
- [Why We're Trying Google+ Hangouts On Air (And Why They Might Fail) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/07/31/why-were-trying-google-hangouts-on-air-and-why-they-might-fail/): Google
- [How a TechChange Alum Used TC105 to Get a Job | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/08/14/how-a-techchange-alum-used-tc105-to-get-a-job/): As TechChange and our alumni community continue to grow, we
- [Serial TechChange Student Accelerates Career with Online Courses | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/08/20/serial-techchange-student-accelerates-her-career-with-online-courses/): Meet Carolyn Florey, this week
- [Facebook vs. USAID: Who Visualized JFK Better? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/08/22/facebook-vs-usaid-who-visualized-jfk-better/): Yesterday, Facebook and six phone companies announced the launch of internet.org to bring affordable Internet access to the five billion people without it. Reactions from our network have ranged from…
- [5 Things We Learned Last Week on MOOCs and Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/08/27/5-things-we-learned-last-week-on-moocs-and-online-learning/): Last week, TechChange President Nick Martin participated in a panel on
- [Field Update: Back to School with THNK | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/03/field-update-back-to-school-with-thnk/): Even team members of an aspiring learning organization like TechChange need to go back to school from time to time. That
- [Field Update: Social Innovation with Amani Institute | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/12/field-update-social-innovation-with-amani-institute/): Greetings from Nairobi! I
- [TechChange Spotlight: Summer "Code Ninja" Michael Holachek | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/16/techchange-spotlight-summer-code-ninja-michael-holachek/): It
- [TechChange to participate in Tech Cocktail DC Startup Showcase at 1776 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/18/techchange-to-participate-in-tech-cocktail-dc-startup-showcase-at-1776/): We
- [Health Data Drives the Final #Newschallenge of 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/19/health-data-drives-the-final-newschallenge-of-2013/): Have you heard of the #NewsChallenge? It
- [Mobiles for International Development Course Gets a Makeover | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/23/mobiles-for-international-development-course-gets-a-makeover/): We
- [TechChange President & CEO Nick Martin selected as 2013 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/23/techchange-president-ceo-nick-martin-selected-as-2013-poptech-social-innovation-fellow/): We
- [Global mobile subscriptions estimated to exceed world population in 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/24/global-mobile-subscriptions-estimated-to-exceed-world-population-in-2014/): Estimates from the mHealth Alliance, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and Jana Mobile Inc. show that by 2014, the number of mobile subscriptions worldwide will exceed the…
- [Could mHealth Improve Healthcare in Developing Countries? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/26/could-mhealth-improve-healthcare-in-developing-countries/): According to the mHealth Alliance, in developing countries, the average doctor to patient ratio is 1 doctor for every 250,000 patients. Yet those same…
- [TechChange Featured in Fast Company on "Best Learning Resources for Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs" List | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/26/techchange-featured-in-fast-company-on-best-learning-resources-for-aspiring-social-entrepreneurs-list/): We
- [What is Intrapreneurship? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/09/30/what-is-intrapreneurship/): A Beginner
- [Furloughed? Innovate While You Wait Out the Government Shutdown | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/10/03/furloughed-innovate-while-you-wait-out-the-government-shutdown/): Get over 50% off tuition for Introduction to Intrapreneurship online course. Could the U.S. government shutdown be an opportunity for innovation? Being outside the confines of the office presents an…
- [How We Brought the TechChange Logo to Life | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/10/08/how-we-brought-the-techchange-logo-to-life/): Since TechChange was founded in 2010, our logo has always had a dynamic quality to it. This past summer, we began playing with the logo to make it come alive, both…
- [Approaching 10K Followers and 5K Likes – 3 Ways to Build Your Brand With Your Social Media Community | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/10/10/approaching-10k-followers-and-5k-likes-3-ways-to-build-your-brand-with-your-social-media-community/): Today as we approach 10K followers on Twitter and 5K Facebook likes, I am taking a step back to understand how we created a vibrant online community. More than 2 years…
- [Why We're Creating a Digital Mapping Course for International Development Professionals | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/10/21/why-were-creating-a-digital-mapping-course-for-international-development-professionals/): Remember when map making used to be simple? Neither do we, which is why we
- [What's Next for Online Education? Watch Nick Martin Live at PopTech 2013! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/10/24/whats-next-for-online-education-watch-nick-martin-live-at-poptech-2013/): Curious about the future of online learning? Don
- [Spicing Up Your Prezi: 3 Lessons from PopTech 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/10/28/spicing-up-your-prezi-3-lessons-from-poptech-2013/): Last week, I was fortunate enough to present at PopTech 2013 and participate in the Poptech Social Innovation Fellowship program along with nine other super inspiring social entrepreneurs. What an amazing…
- [Three Takeaways from #EdTech at Tech@State | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/04/three-takeaways-from-edtech-at-techstate/): On Friday, Nov. 1, TechChange was honored to participate in a panel at the latest Tech@State conference on education technology, as well as sponsor the informal reception afterwards to celebrate…
- [Three mHealth Innovations Changing Health Care Delivery | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/06/three-mhealth-innovations-changing-health-care-delivery/): Mobile phones are more than just communications devices; they are also powerful tools to improve health care. Since 2012, TechChange and the mHealth Alliance have offered a four-week online certificate course…
- [TechChange featured in New York Times on #M4D, #mHealth | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/12/techchange-featured-in-new-york-times-on-m4d-mhealth/): We
- [Boosting mHealth by Donating Your Old Cellphones | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/14/boosting-mhealth-by-donating-your-old-cellphones/): What if your old phone could help improve the health of populations in developing nations? Did you know that 500,000 cell phones are discarded in the United States every day?…
- [Building The Right Team: Chris Neu | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/17/building-the-right-team-chris-neu/): 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…
- [TechChange E-Learning Platform Powers Global OPS Field Training for Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/20/techchange-e-learning-platform-powers-global-ops-field-training-for-peacebuilding/): 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…
- [What #CitizenScience and Tech Education Have in Common | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/11/21/what-citizenscience-and-tech-education-have-in-common/): 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…
- [Celebrating ICT4D Lessons Learned with a Song: Fail Festival 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/05/celebrating-ict4d-lessons-learned-with-a-song-fail-festival-2013/): In Online Learning, There Are No Shortcut Keys. Tonight, we
- [Ashoka Changemakers and TechChange Team Up to Empower Social Innovators Inside Institutions | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/11/ashoka-changemakers-and-techchange-team-up-to-empower-social-innovators-inside-institutions/): We
- [Conflict Prevention via SMS: Four Factors that Matter for Peacebuilding with Mobiles | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/16/conflict-prevention-via-sms-four-factors-that-matter-for-peacebuilding-with-mobiles/): 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…
- [State of TechChange 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/18/state-of-techchange-2013/): 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…
- [Muhammad Yunus Interview on Social Business, Mobiles, and Health Care at mHealth Summit 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/19/muhammad-yunus-interview-on-social-business-mobiles-and-health-care-at-mhealth-summit-2013/): 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,…
- [Can Crisis Mapping Help S. Sudan? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/26/can-a-crisis-map-end-the-crisis-in-s-sudan/): 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…
- [Two Tweets Reveal Central Problem for South Sudan Crisis Map | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2013/12/30/two-tweets-reveal-central-problem-for-south-sudan-crisis-map/): 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…
- [Big Data and Conflict: Crowdsourcing Challenges for Peacebuilding in a Blog Dialogue | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/06/big-data-and-conflict-crowdsourcing-challenges-for-peacebuilding-in-a-blog-dialogue/): 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…
- [Free TechChange T-Shirt for @TechChange 10,000th follower | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/07/free-techchange-t-shirt-for-techchange-10000th-follower/): Recently, we posted how excited we are to be approaching 10,000 Twitter followers and shared 3 lessons we
- [Three Lessons from Tunisian Students on Building Youth Workforce Capacity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/08/three-lesson-on-youth-workforce-capacity-from-tunisian-students/): 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…
- [Why Google Wi-Fi at Starbucks Is a Big Deal | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/09/why-google-wi-fi-at-starbucks-is-a-big-deal/): 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…
- [FIELD UPDATE: How Mobile Devices Provide Real-Time Data for the Egyptian Referendum | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/12/formhub-in-egypt/): For the first time, an international observation mission will utilize mobile devices and formhub for collecting real-time data from its observers. I
- [How Democracy International Collected and Mapped Election Data in Real-Time | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/17/how-democracy-international-collected-and-mapped-data-in-real-time/): 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…
- [EVENT: Join Us for January ICT4Drinks! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/21/ict4drinks-january/): 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
- [Will Technology Turn Your Organization into a Startup? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/27/every-organization-a-startup/): Technology alone won
- [Infographic: Mobiles for International Development Overview | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/28/infographic-mobiles-for-international-development-overview/): 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.…
- [Kosovo Youth Social Entrepreneurs Prototype Solutions to Improve Local Communities | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/01/30/kosovo-youth-social-entrepreneurs-prototype-solutions-to-improve-local-communities/): 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…
- [TechChange ICT4D animation video featured in The Guardian | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/02/03/techchange-ict4d-animation-video-featured-in-the-guardian/): We
- [3 Best Practices for Social Change via Mobiles in Developing Countries | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/02/05/3-best-practices-for-social-change-via-mobiles-in-developing-countries/): Since 2008, Text to Change (TTC) has been working to provide and collect real-time and accurate information using mobile devices in relevant and meaningful ways to people in developing countries all…
- [Georgetown University Opens $10 Million Dollar Social Impact and Social Innovation Center | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/02/13/georgetown-university-opens-10-million-dollar-social-impact-and-social-innovation-center/): Earlier this week, Georgetown University announced the launch of its brand new Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation. This 10-million dollar center funded by Georgetown alumni, Alberto and Olga María…
- [The Top 3 Findings From First Mile Geo's Analysis of the Humanitarian Conditions in Aleppo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/02/27/the-top-3-findings-from-first-mile-geos-analysis-of-the-humanitarian-conditions-in-aleppo/): As Syria
- [4 Takeaways for Developing Countries from Mobile World Congress 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/04/4-takeaways-for-developing-countries-from-mobile-world-congress-2014/): Last week, the Mobile World Congress 2014 welcomed the most influential mobile carriers across the world that are shaping the future of mobile, especially for populations who are new mobile consumers.…
- [5 Best Practices for Using Technology in Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/06/5-best-practices-for-using-technology-in-disaster-response/): Working in humanitarian aid and disaster relief across several countries, I first joined the TechChange community as a student in the Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management online course in January…
- [The University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health Combines Offline and Online Education with TechChange mHealth Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/10/notre-dames-eck-institute-for-global-health-offline-online-education-techchange-mhealth/): The Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame is launching a pilot initiative with TechChange to experiment with blended learning online and offline on the topic of…
- [3 Lessons from SOS Venezuela: 3 Weeks and 190,000 Followers Later | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/11/3-lessons-from-sos-venezuela-3-weeks-and-190000-followers-later/): On February 12th, Haydee Izaguirre woke up to images of her home country of Venezuela in turmoil. Students, fed up with the country
- [Why Emergency Managers are Able to Remain Calm in Disasters | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/17/why-emergency-managers-are-able-to-remain-calm-in-disasters/)
- [mHealth: Healthcare Reaching Remote Places with Mobile Phones and SMS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/18/mhealth-healthcare-reaching-remote-places-with-mobile-phones-and-sms/): Mobile phones seem to be everywhere in Africa, and they
- [March Madness: May the Best Band Name Win | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/19/march-madness-may-the-best-band-name-win/): It was a long Sunday night for the TechChange Selection Committee. After everybody else was long asleep, brackets printed, hours of analysis on ESPN consumed, and even the angry tweet of…
- [mHealth Preview: Sneak Peek into Mobiles for Public Health Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/20/mhealth-preview-sneak-peek-into-mobiles-for-public-health-online-course/): At TechChange, we can never get enough of mobile technology because it is constantly changing and reaching more people, even the most remote and low-income parts of the world. Many in…
- [10 Favorite Memories from Our Old TechChange HQ | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/21/10-favorite-memories-from-our-old-techchange-hq/): It
- [What is mHealth? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/24/mhealth-definition/): How would you define mHealth? Check out these mHealth definitions from a few of the attendees from last December
- [mHealth's Potential as a Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) Catalyst | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/25/mhealth-wash-catalyst-water-sanitation-hygiene/): My final project for TechChange
- [March Madness Update: Puns, $pecial Ch@racters, and the Shortcomings of Zombies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/26/march-madness-update-puns-special-characters-and-the-shortcomings-of-zombies/): All of the top seeds survived the first round unscathed. In beating their competition, CAPS LOCK CRAZY, Russian Radio Appeal, The New Cartographers, and The Thorough Beards continued the streak of top…
- [mHealth Entrepreneurship: From Hype and Hope to Happiness | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/03/26/mhealth-entrepreneurship-from-hype-and-hope-to-happiness/): In the Fall 2013 session of TechChange
- [Three Takeaways on Women in Tech from SAIS Global Women in Leadership Conference 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/04/07/women-tech-sais-global-leadership-conference-2014/): Last Friday, the Johns Hopkins University
- [Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability in Bangladesh with QGIS, TileMill, and CartoCSS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/04/22/mapping-climate-change-vulnerability-in-bangladesh-with-qgis-tilemill-and-cartocss/): During my undergraduate work in Landscape Architecture, I learned a method of analyzing spatial data by overlaying various types of information on acetate sheets or tracing paper developed by Ian McHarg, a…
- [A Beginner's Guide to Digitally Mapping the Middle East via MapBox's TileMill | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/04/28/beginners-guide-digital-mapping-middle-east-mapbox-tilemill/): Before taking this Mapping for International Development course last fall, I had absolutely no previous background on mapping tools, so everything about digital mapping was new to me. For my course…
- [Drawn in 60 Seconds: How to Create a Time Lapse Video Sequence | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/07/how-to-create-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…
- [#BringBackOurGirls: Can Hashtag Activism Spur Social Change? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/15/bringbackourgirls-hashtag-activism-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…
- [Video: Accelerating Progress to End World Hunger | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/20/video-accelerating-progress-to-end-world-hunger/): Taking the 2014 annual report from the U.S. Government
- [TechChange President Nick Martin Selected as runner-up for Society for International Development's Rice Award | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/21/nick-martin-sid-society-international-development-runner-up/): We
- [The Future of Online Education According to Venture Capitalist Marc Andreessen | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/22/online-education-future-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 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/22/video-world-wide-web-www-25th-anniversary-end-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 featured in Forbes Magazine as Scaling EdTech Social Enterprise | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/27/forbes-scaling-edtech-social-enterprise-impact-investing/): 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…
- [#YesAllWomen: Can a Hashtag Shift Cultural Norms on Gender? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/05/29/yesallwomen-hashtag-social-media-women-misogyny-sexism-culture-norms-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…
- [Two Fantastic TEDx Talks about the Future of Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/06/02/two-fantastic-tedx-talks-about-the-future-of-education/): Over the years I
- [Discussing Hashtag Activism on the Radio and in an Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/06/10/hashtag-activism-social-media-advocacy-radio-online-learning/): 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…
- [What Does Global Social Media Mean for Social Change Campaigns? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/06/12/global-social-media-diversity-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…
- [Four Lessons Learned From Trying to Change the World with a Liberal Arts Degree | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/06/16/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…
- [Information and Communications Technology in the Global Youth Wellbeing Index | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/06/18/ict-global-youth-wellbeing-index-csis-iyf/): 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…
- [TechChange ICT4D Training at UN Summer Academy 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/01/united-nations-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…
- [A Mama Is a Mama, Around the World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/07/mothers-mama-global-mobile/): 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…
- [Nick Martin Selected as 2014 Ariane de Rothschild Fellow | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/08/nick-martin-ariane-de-rothschild-fellow-2014/): 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…
- [Three Tips for ICT4D Success in Africa and Beyond | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/09/ict4d-africa-zambia-hiv-mhealth/): 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…
- [Transforming Mobile Data into Credit History | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/16/firstaccess-mobile-data-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…
- [The Role of Mobile Phones in Survey Data Collection: My World 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/17/mobile-phones-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…
- [Event: ICT4Drinks International EdTech Happy Hour in DC | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/28/event-ict4drinks-international-edtech-happy-hour-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,…
- [Five Smartphones for Under $50 USD | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/30/cheap-smartphones-under-50-dollars/): In a recent LinkedIn post, World Bank President Jim Kim discussed the global impact of smartphones in even the most remote areas of the world…
- [Seeing is Understanding: Visualizations for Information | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/07/31/visualizations-information-seeing-understanding-health-training/): I
- [Simple SMS for Wider Access with TextIt | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/04/sms-access-textit/): I am not tech savvy. I do not keep up with the newest phones or gadgets and I have no idea how to build a…
- [Joining the mHealth Community via an Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/05/mhealth-wash-community-online-learning/): When we last featured TC309: mHealth alumna, Lauren Bailey, on the TechChange blog, we shared her mHealth final project on the potential of WASH (water,…
- [What Does Internet.org Mean for Access to Women's Rights Resources? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/05/what-does-internet-org-mean-for-access-to-womens-rights-resources/): As we were wrapping up a live course event with MAMA (the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action) yesterday, we learned the exciting news: Facebook announced…
- [Playing with Hate: What Does Gaza Reveal about the Future of Gaming? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/06/playing-with-hate-what-does-gaza-reveal-about-the-future-of-gaming/): The gatekeepers of gaming are suddenly in the middle of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the past few days, Google Play has removed several games relating to…
- [Three Ways Mobiles and Tablets Trump Paper-based Surveys and Evaluations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/11/mobiles-tablets-paper-surveys-evaluations/): My current focus on tourism development led me to explore how some of the tech tools discussed in the Mobiles for International Development class can…
- [TechGirls Returning to TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/11/techgirls-2014/): We had such a blast hosting Nagham and Sondos from the TechGirls program last year, that we
- [Why Development Needs Educational Technology As A Service | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/12/edtech-as-service/): Online learning for international development is heating up. As educational technology companies raised half a billion dollars in Q1 of 2014, USAID is already…
- [TechChange Spotlight: Software Engineer – Analytics Intern, Sean Bae | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/12/spotlight-software-engineer-analytics-intern-sean-bae/): After a summer at TechChange, it
- [Scaling HIV Prevention via eLearning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/13/hiv-prevention-elearning-apiwc-cstep/): The Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center) partnered with TechChange to develop a two-part training course designed for clinical and non-clinical providers…
- [TechGirls 2014 Job Shadow Day at TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/13/techgirls-2014-job-shadow-day/): TechChange hosted a job shadow day with Nataly Ayyad and Ghada Missaoui, two incredibly talented young ladies participating in this year
- [Why MOOCs Won't Replace Educators in the Classroom | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/14/moocs-and-full-stack-educators/): Based on the explosive growth of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) this year, it might appear that the future of online education consists of passively…
- [TechChange Spotlight: Educational Technologist Summer Intern, Emily Fruchterman | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/14/spotlight-educational-technologist-summer-intern-emily-fruchterman/): After a study-abroad semester in Spain and a summer at TechChange in Washington D.C., Emily Fruchterman is heading back to William & Mary to finish…
- [TechChange Spotlight: Junior Programmer Intern, Oscar Chen | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/18/junior-programmer-intern-oscar-chen/): Rising Swarthmore College junior, Oscar Chen, just spent his summer and part of his last winter intersession break with the TechChange team in Washington, DC…
- [Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in the Digital Age | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/19/conflict-management-peacebuilding-digital/): Some 85 percent of the world population has access to Internet nowadays. An increasing number of users venture online with a mobile device – smartphone…
- [Global Internet Access Initiatives: Breaking Down Digital Divides for the Developing World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/20/global-internet-access-initiatives-digital-divides-developing-world/): Internet connectivity is increasingly being seen as a human right in our digital world. Today, most of us can
- [When Technologies Reach the Poor and the Remote | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/21/technologies-reach-poor-remote-hiv-vietnam-mhealth/): Hamlet (community) health workers in Vietnam learn to interact with mCare. With international development program cycles often having a
- [Reflections on the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship: Cross-Cultural Dialogue & Social Entrepreneurship at Cambridge University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/27/reflections-ariane-de-rothschild-fellowship-cross-cultural-dialogue-social-entrepreneurship-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…
- [M4D Online Course Sneak Peek: Mobile Money Beyond M-Pesa with Chrissy Martin of Zoona | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/28/m4d-sneak-peak-mobile-money-zoona-chrissy-martin/): It
- [Revolutionizing Data with GeoPoll: A TechChange Alumna Interviews Amy Sweeney | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/08/28/revolutionizing-data-geopoll-techchange-alumna-interview-amy-sweeney-mobilephone-surveys/): 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…
- [Improving Malaria Case Outcomes Using Blended Learning for Africa's Private Sector | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/02/improving-malaria-case-outcomes-using-blended-learning-africa-private-sector-malaria-consortium/): 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…
- [What Happened in Our Last Mobiles for International Development Course? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/03/recap-tc105-mobiles-for-international-development-spring-2014/): 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…
- [How an Online Course Gave this MBA Graduate an Edge, and Ultimately a Job Offer | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/04/m4d-online-course-alumna-att-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…
- [Storytelling with Video Animation: How to Measure Peace | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/09/dmeforpeace-storytelling-with-video-animation-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…
- [What the Data Revolution Means for Global Development and M&E | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/10/data-revolution-global-development-technology-monitoring-evaluation/): In the last decade, new technology has made advances in data storage and analysis to leverage the greater volume of data available. The digital…
- [Liberating Data for Humans with Data Visualizations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/16/liberating-data-for-humans-with-data-visualizations/): In his 2006 TED talk, Hans Rosling used data visualizations to deconstruct his students
- [TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Katie Perry | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/19/new-staff-katie-perry/): Katherine (Katie) Perry has recently joined us as a communications and operations associate where she will be key in TechChange
- [The Role of Ethics in Using ICTs for Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/23/ethics-ict-technology-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…
- [GDELT Global Dashboard: Big Data for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/24/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 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/24/new-staff-delanie-ricketts/): Delanie recently joined us as an Online Instructional Designer where she will build eLearning courses for TechChange
- [When Social Media Broadcasts Both Peace and Conflict | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/09/30/social-media-broadcasts-peace-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…
- [Magpi Rated Top Digital Data Collection App by Kopernik Impact Tracker Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/01/magpi-top-digital-data-collection-app-kopernik-impact-tracker-technology/): The field of digital data collection is constantly and rapidly changing, and as we
- [Learn about Technology for Peacebuilding on Non-Violence Day | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/02/technology-peacebuilding-conflict-management-non-violence-day/): In remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi
- [Technology Solutions Designed to Prevent Atrocities | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/02/technology-solutions-atrocity-prevention/): We
- [ICT4Drinks: DC Edtech Edition with TechChange and General Assembly | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/07/ict4drinks-dc-edtech-general-assembly-happy-hour/): It
- [6 Ways Technology is Helping to Fight Ebola | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/08/ebola-technology-ict/): As Ebola continues to ravage Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, people from all around the world are working together to stop the disease. In…
- [3 Takeaways from the 2014 M&E Tech Conference in D.C. | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/09/monitoring-evaluation-tech-conference-dc-takeaways/): On September 25 and 26, over 200 development practitioners and technologists filled FHI 360
- [M&E Technology Meeting in Zambia Connects Online Learning Offline | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/15/monitoring-evaluation-technology-zambia-hybrid-learning/): At TechChange, we
- [Free Ebola Webinar Series: "Training Health Workers for Ebola—Protection, Detection, and Response" | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/16/ebola-response-free-training-webinar-mpowering-intrahealth/): Frontline health workers in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia are responding to the largest Ebola outbreak in history. To protect themselves and their communities,…
- [TechChange Finalist for InTheCapital "50 on Fire" 2014 List | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/23/inthecapital-50-on-fire-2014-education/): We
- [Why Haven't Mobiles Solved the Problem of Ebola Contact Tracing Yet? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/28/ebola-contact-tracing-mhealth/): Before the recent Ebola outbreak, the terms
- [I Watch Trains Tunisian Election Observers Online | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/29/tunisia-election-observer-iwatch/): On Sunday October 26, 2014, more than three million Tunisian voters cast ballots in parliamentary elections, marking an historic milestone in the country
- [Can the "Panic Button" Android Emergency App Protect Activists and Prevent Sexual Violence? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/10/30/panic-button-android-emergency-app-protect-activists-prevent-sexual-violence/): Photo source: Amnesty International In the latest session of TechChange
- [Challenges and Opportunities for mHealth in Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/03/mhealth-challenges-opportunities-kenya-india/): According to GSMA
- [Ebola Webinar Series Brings Together 550 Participants from over 70 Countries | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/04/ebola-webinar-series-recap-mpowering-intrahealth/): TechChange recently broadcasted the Training Health Workers for Ebola webinar series, with the sponsorship and webinar content of mPowering Frontline Health Workers and IntraHealth…
- [TechChange Alumnus Launches mHealth App to Correctly Prescribe Antiretrovirals for HIV | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/06/hiv-mhealth-avr-antiretroviral-aviro-app/): Treating HIV with antriretroviral treatment (ARV) medication can be very challenging, given how complicated it can be to dispense these pills correctly. Especially in…
- [Towards Standardized Hashtags in Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/10/disaster-response-standardized-hashtags/): Wouldn
- [Lessons Learned Piloting a mHealth Project in Senegal | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/11/senegal-mhealth-pilot-lessons-learned/): This feedback on mhealth concerns a field mission I undertook in July 2014. I visited one of Handicap International Federation
- [Using Mobile Technology to Better Prepare, Communicate, and Keep Informed during Emergencies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/17/mobile-technology-emergency-preparation-communication-information/): Image source: ReadyMarin During an emergency, it is important to have ample information. Specifically, emergency management teams and affected populations need details surrounding the…
- [TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Sara Pitcairn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/19/new-staff-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…
- [How Maps Help Fight Ebola | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/20/maps-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 Staff Spotlight: Alon Askarov | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/11/25/staff-spotlight-alon-askarov/): Where are you from? I
- [5 Ways Technology is Fighting HIV and Preventing AIDS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/01/worldaidsday2014-hiv-aids-prevention-technology/): 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 New Staff Spotlight: Kendra Keith | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/03/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…
- [Fail Fest 2014: More Lessons from Online Learning Mistakes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/12/fail-fest-2014-lessons-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…
- [Why Global Development Practitioners Must Be Data Skeptics | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/16/global-development-data-skeptics/): The global development industry is generating a lot of data on the
- [Celebrating 2015 as the International Year of Evaluation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/17/2015-year-of-evaluation-celebration/): Photo Source: EvalPartners Today marks the first day of the International Year of Evaluation, which kicks off with an official celebration at the UN…
- [State of TechChange 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/17/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…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Yohan Perera | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/18/staff-spotlight-yohan-perera/): Yohan Perera recently joined TechChange as a Graphic Designer. He received his Bachelor
- [Happy Holidays from the TechChange Team | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/22/happy-holidays-animation/): Wishing you and all your loved ones a wonderful holiday season!…
- [How to Make Online Learning a Career-Boosting Habit | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2014/12/30/online-learning-boost-career/): When setting new year
- [Promoting Reproductive Health in Nepal with mHealth and M&E Online Training | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/01/06/reproductive-health-nepal-monitoring-evaluation-mhealth-online-training/): GIZ Nepal participants Pushpa Pandey, Valerie Alvarez, and top TechChange student Bikesh Bajracharya with TechChange Communications Associate Samita Thapa, (and TechChange cubebots). In our…
- [What are the M&E Technology Tools of 2015? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/01/08/monitoring-evaluation-technology-tools-2015/): With the rapidly growing field of monitoring and evaluation, there are many technology tools that are designed to help the many roles of M&E…
- [Digital Data Collection with Remote Sensors and Satellite Imagery | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/01/15/digital-data-collection-remote-sensors-satellite-imagery/): Monjolo energy-meter sensor created by University of Michigan
- [Free Webinar: 3D Printing Prosthetics for Children | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/01/21/free-webinar-3d-printing-prosthetics-for-children/): With the emergence of the 3D printing industry, how can 3D printing help kids who need upper limbs and fingers? Join us in a free webinar discussion with e-NABLE, a global online…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Nancy Ngo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/01/29/staff-spotlight-nancy-ngo/): What is it like to work in marketing and communications at an edtech social enterprise? Check out what TechChange
- [Code for Social Good: TechChange Summer Fellowship 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/02/code-social-good-summer-fellowship-2015/): Do you want to apply your programming skills to make a difference in the world? We
- [4 Ways 3D Printing is Promoting Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/03/3d-printing-promoting-social-change/): As a Star Trek fan, I found the most amazing technology on the TV show to be not the ship cruising faster than the speed of light or even the life-saving tricorder:…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Pablo Leon | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/05/staff-spotlight-pablo-leon/): At TechChange, we believe that online learning doesn
- [Free Webinar on Ebola and Mobile Data Collection: Joel Selanikio on Magpi in Sierra Leone | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/09/free-webinar-on-ebola-and-mobile-data-collection-joel-selanikio-on-magpi-in-sierra-leone/): What role can a mobile data collection app like Magpi have in fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone and other countries? How can Magpi address prevention, contact tracing, treatment and other challenges in…
- [Regulation or Education? Improving Drones for Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/10/regulation-or-education-drones-for-development/): Last month in DC a commercially-available quadcopter crashed into the White House and brought new public interest into the regulation of drones. Only a week before the incident, the Department of…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Samita Thapa | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/12/staff-spotlight-samita-thapa/): Samita joined TechChange last summer and has returned this year as an EGLI – Atlas Corps Fellow. As a Communications Associate, she assists in the daily communications with TechChange
- [TechChange Alumna Launches Mapping Project for Maternal and Neonatal Health in Ghana | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/16/digital-mapping-monitoring-evaluation-ghana-maternal-neonatal-health/): Mira Gupta, one of the star alumna of our courses on Mapping for International Development and Technology for Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), is a Senior Research Specialist at the University of Michigan…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Liang Cai | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/18/staff-spotlight-liang-cai/): Liang Cai recently joined TechChange as the Creative Director. Liang is a Motion Designer, Animator and VFX compositor whose past client work ranges from documentary title sequences to feature films, giving…
- [The End of Boring PDFs? Three Lessons in Creating the New Organizational Guide to ICT4D | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/23/the-end-of-boring-pdfs-three-lessons-in-creating-the-new-organizational-guide-to-ict4d/): Applying technology solutions to the challenges of international development requires organizational change more than new gadgets. That
- [Putting Global Crises on the Map Using Social Media Data and ArcGIS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/26/mapping-global-crises-social-media-data-arcgis/): How can mapping the geolocations of tweets tell a story about global atrocities? How can digital mapping be integrated as a learning tool for university classes? As part of his final project…
- [3 Lessons Learned in Our Last Mapping course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/02/27/mapping-for-international-development-online-course-lessons-learned/): In June 2014, we wrapped up the second round of our Mapping for International Development online course. Nearly 60 participants joined us from Rwanda, Ethiopia, Benin, Mozambique, Australia, Kenya, Haiti, Thailand,…
- [New Animation for Peace: Pass It On | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/02/generations-for-peace-animation-pass-it-on/): What are tangible ways to promote peace in local communities? How can peacebuilding practices effectively spread beyond borders? What are the best ways to encourage tolerance and responsible citizenship to avoid wars?…
- [TechChange goes Green with Clean Energy from Arcadia Power | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/05/green-with-clean-energy-from-arcadia-power/): We are proud to announce that TechChange now runs on 100% pollution-free electricity as a Arcadia Power Clean Energy Partner. With our partnership with Arcadia Power Clean Energy, TechChange now meets…
- [#IWD2015: Celebrating International Women's Day 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/09/iwd2015-celebrating-international-womens-day-2015/): On this year
- [TechChange in AIDF's Top 100 Accounts to Follow on Twitter in 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/10/aidfs-2015-top-100-accounts-to-follow-on-twitter/): What does TechChange have in common with Alicia Keys, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, and Doctors Without Borders? We are all in Aid & International Development Forum
- [Announcing the 2015 TechChange Summer Fellows | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/11/announcing-the-2015-techchange-summer-fellows/): We are thrilled to announce our 2015 Summer Fellows. We would like to thank everyone who applied for this fellowship. With over 1,000 applicants from all over the globe, we were astounded…
- [3 MWC15 Takeaways for the Developing World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/13/mobile-world-congress-2015-takeaways-for-the-developing-world/): Last week, tens of thousands of participants and over 2,000 exhibitors gathered at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to launch and share the latest advances in mobile technology,…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Charlie Weems | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/17/staff-spotlight-charlie-weems/): Meet Charlie Weems, TechChange
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Rebecca Nelson | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/19/staff-spotlight-rebecca-nelson/): Have you seen our animations and wondered who is creating them? Meet one of our graphic designers who brings them to life, Rebecca Nelson. Where are you from? I am from Accokeek…
- [Training Health Workers for Ebola Response and Community Support: Second Webinar Series | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/24/training-health-workers-for-ebola-response-and-community-support-second-webinar-series/): Since the launch of the first free Training Health Workers for Ebola webinar series in October 2014, we have seen hundreds of members of the global health community come together to share…
- [The Top 3 Opportunities for mHealth, a $42.12 Billion Industry by 2020 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/26/mhealth-opportunities-42-billion-dollar-industry-by-2020/): According to a recent report by Grand View Research, Inc., the global market for the mHealth (mobile health) industry will reach $42.12 billion dollars by year 2020. That same year, GSMA…
- [How mHealth is Evolving into Phone Extensions and Wearables | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/03/27/mhealth-evolving-into-phone-extensions-and-wearables/): When we interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, at the 2013 mHealth Summit, he said that mobile phones are the
- [4 Things Everyone Needs to run a Successful mHealth Program | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/01/run-a-successful-mhealth-program/): Dianna Kane, Senior Designer, and Maeghan Orton, Africa Regional Director, are frontwomen for the Skoll Award Winning nonprofit, Medic Mobile. The groundbreaking technology company is now helping 9,000 health workers in…
- [Pen and Paper make a Comeback | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/02/visual-notetaking-graphic-facilitation-katherine-haugh/): As an online learning community, we are always looking for ways our students can learn more effectively. Many of our amazing alumni, who take our online courses on top of their full-time…
- [3 Things You Missed at Our Website Launch Party | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/06/website-launch-party-highlights/): TechChange has come a long way since we built our first site in 2010. Five years and 400,000 lines of code later, we have an amazing site built by some of the…
- [3 Essential Elements to Integrate Tech in M&E | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/08/integrating-technology-in-monitoring-and-evaluation/): Simply including technology in your M&E plan does not lead to better M&E. This was the mantra as I started TechChange
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Norman Shamas | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/13/staff-spotlight-norman-shamas/): Wondered who designs and teaches our online courses? You met one of our course facilitators Kendra Keith in a previous post, and today we introduce you to Norman Shamas. As TechChange
- [Tech for M&E Online Course Sneak Peek: Dow Maneerattana of World Resources Institute | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/14/technology-monitoring-evaluation-dow-maneerattana-world-resources-institute/): Open data has been a popular topic in international development recently, but what about the evaluation of open data programs? We are excited to welcome Dow Maneerattana from World Resources Institute (WRI)…
- [#PeaceTech Review: A Preview of Promise | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/15/peacetech-review/): The most recent issue of
- [The Case for Gender Data | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/17/global-development-gender-data/): In a previous post, we wrote about why global development practitioners need to be data skeptics. One of the many reasons that we need to be skeptical about the data we…
- [Free Webinar on Digital Humanitarians: A Conversation with Patrick Meier | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/21/free-webinar-patrick-meier-digital-humanitarians/): What does humanitarian response look like today? With so much information available, how can we use big data effectively for humanitarian efforts? Joins us on May 5 for a free webinar…
- [Imagine, Design, and 3D Print | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/27/imagine-design-3d-print-social-good/): The possibilities for 3D printing are endless. While this may scare some of us, the potential for innovation is exactly what excites us here at TechChange! Imagine being able to quickly…
- [How ICTs are Helping Nepalis Around the World Respond to the Earthquake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/29/technology-helps-nepalis-around-the-world-respond-to-nepal-earthquake/): On Saturday morning, I woke up to numerous messages on whatsapp and facebook from my friends in India asking me if my family was safe. After listening to a voicemail from…
- [Addressing Poverty's "Triple Whammy" through Mobile Savings | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/04/30/addressing-poverty-through-mobile-savings-myagro/): The current financial model of banks cannot address what development experts call the
- [3D Printing's Potential in Humanitarian Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/01/3d-printing-and-humanitarian-response/): It may be difficult to see the relevance of 3D Printing beyond maker labs, but its potential to help in international development, and especially humanitarian response should be explored further. In…
- [How Technology is Fighting Sexual Harassment in India | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/05/technology-fights-sexual-harassment-in-india-safecity/): Technology has been known to facilitate anonymous harassment online, but in India a non-profit organization is using mobile apps to fight harassment on the streets. I came across Safecity in my…
- [How Facebook Helped Restore Family Links After the Nepal Earthquake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/06/facebook-safety-check-for-nepal-earthquake/): Did you see Facebook
- [From Participant to Facilitator: Meet Jennifer Kerner | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/13/facilitator-jennifer-kerner/): Meet Jennifer, she took her first TechChange course on Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in October and is now facilitating multiple TechChange courses. Drawn by our teaching model, after…
- [Why Data Visualization Is Important | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/19/data-visualization-analysis-international-development/): How do you analyze data you collect from surveys and interviews? One way to analyze data is through data visualizations. Data visualization turns numbers and letters into…
- [Why Your Audience Matters in Data Visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/21/audience-matters-in-data-visualization/): Data visualization requires more than design skills. You need both technical and critical thinking skills to create the best visuals for your audience. It is important to…
- [Data visualization beyond numbers: Tools for qualitative data visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/27/data-visualization-beyond-numbers-tools-for-qualitative-data-visualization/): Imagine a tool where you have text and a computer automatically highlights key themes. No need to do complex coding, no word counts that are used to explore the text…
- [Getting Data for Visualizations: An Intro to APIs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/05/29/getting-data-for-visualizations-an-intro-to-apis/): Have you ever wondered how visualizations like the One Million Tweet Map are able to stay continuously up to date? Or have you wished you knew how to access data from The…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Ladislas Hibusu | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/02/alumni-spotlight-ladislas-hibusu/): Today, we
- [Why farmers in Tanzania are using Tigo Kilimo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/03/farmers-tanzania-tigo-kilimo-ict4ag-mag/): Information technology has greatly benefited the agriculture sector. You
- [How can Artificial Intelligence Support Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/09/artificial-intelligence-supports-disaster-response/): When I hear the term
- [What Happened in Our 3D Printing for Social Good Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/12/3d-printing-for-social-good-course-recap/): 3D printing has been around for a while, but the global development community is only recently exploring how it can be used for social change. From printing low-cost…
- [What You Need To Know About Knowledge Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/16/knowledge-management-explained/): Knowledge Management may sound intimidating, but you
- [Why We Should Care about Pedagogy in Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/19/digital-pedagogy-series-an-overview/): This post is kicking off a monthly series where we
- [How Innovative Mapping Technologies can Help Address Water Issues in International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/24/how-innovative-mapping-technologies-can-help-address-water-issues-in-international-development/): There are many lessons to be learned from on-site organizations doing implementation. As a personal account, I was recently reflecting on exploratory calls I conducted…
- [Using APIs Without Code: My Top 5 IFTTT Recipes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/06/25/using-apis-without-code-my-top-5-ifttt-recipes/): A few weeks ago I touched on how you might use APIs to access data for visualizations. The response was great, but it definitely wasn
- [How Digital Volunteers Mapped the Nepal Earthquake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/01/digitally-mapping-the-nepal-earthquake/): In a previous post, we wrote about how ICTs were helping people all around the world respond to the Nepal earthquake. Today, Luther Jeke takes a closer look at the…
- [Improving Mental Health Through Urban Design: There's an App for that | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/06/mental-health-urban-design-and-mhealth/): What does urban design have to do with mental health? By 2050, at least two-thirds of the global population will live in cities, which means urban public health is fast…
- [TechChange Introduces Collaborative Syllabus Building | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/07/introducing-collaborative-syllabus-building/): This is the second post in our Digital Pedagogy series, where we will share how we are trying to make online social learning even better with new learning activities…
- [What You Need to Know About the Hacking Team Breach | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/13/hacking-team-hacked-explained/): While many people were watching the final match of the Women
- [The Role of Maps in Making Cities Green | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/15/maps-making-cities-green/): Green infrastructure hasn
- [Why Public Health is a Geographic Issue | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/20/public-health-and-mapping-braodstreetmaps/): At Broad Street Maps, we believe that health is inherently a geographic issue. In the U.S. today, your zip code is a better predictor of your health profile than your…
- [TechChange's newest initiative: A Diploma Program in Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/23/newest-initiative-a-diploma-program-in-technology-for-monitoring-and-evaluation/): We are so excited to announce our newest initiative: A Diploma in Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation! Over the past five years, we
- [TechChange Tech Fellow Spotlight: Nithya Menon | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/27/tech-fellow-spotlight-nithya-menon/): This year, we kicked off our first TechChange summer fellowship. We had three fellows join us in our TechChange office in Washington D.C. We sat down to chat with one of…
- [TechChange Alumna Launches AidWell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/07/30/alumna-launches-aidwell-mapping-platform/): TechChange alumni are always doing amazing things. They have launched mHealth apps to help with HIV prescriptions in South Africa, started mapping projects for maternal…
- [Reflections on Google's Recent Report on Digital Security Practices | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/05/google-report-on-digital-security-practices/): Digital safety training is a social awareness issue. We are typically taught at a young age how to interact in society, but rarely are we taught how interact in the…
- [Digital Safety Course Sneak Peek: Robert Guerra | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/06/digital-safety-course-sneak-peek-robert-guerra/): We are excited to introduce Robert Guerra as a co-facilitator in our upcoming course, TC114: Basics of Digital Safety. Robert is the founder and executive director of…
- [TechChange Alumni Spotlight: Ameneé Siahpush | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/12/alumni-spotlight-amenee-siahpush/): If you have taken a TechChange course, you know that the participants are all doing amazing things wherever they are in the world. Some go on to start their own…
- [TechGirls Return to TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/14/techgirls-return/): Last Friday, TechGirls returned to the TechChange headquarters. For the last few years, TechChange has had the privilege of hosting TechGirls at our headquarters for…
- [M&E Professionals Series: Q&A with Michael Klein of ISG | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/18/me-professionals-series-with-michael-klein-of-isg/): At TechChange, we pride ourselves in teaching our participants the crucial skills needed for a career in social good. And how do we find out what those skills are? We go…
- [TechChange Tech Fellow Spotlight: You Jin Lee | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/21/tech-fellow-spotlight-you-jin-lee/): Summer is coming to an end in D.C., and so is our time with our Summer Tech Fellows at TechChange. We kicked off our first TechChange Summer Fellowship this year and…
- [Code for Social Good: TechChange Summer Fellowship 2016 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/08/27/code-for-social-good-techchange-summer-fellowship-2016/): Are you a techie looking to make a difference in the world? We
- [Hospitality Employees Learn Life Skills Underwater | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/09/01/hospitality-employees-online-training-iyf-hilton-worldwide/): Should you answer a text message while talking with your supervisor? How do you resolve workplace conflicts with your colleagues? A new online version of IYF
- [Why Pedagogy Needs Diversity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/09/02/why-pedagogy-needs-diversity/): Education is a powerful tool for diversity. From Howard Zinn
- [What are the Tech for M&E Alumni Saying About Our Course? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/09/08/technology-for-monitoring-and-evaluation-alumni-testimonials/): We are excited to start our fourth iteration of our most popular online course, Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation! We wanted to ask some of our alumni who have…
- [Why the Digital Currency Innovation Matters to Global Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/09/14/digital-currency-innovation-and-global-development/): Do you use digital currency? If you use a credit card, PayPal, or use a mobile money app to sell or buy things, then the answer is yes! There is a lot of innovation…
- [Leveraging Technology for the Sustainable Development Goals | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/09/21/leveraging-technology-for-the-sustainable-development-goals/): 3D printers make creating new prosthetic limbs look easy. Smart systems enable farmers to perfectly plant, fertilize, water and harvest their fields. Innovative analytical…
- [Unsustainable Careers in Sustainable Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/01/unsustainable-careers-in-sustainable-development/): This article was originally published on Stanford Social Innovation Review. By Nick Martin & Christopher Neu On November 3, 1961, John F. Kennedy
- [M&E Professionals Series: Q&A with Janet Kerley of dTS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/06/me-professionals-series-stephen-giddings-with-janet-kerley-of-development-and-training-services/): In August, along with announcing our Tech for M&E Diploma program, we kicked off a M&E Professionals Series, where we will be talking one-on-one with M&E professionals…
- [A First Look at our Diploma Program | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/09/technology-monitoring-evaluation-diploma-update/): Last month, for the first time we launched a whole diploma program in technology for monitoring and evaluation. We started this program to give our community a learning…
- [Turning Applause Into Action: A 4-step Action Plan for Getting Involved in the Global Goals for Sustainable Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/13/get-involved-in-the-global-goals-for-sustainable-development-social-good-summit-2015/): The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, a to-do list for humanity, were approved just over a week ago in New York City. Anyone working in this field is riding a…
- [TechChange Welcomes a PFP Fellow from Egypt! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/20/techchange-welcomes-professional-fellows-program-heba-ghannam/): We are excited to welcome Heba Ghannam, a PFP Fellow (Professional Fellows Program) from Egypt! The Professional Fellows Program is a US state department fellowship…
- [How Devjani Entered the ICT4D Field with a TechChange Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/22/devjani-ict4d-india-akvo-flow/): One of the things that sets the TechChange platform apart from other online courses is the network you are immersed in. Today, we are excited to highlight one of our alumna…
- [Why you need to learn Excel for data visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/27/excel-for-data-visualization/): Over the years, TechChange has provided several professionals in the international development community with the crucial tech skills needed to make an impact in their work…
- [You've Collected the Data – Now What? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/10/29/technology-and-data-visualization/): Data is useless unless it provides us with actionable insights into our work. In order to make sense of the data, however, we need to understand it, which is why data…
- [Beyond Social Media: The Role of Data Visualization, E-Learning, and Digital Mapping in Diplomacy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/03/beyond-social-media-the-role-of-data-visualization-e-learning-and-digital-mapping-in-diplomacy/): Social media has become a very important diplomacy tool to engage with the public. Realizing the evolving nature of diplomacy in the 21st century, the Italian embassy in Washington, DC regularly…
- [South Sudan's "Collective Journey": How can evaluation shape policy? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/04/south-sudans-peacebuilding-evaluation-and-policymaking/)
- [Reinvent the Wheel, Not the Flat Tire: 5 Takeaways from #MERLTech | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/05/5-takeaways-from-merl-tech-monitoring-and-evaluation/): A few weeks ago, my colleague Yuting Liao and I had the opportunity to attend MERL Tech—an industry conference of sorts designed to bring together M&E practitioners, researchers, technologists, and development…
- [Data Analytics, Delivered To You | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/10/on-demand-data-analytics-delivery/): Today, most of us can have Pad Thai, a craft cocktail, and a professional masseuse all arrive at our doorstep with a click of a button on our phones, but the…
- [The Accidental Evaluator: Learning M&E by doing in Rwanda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/11/accidental-evaluator-learning-monitoring-and-evaluation-rwanda/)
- [Alumni Spotlight: Eva Erlach on Technology for Data Visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/17/alumni-spotligh-eva-erlach-on-technology-for-data-visualization/): TechChange courses are designed for busy young professionals. In any of our courses, you will find yourself taking the course alongside international development field and headquarter staff, university professors and students,…
- ["Rwanda is for All of Us": Modern M&E and Traditional Community Building Come Together in Rwanda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/18/modern-monitoring-and-evaluation-and-traditional-community-building-come-together-in-rwanda/): How can peacebuilding programs get a better understanding of trust? This question is at the heart of Innocent Hitayezu
- [What Could Creative Commons Mean For You | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/19/creative-commons-for-frontline-health-workers/): mPowering Frontline Health Workers is delighted to introduce a new video, developed with TechChange, that explains how publishing content under a Creative Commons license can maximize the reach and impact of…
- [How Might We Measure Trauma Healing? Lessons from Burundi | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/11/25/measure-trauma-healing-burundi/): More than 300,000 people lost their lives in the bloody civil war that ravaged Burundi from 1993 to 2005. Almost twice as many were forced to leave their homes, slowly returning…
- [TechChange Returns to Kampala | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/01/malaria-consortium-online-course-checkin/): It
- [Tools for Inclusion: Technology Resources for Integrating Rights of Persons with Disabilities in M&E | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/03/technology-resources-for-integrating-persons-with-disabilities-in-monitoring-evaluation/): Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Persons with disabilities constitute the world
- [Fail Festival is Back! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/08/fail-fest-2015-preview/): In international development, we all love to talk about our successes, but we need to celebrate our failures too. And failures are exactly what we will be celebrating at Fail Fest…
- [Ensuring Safety of Human Rights Defenders in the Digital World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/10/ensuring-safety-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-digital-world-security-first-umbrella/): Featured image: A journalist takes a snapshot of the December 3, 2015 Black Lives Matter rally at Minneapolis City Hall. Today, on Human Rights Day, we focus on the importance of…
- [NextDrop: An Innovative Solution to a Critical Problem | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/21/nextdrop-an-innovative-solution-to-a-critical-problem/): Featured image: water filling a metal pot, taken March 26, 2009 This article was written as part of the course
- [Alumni Spotlight: Amy Noreuil | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/22/alumni-spotlight-amy-noreuil/): TechChange courses are designed with busy working professionals in mind. In any of our courses you will find yourself engaging with a vast network of participants from all corners of the…
- [Technology and Monitoring & Evaluation: Getting It Right | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2015/12/28/technology-and-monitoring-evaluation-getting-it-right/): 1. Privacy Responsible data management is not new to development. However, with the use of technology-enabled tools for M&E, it has raised a few challenges related to the privacy of individuals.…
- [TechChange featured in TakePart.org and Non-Profit Quarterly | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/01/07/techchange-featured-in-takepart-org-and-non-profit-quarterly/): The TechChange project with Malaria Consortium that provides digital training to over 3,000 pharmacists in Uganda and Nigeria in how to properly diagnose and treat Malaria was recently featured by both…
- [Women in Technology: Ways to Close the Gender Gap | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/01/13/women-in-technology-closing-the-gender-gap/): Featured image credit: WOCinTech Chat Creative Commons License The Current Situation There
- [Alumni Spotlight: Amira Elibiary on Technology for Monitoring & Evaluation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/01/19/alumni-spotlight-amira-elibiary-on-technology-for-monitoring-evaluation/): TechChange courses are designed for busy young professionals. In any of our courses, you will find yourself taking the course alongside international development field and headquarter staff, university professors and students,…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Sonja Schmidt on the Technology for M&E Diploma Program | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/01/21/alumni-spotlight-sonja-schmidt-technology-for-monitoring-evaluation-diploma-program/): In 2015, TechChange launched the Technology for Monitoring & Evaluation Diploma Program, which combined three TechChange courses (Tech for M&E, Tech for Data Collection and Survey Design, Tech for Data Visualization)…
- [RECAP: Tech for M&E Diploma Orientation in Washington, D.C. | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/01/29/technology-for-me-diploma-alternative-grad-school-orientation/): On Wednesday, January 21, TechChange officially launched the Alternative Grad School (AGS) track of our Tech for M&E Diploma Program. The Alternative Grad School track builds upon the Working Professionals Experience,…
- [Guest Expert Spotlight: Melissa Persaud of Mobile Phones for Public Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/03/14/guest-expert-spotlight-melissa-persaud-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): Live guest expert sessions are a key, and favorite, aspect of any of TechChange
- [Survey Design For Quality Data – Part 1 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/03/16/survey-design-for-quality-data-part-1/): Last week, Dobility founder and CEO Dr. Christopher Robert presented on how to design surveys for quality data in the TechChange course
- [Survey Design for Quality Data – Part 2 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/03/17/survey-design-for-quality-data-part-2/): Let
- [Guest Expert Spotlight: Priyanka Pathak of Mobile Phones for Public Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/03/22/guest-expert-spotlight-priyanka-pathak-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): Mobile Health: How Far We
- [Guest Expert Spotlight: Steve Ollis of Mobile Phones for Public Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/03/31/guest-expert-spotlight-steve-ollis-of-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): Today we had the opportunity to chat with Steve Ollis of D-tree International, who will be a guest expert for our Mobile Phones for Public Health course. Below, he discusses his…
- [Bringing Social Change to the Tech Level | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/04/11/bringing-social-change-to-the-tech-level/): How do you make the invisible visible? How can we keep up with our ever-changing world, and how can we utilize the technologies of our time? Upon the completion of TechChange
- [Our First Ever Course on Digital Technology, Agriculture, and Innovation! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/05/16/our-first-ever-course-on-digital-technology-agriculture-and-innovation/): Exciting News: We are launching our first ever online course on Agriculture, Innovation and Technology in coordination with ICTforAg 2016, a premier conference on the use of technology to improve smallholder…
- [Communications Fellow Spotlight: Meronne Teklu | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/05/25/communications-fellow-spotlight-meronne-teklu/): Please join us in welcoming Meronne, our new communications fellow here at TechChange! Meronne is currently a student at the College of William & Mary, entering her senior year, and studying…
- [A Tool that Gets You From Data to Insights: Keshif | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/05/26/a-tool-that-gets-you-from-data-to-insights-keshif/): We consume and produce data at ever growing rates, aiming to better understand the past, observe the now, and to be better prepared for the future. However, data can only fulfill its purpose when we…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Chamal Mediwake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/05/27/summer-fellow-spotlight-chamal-mediwake/): Help us in welcoming Chamal, one of our new summer fellows! He is currently a junior at Berea College, majoring in Economics with concentrations in International Politics, Policies, and International Business, with minors in Political Science…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: John Sun | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/07/summer-fellow-spotlight-john-sun/): Help us in welcoming John, one of our new summer fellows! He is going to be a senior at Swarthmore College, majoring in studio art and biology. As a creative fellow at TechChange, he will…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Grace Kim on Technology for Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/09/alumni-spotlight-grace-kim-on-technology-for-disaster-response/): TechChange courses are designed for busy young professionals. Today we are very excited to chat with Grace Kim, the project manager for the Global Innovation Exchange, who participated in TC103: Technology for Disaster Response.…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Sarah Moss-Horwitz | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/13/summer-fellow-spotlight-sarah-moss-horwitz/): Please join us in welcoming Sarah, our new Instructional Design Fellow at TechChange! Sarah is a rising senior at Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in Human Computer Interaction and Decision Science with a minor in Learning Media.…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Katie Wang | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/14/summer-fellow-spotlight-katie-wang/): Please join us in welcoming Katie, one of our new summer fellows at TechChange! She is currently a rising junior at the University of Maryland, double majoring in Computer Science and Art. This summer she…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Tahmid Rahman | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/16/summer-fellow-spotlight-tahmid-rahman/): Please join us in welcoming Tahmid, one of our new summer fellows here at TechChange! Tahmid is a rising senior at Swarthmore College, double majoring in Math and Computer Science. He will be working with…
- [Scenario-based E-Learning for SCORE's Mentoring Skills Track | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/17/scenario-based-e-learning-for-scores-mentoring-skills-track/): Earlier this spring, TechChange partnered with the SCORE Association, also known as
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Amelia Holcomb | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/21/summer-fellow-spotlight-amelia-holcomb/): Please join us in welcoming Amelia, one of our new summer fellows here at TechChange! Amelia graduated this past May from Yale University with a math major. Some of her most rewarding experiences she had…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Isabel Knight | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/06/24/techchange-staff-spotlight-isabel-knight/): Isabel has recently joined TechChange as our Community Manager, working specifically with our service design team. Prior to coming to TechChange, Isabel went to Swarthmore College, and graduated with honors in Political Science and a minor…
- [TechChange Tackles Climate Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/07/15/techchange-tackles-climate-change/): In partnership with the World Resources Institute, TechChange has built a seven-module online course for the Compact of Mayors, a global coalition of mayors and city leaders committed to sustainable local climate action.…
- [Magpi Releases Data Visualization Feature | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/07/20/magpi-releases-data-visualization-feature/): Last week, the mobile data collection service Magpi released its latest addition to the platform: data visualizations. We sat down with the founder and CEO, Dr. Joel Selanikio, to talk about the new feature and what…
- [TechGirls 2016 Job Shadow Day at TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/07/27/techgirls-2016-job-shadow-day-at-techchange/): On Monday, we had the pleasure of hosting TechGirls
- [ICT4Ag as Effective Tools for Information Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/08/01/ict4ag-as-effective-tools-for-information-delivery-opportunities-and-challenges/): I truly enjoyed the four-week TechChange course on Agriculture, Innovation and Technology thanks to Nick, wonderful guest speakers and brilliant classmates. I grasped the understanding of the current status in utilizing information and communication technologies…
- [Techchange has started composting! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/08/12/techchange-has-started-composting/): We are proud to announce that TechChange has joined the composting movement! Starting in August, we will be dropping off our compostable waste at DC
- [How Daily Data Visualization Brings Us Together | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/08/25/how-daily-data-visualization-brings-us-together/): What stories would you tell with data from your daily life? In September 2014, two award-winning information designers living on different sides of Atlantic, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, collaborated on a year-long project to collect,…
- [Swiss Foundation for Mine Action Looks at Drones for Humanitarian Relief | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/09/14/swiss-foundation-for-mine-action-looks-at-drones-for-humanitarian-relief/): Drones are one of the most controversial technologies in disaster response operations. To find out what exactly humanitarian aid workers think about the use of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action…
- [TechChange Student Testimonial: Ethel Mendez Castillo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2016/10/17/techchange-student-testimonial-ethel-mendez-castillo/): Listen below to learn more about how Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation shaped Ethel
- [A People's Education on the World Wide Web | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/01/02/a-peoples-education-on-the-world-wide-web/): To an average DC resident, social movements may look like traffic jams. They may look like scattered, unconnected protests taking the streets demanding justice for yet another cause. But to those involved in movement work,…
- [Exposing Mexico City Corruption from the Street | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/01/13/exposing-mexico-city-corruption-from-the-street/): It
- [Introducing console-to-slack: Slack webhooks for the JavaScript console | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/03/07/introducing-console-to-slack-slack-webhooks-for-the-javascript-console/): We are very excited to announce console-to-slack, our first package of the year! One of our main goals for 2017 is to contribute more to the open-source community, so it is a good first step…
- [Why Socially-Driven Design Matters for International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/03/10/why-socially-driven-design-matters-for-international-development/): Can design thinking improve lives on topics that matter? Last year, TechChange collaborated with Catapult Design to create a short animation to provide three tips for how to make the most out of socially-driven design.…
- [Listen, Before Changing the World: Obaid Arshad Khan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/03/29/listen-before-changing-the-world-obaid-arshad-khan/): It was an immense pleasure to be a part of the two-day TechChange course
- [Towards a Facilitation-First Approach to Online Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/04/03/facilitation-first-online-education/): Why do the newest online courses still feel like the same video lectures? Six years ago, Moody
- [Nick Martin hosts SwatTank Competition at Swarthmore College | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/04/14/nick-martin-hosts-swattank-competition-at-swarthmore-college/): Nick Martin, the founder and CEO of TechChange and Swarthmore alumnus recently had the exciting opportunity to MC the 2017 SwatTank competition at Swarthmore College! SwatTank is a business competition much like the popular show…
- [TechChange Offers New In-Person Data Visualization Workshops | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/04/21/techchange-offers-new-in-person-data-visualization-workshops/): Is your organization trying to figure out how best visualize program or organizational data? Perhaps struggling to find the best tools to tell your stories better? After two years of offering our most popular course…
- [How to find and visualize your Amazon order history data (Tutorial) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/05/15/how-to-find-and-visualize-your-amazon-order-history-data-tutorial/): Cross-posted from Samhir Vasdev
- [Intern Spotlight: Kai Fox | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/05/15/intern-spotlight-kai-fox/): Here at the start of the summer season, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Kai Fox, the newest member of our team. Currently a senior at Severn High School in Annapolis, Maryland,…
- [Meet TechChange's New Creative Director: Yohan Perera | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/05/15/meet-techchanges-new-creative-director-yohan-perera/): Already an established graphic designer with the TechChange team, Yohan Perera recently assumed the responsibilities of Creative Director, where he will oversee all animations, illustrations, videography, photography, and any other creative projects.…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Austin Spivey | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/05/23/instructional-design-spotlight-austin-spivey/): Austin Spivey joined the TechChange team this week to start her role this summer as an Instructional Design fellow. To introduce her to the team and our learning community, we sat down for a short Q&A.…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Shannon Fineran | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/05/24/instructional-design-spotlight-shannon-fineran/): A veteran Instructional Designer with the TechChange team, Shannon Fineran recently shared some of her experiences over the last year with TechChange. Q: Could you share a bit about your background? What…
- [TechChange Returns for InterAction Forum 2017! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/05/26/techchange-returns-for-interaction-forum-2017/): On June 20-22, TechChange will return to InterAction Forum 2017! We
- [Why Global Organizations Are Building Their Own Online Universities | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/06/07/why-global-organizations-are-building-their-own-online-universities/): From high-tech firms in Silicon Valley to established charities in Geneva, global businesses and nonprofits are struggling to build internal technical skills required to reach organizational goals. But instead of hiring or…
- [TechChange Hosts International Leaders for a Discussion on Tech for Social Good | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/06/09/techchange-hosts-ivlp/): TechChange recently hosted 17 leaders from the State Department
- [How to Showcase Your TechChange Certificates on LinkedIn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/07/11/how-to-showcase-your-techchange-certificates-on-linkedin/): Picture this: You
- [How To Create Successful, Effective Online Courses | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/07/12/how-to-create-successful-effective-online-courses/): Successful, effective online courses? No, that
- [Here Are The Webinar Tools You Should Be Using In 2017 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/07/14/here-are-the-webinar-tools-you-should-be-using-in-2017/): It
- [Illustrator Spotlight: John Kim | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/07/24/illustrator-spotlight-john-kim/): A veteran Illustrator and Animator with the TechChange team, John Kim has been responsible for conceiving, illustrating, and animating some of TechChange
- [Facilitator Spotlight: Arianna Montero-Colbert | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/07/27/course-facilitation-spotlight-arianna-montero-colbert/): After a successful fall 2016 as Communications Fellow, Arianna returned this year as a Course Facilitator in Technology for Knowledge Management. Arianna is not only an online educator, but also a rising…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Royce Escolar on the TechChange Diploma Track | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/07/31/alumni-spotlight-royce-escolar-on-the-techchange-diploma-track/): Several months following the completion of the program, we sat down with Royce Escolar, Monitoring & Evaluation and Communications Officer and M&E Diploma Track graduate, to hear about how the program affected…
- [TechGirls at TechChange: Fifth Year Strong | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/08/01/techgirls-at-techchange-fifth-year-strong/): For the fifth year in a row, we
- [Platform Facilitation Spotlight: Sedinam Worlanyo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/08/11/platform-facilitation-spotlight-sedinam-worlanyo/): Sedinam joined the the TechChange team to support service design and tech initiatives. She will be focusing on supporting partner learning objectives on the TechChange platform. In addition to graduating from Swarthmore…
- [New Course! Making Anti-Corruption Education Accessible with Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/08/14/new-course-making-anti-corruption-education-accessible-with-online-learning/): We are excited to announce the creation of a new Anti-Corruption Compliance training designed for company leadership, compliance officers, and all staff in emerging markets around the world! Created for our partners…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Emily Fruchterman | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/08/21/instructional-design-spotlight-emily-fruchterman/): Over the past two and a half years, Emily Fruchterman has been involved in nearly every aspect of TechChange
- [Web Development Spotlight: Josh Antonson | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/09/01/web-development-spotlight-josh-antonson/): A veteran web developer with the TechChange team, Josh Antonson recently relocated to Mexico City and is working remotely for the next year. Josh, along with our awesome tech team, has helped…
- [How Broadcast-Based Technodeterminism Fails EdTech | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/09/12/how-broadcast-based-technodeterminism-fails-edtech/): After the first wave of massively open online courses (MOOCs) failed to deliver a revolution in online education through static video content, new providers are emerging. But they are all solving the…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Mihret Tamrat | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/10/02/instructional-design-spotlight-mihret-tamrat/): Mihret Tamrat recently joined the team this month as an Instructional Design Fellow. Mihret brings a wealth of experience – ranging from education, language, development and more. We sat down with her…
- [Three Tips to Upgrade Your Webinar Setup | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/10/04/three-tips-to-upgrade-your-webinars/): Over the last seven years, TechChange has hosted and delivered thousands of webinars to teach, convene, and communicate on technology and social change. So we wanted to share a few tips that…
- [Ashoka's Social Intrapreneurship for Innovation in Health and Wellness Course is Back! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/10/05/ashokas-social-intrapreneurship-for-innovation-in-health-and-wellness-course-is-back/): Sign up is open for the next Social Intrapreneurship for Innovation in Health and Wellness Course happening Nov. 6th – Dec. 15th, 2017! Apply soon, spaces are available on a first-come, first-served…
- [TechChange Launches OES Animation at Innovation Week! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/10/09/techchange-launches-oes-animation-at-innovation-week/): Earlier this month, Global Innovation Week 2017 convened development professionals from all over the world right here in Washington, D.C. to explore how the best ideas, innovations, and technologies are changing the…
- [Web Development Spotlight: Nithya Menon | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2017/10/30/web-development-spotlight-nithya-menon/): Nithya has recently returned to TechChange as a Web Developer with our tech team! Two years ago we launched our first round of summer fellowships, where Nithya was actually a part of…
- [New Course! Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture with Online Education About Human Trafficking | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/02/09/new-course-cultivating-new-frontiers-in-agriculture-with-online-education-about-human-trafficking/): We are very excited to announce a new course we have built for our partners at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture. In this training, users learn how to recognize and stop human trafficking,…
- [State of TechChange 2017 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/02/20/state-of-techchange-2017/): As we settle into 2018 and launch a variety of new courses, workshops, and ways to innovate our approach to online learning, we
- [Tech Intersections: Lessons and Takeaways | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/02/21/tech-intersections-lessons-and-takeaways/): “We want to rewrite the narrative about being the minority in the room and show each other we exist, we have been existing, we have been creating, we have been leading, and more…
- [Building eLearning Capacity for Climate Change in Mozambique | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/02/28/building-elearning-capacity-for-climate-change-in-mozambique/): The TechChange team recently returned to Maputo, Mozambique for the culmination of a two-year long partnership with the Coastal City Adaptation Project (CCAP), a USAID-sponsored program dedicated to preparing Mozambican urban centers…
- [How eLearning Can Support Continuing Education for Health Practitioners | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/03/07/how-elearning-can-support-continuing-education-for-health-practitioners/): Note: This post was written in collaboration with Erica Chin, Instructional Technologist and Medical Illustrator at Jhpiego. The instructional design team, led by Director of Instructional Design, Shannon Fineran, is proud to…
- [Puppy Party at TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/03/22/puppy-party-at-techchange/): Today marks the fourth year since the TechChange office moved to our current location on U St, and to celebrate we held a team potluck lunch…..with a special surprise! Nick and Austin had…
- [Five Steps To Delivering Blended, Offline Learning (with Pictures!) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/03/29/five-steps-to-delivering-blended-offline-learning-with-pictures/): While online learning has quickly advanced as a capacity building solution in the international development space, connectivity challenges continue to plague program implementation. For impact areas struggling with low- or no-bandwidth learning…
- [How To Pick the Right Music for Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/03/30/how-to-pick-music-for-online-learning/): Building effective, engaging online content is hard. And unlike still photos or infographics, video and animation can be particularly challenging for delivering consistent, high-quality learning experiences through adding audio and motion.…
- [The Truth about 'FOSS': Purpose, License and Business Model for Tech in Social Change Aren't All the Same Thing | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/03/30/the-truth-about-foss-purpose-license-and-business-model-for-tech-in-social-change-arent-all-the-same-thing/): Open source software platforms are a foundation of the ICT4D toolbox. The Digital Principles, a community-generated set of guidelines to help develop ethical and effective digital projects for development and aid, include as core…
- [GDPR: A New Opportunity for International Development Leadership on Data Protection | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/04/17/gdpr-a-new-opportunity-for-international-development-leadership-on-data-protection/): As every organization becomes a data-collecting organization, protecting and managing data will soon be everyone
- [Partner Highlight: TechSoup | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/04/20/partner-highlight-techsoup/): We are excited to announce our first partner highlight featuring the TechSoup Platform! With a current selection of 22 courses and 8 learning tracks, the platform includes 7,973 learners from 88…
- [Four Lessons Learned for Creating Interactive PDFs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/04/26/four-lessons-learned-for-creating-interactive-pdfs/): In 2014, The World Bank revealed that one-third of their PDF reports had never been downloaded, and another 40 percent had been downloaded fewer than 100 times. Recognizing that government agencies,…
- [Introducing the TechChange Translation Manager | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/04/30/introducing-the-techchange-translation-manager/): TechChange is proud to announce the release of our new platform localization manager! Online learning partners can update navigation, reporting, and student experience language as easily as updating a spreadsheet. When…
- [How the TechChange Live Student Map Works | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/01/how-the-techchange-live-student-map-works/): Building a global classroom that feels personal and intimate isn
- [Introducing the New Digital Principles GIFs! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/02/introducing-the-principles-gifs/): When our team partnered with the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) to build the animation for the Principles for Digital Development we didn
- [Watch TechChange on re:publica Panel: Refugees and Online Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/07/techchange-panel-at-republica/): With over 9,000 attendees and 1,000 speakers, re:publica 18 is one of the largest conferences about digital culture in the world. The conference has a diversity of attendees such as artists,…
- [Animation Spotlight: The People’s Budget (in French and English) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/08/animation-spotlight-the-peoples-budget/): TechChange partnered with Family Care International (FCI) to produce a short animation to make the case for national budgets that reflect the people
- [New Platform Partner! Q&A with Patrick Meier of WeRobotics Online Training Academy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/09/new-platform-partner-werobotics-online-training-academy/): We
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Danielle Peterson | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/11/instructional-design-spotlight-danielle-peterson/): After starting as a Marketing and Communications fellow in spring 2018, Danielle officially joined the TechChange team in a role split between Instructional Design and Creative. Prior to TechChange, she was…
- [“Watch and Learn” Is Overrated: Understanding the Four Levels of Interactivity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/21/watch-and-learn-is-overrated-understanding-the-four-levels-of-interactivity/): According to new research, learners who passively observe experts feel confident that they
- [Can “The Long Conversation” Save Online Panel Discussions? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/23/can-the-long-conversation-save-online-panel-discussions/): Panels are a generally terrible formats for online webcasts, but solo presenters often lose the spontaneity of expert interaction. Can a new format help produce better conversations and better insights? Today,…
- [Building Shared Communities in Multiple Languages | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/24/building-shared-communities-in-multiple-languages/): When building a community online, language should be a key consideration. While it
- [Harnessing Entrepreneurship for International Development: Three Ways to Communicate Impact | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/24/three-ways-to-communicate-investment-impact-in-development/): Does investment and entrepreneurship have a role to play in international development? Lawmakers are currently exploring creating a new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) to invest in and draw private…
- [Reflections on the Long Conversation Format: Staging More Authentic Conference Sessions | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/28/reflections-on-the-long-conversation-format-staging-more-authentic-conference-sessions/): Last week I had the opportunity to participate in something called the Long Conversation at the IFC Sustainability Exchange organized by Veronica Nyhan Jones. As a professor and an edtech CEO, I…
- [Marketing & Sales Spotlight: Amal Abukar | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/05/30/marketing-sales-spotlight-amal-abukar/): Amal recently joined the TechChange team as a Marketing & Communications fellow! Prior to TechChange she worked in the startup, social impact, and tech space. We recently sat down with Amal…
- [A Fun Take on TechChange Final Projects: A Blockchain Party! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/06/07/a-fun-take-on-techchange-final-projects-a-blockchain-party/): We wrapped up our first Blockchain for International Development course in February and recently had a chance to sit down with Maputi Botlhole about her experience in the course! Maputi is…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Min Cheng | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/06/12/instructional-design-spotlight-min-cheng/): Min joined the TechChange team as an Instructional Design fellow! She is a recent graduate from Swarthmore College, where she studied Economics, Sociology/Anthropology, & Educational Studies. We sat down with Min…
- [Tech for M&E Alumni Highlight: Zach Tilton | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/06/19/tech-for-me-alumni-highlight-zach-tilton/): Techchange Alumnus Zach Tilton reflects on why he enrolled in our M&E Diploma program and what he gained from the experience. Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I am a 13th-generation…
- [New TechChange Partnership with Learning Machine | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/06/26/new-techchange-partnership-with-learning-machine/): Learning Machine Technologies, architect of the Blockcerts open standard with the MIT Media Lab, is the world leader in blockchain-based digital credentials. With a standards-based, in-market Issuing System for multi-chain…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Nancy Awad | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/07/03/instructional-design-spotlight-nancy-awad/): Nancy recently joined the TechChange team as an Instructional Design fellow! She is a rising junior from Swarthmore College, where she studies Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies. We recently…
- [Tech For M&E Alumni Highlight: Benjamin Flomo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/07/10/tech-for-me-alumni-highlight-benjamin-flomo/): Despite abruptly having to stop his university studies, Benjamin Flomo was able to find a career as an M&E professional after completing TechChange
- [CCR Partner Highlight: Building Citizens’ Toolbox, via Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/07/13/ccr-partner-highlight-building-citizens-toolbox-via-online-learning/): Community for Children
- [“Girls get barbies and boys get legos” but the TechGirls Program wants to change that | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/07/19/girls-get-barbies-and-boys-get-legos-but-the-techgirls-program-wants-to-change-that/): For the sixth year in a row, TechChange was honored to host three brilliant girls from the TechGirls State Program. The program encourages Middle Eastern and North African teenage girls to…
- [GDPR Research Fellow Spotlight: Mitch Hulse | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/07/24/gdpr-research-fellow-spotlight-mitch-hulse/): Mitch recently joined the TechChange team as our GDPR Research Fellow! Mitch just graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada with a Masters in Public Policy, where he…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Kyriacos Koupparis on Blockchain for International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/07/26/alumni-spotlight-kyriacos-koupparis-on-blockchain-for-international-development/): Kyriacos M. Koupparis, a USAID professional and a recent TechChange alum, completed our four week course “Blockchain for International Development” this past February. He was able to use what he learned…
- [GDPR: an evolution of data privacy and transparency | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/08/01/gdpr-an-evolution-of-data-privacy-and-transparency/): It has been two months since the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, went into full effect. The GDPR was passed by the European Union on May 25 and requires organizations…
- [What is “the Blockchain”? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/08/07/what-is-the-blockchain/): Maybe you
- [Blockchain + Privacy: What use for human rights defenders? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/08/14/blockchain-privacy-what-use-for-human-rights-defenders/): At DefendersTech we have spent years training human rights defenders and journalists in the East and Horn of Africa on security tools including email encryption tools such as GPG. These tools…
- [Blockchain Course Cryptocurrency Giveaway | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/08/31/blockchain-course-cryptocurrency-giveaway/): Breaking news! The most engaged online participant in TC116: Blockchain for International Development will receive 1000 Stellar Lumens (currently worth around $220 according to CoinMarketCap or possibly useless according…
- [GDPR: Personally Identifiable Information | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/09/06/gdpr-personally-identifiable-information/): One of the biggest promises of online learning is the potential to create truly data-driven learning experiences. But this same potential also creates ethical grey areas around the acceptable uses…
- [Harnessing the Power of Creative and Instructional Design for Demand-Driven Training (DDT) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/09/10/harnessing-the-power-of-creative-and-instructional-design-for-demand-driven-training-ddt/): TechChange recently worked with Making Cents International and The Rockefeller Foundation to produce a Demand-Driven Training (DDT) Toolkit to introduce, explain, and illustrate the best practices in jobs skills trainings…
- [Blended Learning for Technology and Global Health Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/09/12/blended-learning-for-technology-and-global-health-education/): TechChange has enjoyed working with the Notre Dame Global Health Institute for several years. We
- [Instructional Design Fellow Spotlight: Amber Seira | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/09/18/instructional-design-fellow-spotlight-amber-seira/): Amber Seira recently joined the TechChange team as an Instructional Design Fellow! She just finished a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Peru and has a very interesting background. We…
- [Marketing and Communications Fellow Spotlight: Honor Leahy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/09/19/marketing-and-communications-fellow-spotlight-honor-leahy/): Honor Leahy recently joined the TechChange team as a Marketing and Communications Fellow! She just finished a year as a Boren Scholar to China after finishing undergrad. We recently sat…
- [A Deep Dive into TechChange’s Creative Assessments | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/09/24/a-deep-dive-into-techchanges-creative-assessments/): Most of us know what it’s like to sit and stare at basic multiple choice assessments, attempting and re-attempting the same tasteless questions. It is boring, uncreative, and disengaging…
- [New Junior Web Developer Spotlight: Becky Bell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/10/01/new-junior-web-developer-spotlight-becky-bell/): Becky Bell has joined the TechChange team as a Junior Web Developer! We recently sat down with Becky to learn more about her background and experience. So excited to…
- [GDPR Blog: Third Party Services | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/10/18/gdpr-blog-third-party-services/): When building modern web applications, it can be daunting to do it alone. We take all of the help we can get! Handling payments, sending automated emails, and creating…
- [The TechChange Educational Philosophy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/10/22/the-techchange-educational-philosophy/): We’re often asked at TechChange why our approach to learning is unique. New clients want to know, what’s our ethos in providing all these trainings? Why do we do…
- [Using the Principles for Digital Development to Empower Organizations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/10/30/using-the-principles-for-digital-development-to-empower-organizations/): Since 2015, over one-hundred organizations have endorsed the Principles for Digital Development—a set of nine “living” guidelines that can help practitioners integrate a suite of best practices into digital…
- [Feature Announcement: Reporting Dashboard Launched! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/11/02/feature-announcement-reporting-dashboard-launched/): Whether we’re working on big features or small ones, it’s always our goal to continually improve user experience on the TechChange online learning platform, and it’s especially exciting to work…
- [Blockchain Course Reflections | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/11/13/blockchain-course-reflections/): When you hear the word blockchain, what comes to mind? A purely speculative cryptocurrency? An over-hyped technology trend? Here at TechChange, we like to unpack those claims in our…
- [Standardizing ICT4Drinks | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2018/12/03/standardizing-ict4drinks/): Our next event is coming up! And we wanted to share notes on how we’re trying to standardize the ICT4Drinks format for 2019. What is ICT4Drinks? This is…
- [A Year in ICT4Drinks | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/01/03/a-year-in-ict4drinks/): When nerds and do-gooders get together, great things can happen. But what metric can adequately capture the importance of a convening partnership, a casual connection, or even a career-defining conversation?…
- [Kitten Party at TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/01/07/kitten-party-at-techchange/): To celebrate the end of another year at TechChange, we again partnered with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue of puppy party fame to bring seven adorable one-month-old kittens to the…
- [5 Research-Based Strategies for Better Teaching Online | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/01/14/5-research-based-strategies-for-better-teaching-online/): Nearly two decades of data-driven schooling demonstrate that better learning outcomes won
- [eLearning, Emerging Technology, and Social Good: UNICEF’s Partnership with TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/01/28/elearning-emerging-technology-and-social-good-unicefs-partnership-with-techchange/): TechChange and UNICEF are proud to announce the release of 2 landmark eLearning courses: one on the intersection between frontier technology, venture capital, and the work of UNICEF, designed for UN…
- [Alumni Lunch with Michelle Marshall | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/02/05/alumni-lunch-with-michelle-marshall/): On Friday, December 21, Michelle Marshall returned to TechChange for our first
- [Alumni Spotlight: Chamal Mediwaka | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/02/18/alumni-spotlight-chamal-mediwaka/): Earlier this month, we sat down with Chamal Mediwaka, a Summer Intern at TechChange in 2016 who shaped much of our early Instagram presence. We learned more about what Chamal…
- [Can You Spot the Fake TechChange Student? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/03/05/can-you-spot-the-fake-techchange-student/): Quick question! Which of the following pictures was a real participant in the TC301: Artificial Intelligence for International Development course….and which ones were generated by face-generating AI on…
- [Four Tips to Improve Making Videos on Your Smartphone | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/03/05/four-tips-to-improve-making-videos-on-your-smartphone/): Lights, camera, action! — if only it were that easy. Video production is an incredibly important facet of many online courses. Interviews with guest experts, introductory videos with facilitators, video…
- [Are ICT4D and eLearning Ready for 5G? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/03/07/are-ict4d-and-elearning-ready-for-5g/): What happens when
- [A Retrospective Farewell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/03/15/a-retrospective-farewell/): As I look back on the nine wonderful months I have spent at TechChange, first as an Instructional Design fellow, then as a Junior Instructional Designer, and finally as…
- [March ICT4Drinks: Celebrating the Digital Development Awards | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/03/21/march-ict4drinks-celebrating-the-digital-development-awards/): On March 29, 2019, TechChange and FHI360 will be celebrating the Digital Development Awards with another ICT4Drinks! Click here to register for this event and read below to learn…
- [ICT4Drinks: Digi Awards | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/04/01/ict4drinks-digi-awards/): Thank you to everyone who joined our March ICT4Drinks, hosted with USAID and mSTAR, to celebrate the Digital Development Awards (the Digis) at Penn Social. We hope that…
- [Exploring the Fundamentals of Online Learning in El Salvador | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/04/08/exploring-the-fundamentals-of-online-learning-in-el-salvador/): What does it take to create an engaging, online learning experience? TechChange aimed to answer this question in their trip to El Salvador in 2018. The team, in partnership…
- [Building eLearning Capacity with International Partners | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/04/15/building-elearning-capacity-with-international-partners/): As companies increasingly move towards online learning for their training needs, building local and internal e-learning capacity is more important than ever. This was TechChange’s ultimate goal in their…
- [ICT4Drinks: SDG Card Game Edition | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/04/19/ict4drinks-sdg-card-game-edition/): The latest TechChange happy hour deviated from our standard ICT4Drinks in that we invited selected partners to try out our latest Digital Principles game. Currently the card game is…
- [Can Your Course Survive a Slow Internet Connection? Here’s How to Test It | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/04/23/can-your-course-survive-a-slow-internet-connection-heres-how-to-test-it/): Unreliable and slow internet continues to be one of the greatest obstacles for delivering effective eLearning. Not surprising, right? After all, the whole point of online learning is that…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Alyssa Luisi | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/05/08/instructional-design-spotlight-alyssa-luisi/): Alyssa Luisi joined the TechChange team last week as an Instructional Design contractor. To introduce her to the team and our learning community, we sat down for a short…
- [Going the Extra Mile : Sedinam Worlanyo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/06/28/going-the-extra-mile-sedinam-worlanyo/): A pivotal mindset shift occurred in my first year of working at TechChange. It was ignited during a check-in with my manager, TechChange Chief Technology Officer, Will Chester, who…
- [Staff Spotlight: Allison Prell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/08/28/staff-spotlight-allison-prell/): Allison recently joined the TechChange team as a Senior Instructional Designer, where she creates boutique blended and eLearning experiences. A former classroom educator, Allison comes to TechChange from George…
- [Staff Spotlight: Natalya Buchwald | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/10/22/staff-spotlight-natalya-buchwald/): Natalya recently joined the TechChange team as an Account Manager, where she helps elearning partners leverage the TechChange platform services and education team to create powerful learning experiences.…
- [Online Education and HPV Vaccination: Findings from a UNC Evaluation on the TechChange Platform | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2019/11/11/online-education-and-hpv-vaccination-findings-from-a-unc-evaluation-on-the-techchange-platform/): TechChange recently supported one of the first evaluations of HPV online education, as conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which is now available online. The…
- [Staff Spotlight: Ariel Frankel | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/02/24/staff-spotlight-ariel-frankel/): Ariel recently joined the TechChange team as a Program Manager, where she helps elearning partners build and deliver learning experiences on digital health.…
- [Why Pandemic Preparation Will Revolutionize Online Workshops | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/02/27/online-workshops-and-pandemic-preparation/): When it comes to event planning in the face of a pandemic, the technology is the easy part. Shifting the training model will be harder, and international development is perfectly…
- [What Can International Development Events Can Learn from the Impossible Burger? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/03/02/what-international-events-can-learn-from-the-impossible-burger/): If you want to change global behavior patterns, make the sustainable alternative better.…
- [Can Virtual Worlds Save Conference Networking? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/05/12/can-virtual-worlds-save-conference-networking/): Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, we are spending our work and social lives on video chat. And all evidence (and experiences) show that being on video call is exhausting.…
- [Staff Spotlight: Hailey Nicholas | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/05/12/staff-spotlight-hailey-nicholas/): Hailey recently joined the TechChange team as a Program Manager, where she helps elearning partners build and deliver learning experiences on digital health.…
- [Intersectionality Now: 3 Things You and the Tech Community NEED to Learn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/06/21/intersectionality-now-3-things-you-and-the-tech-community-need-to-learn/): I am writing to implore friends, family, and my broader network to adopt an intersectional way of thinking. Now – not later, not tomorrow, but RIGHT NOW. If this…
- [4 Online Education Strategies for the COVID Classroom | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/07/21/4-online-education-strategies-for-universities/): No one was truly prepared for COVID-19 when it hit. As with many crises, however, this pandemic provided an opportunity to recognize pre-existing and fundamental flaws in our national…
- [Staff Spotlight: Alyssa Cawley | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/09/24/staff-spotlight-alyssa-cawley/): Alyssa recently joined the TechChange team as an Account Manager, where she supports public health education programs.…
- [Animating a Holistic Digital Health Model | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/12/15/animating-a-holistic-digital-health-model/): TechChange partnered with Tanzania
- [2020: The Year We Became More Connected | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/12/28/2020-the-year-we-became-more-connected/): I joined the TechChange team fresh out of finishing my master
- [Facilitating Meaningful Interactions in Online Spaces | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/12/29/facilitating-meaningful-interactions-in-online-spaces/): For me, as perhaps for many, 2020 tested my relationships.…
- [Endurance: Approach with Intention | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/12/30/approach-with-intention-lessons-learned-from-2020/): The challenges in 2020 reminded us that unity cultivates success. Returning from Peace Corps Madagascar, moving to a new city, and starting a new job – while each daunting…
- [How Working Outdoors Has Helped Me in the Tech World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2020/12/31/how-working-outdoors-has-helped-me-in-the-tech-world/): Before working at TechChange, my professional experience existed almost exclusively outside: as a ski instructor, a field research assistant, and a trip leader and co-president of my college
- [Technology to Make Virtual Feel Less “Virtual” | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/03/15/technology-to-make-virtual-feel-less-virtual/): Our Founder & CEO, Nick Martin, recently appeared on Endurance Learning
- [Nick Martin on the Expanding Possibilities for Social Innovation as Technology Evolves | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/04/13/nick-martin-on-the-expanding-possibilities-for-social-innovation-as-technology-evolves/): Nick join Impact Boom
- [Watch TechChange at WSIS Forum 2021's Digital Skills for E-Health Panel | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/04/22/techchange-at-wsis-forum-2021/): The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2021 represents the world
- [TechChange Featured in ITU's “Boosting Digital Skills in Healthcare” Article | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/05/08/techchange-featured-in-itu-article/): Following last month
- [Leveraging a Community-Led Model for Virtual Conferencing Success | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/06/30/leveraging-a-community-led-model-for-virtual-conferencing-success/): Fifteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom fatigue had many of us practically catatonic in front of our screens. So how was the Society for International Development – Washington…
- [Fellow Spotlight: Emma Demers | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/07/26/fellow-spotlight-emma-demers/): Emma Demers joined the TechChange team as a Summer Education Fellow! Emma graduated from Brown University and recently completed a service year with AmeriCorps. We sat down virtually with…
- [Fellow Spotlight: Momoka Keicho | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/08/02/fellow-spotlight-momoka-keicho/): I recently graduated from Swarthmore College, where I studied Educational Studies and Linguistics. During my time there, I was conducting research on minoritized college students
- [Staff Spotlight: Kayla McCoy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/08/09/staff-spotlight-kayla-mccoy/): Kayla recently joined the TechChange team as a Program Coordinator, where she supports the online events team in creating fascinating virtual conferences. Kayla holds a B.A. in English Language…
- [Staff Spotlight: Marion Comi-Morog | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/08/16/staff-spotlight-marion-comi-morog/): Marion joined the TechChange team as a Program Coordinator, where she helps the Events team to create meaningful and engaging virtual conferences for a worldwide audience. Before joining the…
- [Staff Spotlight: Katie Penland | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/08/23/staff-spotlight-katie-penland/): Katie is a Senior Program Manager at TechChange where she helps bring virtual conferences to life for partners and attendees around the world. Before TechChange, Katie worked on in-person…
- [Understanding the Importance of Instructional Design and Blended Offerings | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/08/30/instructional-design-and-blended-offerings/): I have had an amazing time spending this summer learning and growing with TechChange and their Education Team as a Summer Fellow. It has been such a blast, and…
- [Agenda Posted for USAID-HBCU International Development Conference! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/09/01/agenda-posted-for-usaid-hbcu-international-development-conference/): We
- [TechChange Launches Events Product Video | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/09/08/techchange-launches-events-product-video/): We are very excited to launch our Events Product Video! In this video, learn more about we leverage our all-in-one virtual events platform to help our partners tackle the…
- [How can I Leverage my TechChange Experience to Better Serve my Community? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/09/20/how-can-i-leverage-my-techchange-experience-to-better-serve-my-community/): Over the last two years I have fielded a lot of questions about my two main areas of interest, education and user experience design. For many curious onlookers, education studies and…
- [Three Reflections from 2020-21 Online and Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/09/27/3-lessons-from-2020-21-online-and-hybrid-events/): September 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of our first hybrid event. It
- [Staff Spotlight: Lilly Snell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/10/25/staff-spotlight-lilly-snell/): Lilly is a Project Assistant at TechChange, where she supports the development of engaging virtual experiences. She recently graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in International Relations and spent her…
- [Staff Spotlight: Shannon Tracy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/11/15/staff-spotlight-shannon-tracy/): Shannon is Director of Virtual & Hybrid Events at TechChange, where she leads the Events department in creating engaging virtual and hybrid conferences for partners and participants across the globe. Prior…
- [Staff Spotlight: Maggie Miland | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/11/29/staff-spotlight-maggie-miland/): Maggie is an Account Manager with TechChange, where she works with partners to develop memorable eLearning experiences. Prior to joining TechChange, Maggie cultivated action-oriented workshops and conferences for social purpose organizations across…
- [TechChange announces first-ever Vice President of Partner Success and Delivery | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/12/13/techchange-announces-first-ever-vice-president-of-partner-success-and-delivery/): Please join us in welcoming Samantha Remeika to the TechChange team as the new Vice President of Partner Success!! Samantha is an experienced leader of customer success, professional services, and support with…
- [State of TechChange 2021 (Part 1 – Events) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2021/12/22/state-of-techchange-2021-part-1-events/): As 2021 comes to a close, the TechChange team gathered online to celebrate our busiest year yet. So busy, in fact, that we had to break our annual
- [Reflections from TechChange's Gender Data 101 Edition 2.0 Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/01/31/reflections-from-techchanges-gender-data-101-edition-2-0-online-course/): TechChange
- [Staff Spotlight: Brittany Jones | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/02/14/staff-spotlight-brittany-jones/): Brittany is a Senior Account Manager with TechChange, where she supports the design and implementation of engaging virtual workshops. Prior to coming to TechChange, Brittany worked with students and teachers throughout…
- ["Weird" and "Wonderful" TechChange Tech Micro-intern Experience | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/02/28/weird-and-wonderful-techchange-tech-micro-intern-experience/): A one month internship is not a common thing to do, I
- [Staff Spotlight: Amanda Pettenati | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/03/17/staff-spotlight-amanda-pettenati/): I spent my first career in Investment Banking. I always knew it wasn
- [Staff Spotlight: April Coan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/04/11/staff-spotlight-april-coan/): I come from a family of educators. Both of my parents were teachers and I
- [Interning with TechChange from Afar | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/04/19/interning-with-techchange-from-afar/): This January, I worked at TechChange as a micro-intern in the tech team. It was a wonderful experience, and I learned a lot from my work during the micro-internship. I also…
- [Staff Spotlight: Amanda Jagus | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/06/27/staff-spotlight-amanda-jagus/): My grandparents immigrated to the United States from India and they always emphasized the importance of education to my brother and me. I also have a few teachers in my family,…
- [Staff Spotlight: Lisa Primeaux-Redmond | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/11/10/staff-spotlight-lisa-primeaux-redmond/): I studied a number of foreign languages in college. Eventually, my love of spoken language led to an interest in computer languages, and a career shift into tech swiftly followed. At…
- [Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/11/17/exploring-the-frontiers-of-digital-development/): Do emerging technologies such as crypto and AI have a place in international development? How do we balance the risks of untested tools with their potential rewards, and impact? Throughout my…
- [Staff Spotlight: Bethany Shackelford | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/11/21/staff-spotlight-bethany-shackelford/): Early in my career, I struggled knowing where I wanted to focus my career – I explored nursing, sociology, and international development, among other fields. Shortly after college, I looked back…
- [COP27 has come to a close. What next? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/11/22/cop27-has-come-to-a-close-what-next/): Delegates from all over the world have returned home after attending the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, or COP27, which was convened in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt over…
- [Global Digital Health Series, part 1: New videos on vital global goods | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/11/29/global-digital-health-series-part-1-new-videos-on-vital-global-goods/): Just in time for the upcoming Global Digital Health Forum on December 5-7, TechChange added several new videos to our Global Goods video series, developed in partnership with USAID and PATH/…
- [FDDF 1 month later: What I learned from this hybrid event | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/12/01/fddf-1-month-later-what-i-learned-from-this-hybrid-event/): As TechChange
- [Global Digital Health Series, part 2: Teaching DH Concepts through Play | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/12/05/global-digital-health-series-part-2-teaching-dh-concepts-through-play/): The Global Digital Health Forum kicks off today, the leading networking and learning event for policy makers, practitioners, and tech professionals who are passionate about improving health outcomes in low- and…
- [Global Digital Health series, part 3: Interoperability & Standards explained… in 14 minutes or less! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2022/12/08/global-digital-health-series-part-3-interoperability-standards-explained-in-14-minutes-or-less/): As TechChange
- [What does digital transformation mean in Amman anyway? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/01/09/what-does-digital-transformation-mean-in-amman-anyway/): With the new year often comes transformation. A calendar flips to a new page, resolutions are proclaimed, new habits get made. But transformation of the digital sort is more ongoing –…
- [Staff Spotlight: Christopher Ford, Senior Director of Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/03/21/staff-spotlight-christopher-ford-senior-director-of-hybrid-events/): Q: So, tell us more about yourself. Why do you like working on events? I like variety. I like the variety of clients that working on events allows me to interact…
- [Partner Spotlight: Katherine Raphaelson, SID-US | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/04/03/partner-spotlight-katherine-raphaelson-sid-us/): SID-US (formerly SID-Washington) is the largest and most active chapter of the Society for International Development (SID), an international network founded in 1957 to serve as a global forum dedicated to…
- [7 Deadly Sins of Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/04/06/7-deadly-sins-of-hybrid-events/): Before embarking on my current role as Senior Director of Hybrid Events at TechChange, I had already clocked in more than 20 years in the events industry. Over the years, I
- [New Event Planning Resource: "How-to Hybrid" Guide | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/04/21/new-event-planning-resource-how-to-hybrid-guide/): Hybrid events– where there are both in-person and virtual elements– are the new standard for inclusive, engaging conference experiences. This is doubly true for international development and social impact events, where…
- [GDDF 2023 Kenya Watch Party Journey: Reflections from Ambassador Omondi Peter | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/05/10/gddf-2023-kenya-watch-party-journey-reflections-from-ambassador-omondi-peter/): Being a sports enthusiast, Covid – 19 meant no team sports, and this was frustrating to me. I spent much of my time indoors building and testing online Life Skills Challenges…
- [AI in Education & Training: 6 Use Cases for Global Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/05/17/ai-in-education-training-6-use-cases-for-global-development/): What are the most exciting examples of AI for Education Training and Learning, particularly for adult learning and global development? Here are the 6 things I
- [GDDF 2023 Brazil Watch Party Journey: An Inclusive and Empowering Experience | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/06/02/gddf-2023-brazil-watch-party-journey-an-inclusive-and-empowering-experience/): As the first-ever hybrid version of the Global Digital Development Forum (GDDF) unfolded, I had the privilege of leading a watch party in Brazil on the 27th of April as a GDDF…
- [GDDF 2023 Ethiopia and Guatemala Watch Parties: Localizing digital development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/06/07/gddf-2023-ethiopia-and-guatemala-watch-parties-localizing-digital-development/): As part of the Global Digital Development Form in 2023, Palladium partnered with TechChange to localize conversations around digital development through side events held in Ethiopia and Guatemala. The session held…
- [GDDF 2023 Nigeria Watch Party: Emerging Tech & the SDGs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/06/14/gddf-2023-nigeria-watch-party-emerging-tech-the-sdgs/): As a young leader passionate about quality education and good governance, which are centred on the SDGs 4 and 16 of the United Nations, organising the first ever Global Digital Development…
- [USAID DDA Workshop Delivered by TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/09/27/usaid-dda-workshop-delivered-by-techchange/): This past summer TechChange supported a week long workshop for USAID
- [New Digital Literacy Video Series | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/11/15/new-digital-literacy-video-series/): TechChange specializes in distilling complex topics in a way that is engaging and beautiful, making them easily understood by diverse audiences. We
- [TechChange and PAC Embark on New Chapter of Game-changing Public Health Campaign | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/11/30/techchange-and-pac-embark-on-new-chapter-of-game-changing-public-health-campaign/): The science around human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention has changed dramatically in recent years. For example, did you know this revolutionary fact? People living with HIV who are on treatment and…
- [GDHF Participant Engagement Contests are LIVE! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2023/12/04/gdhf-2023-participant-engagement-contests-are-live/): Calling all GDHF 2023 participants: Engage, Share, WIN with the #GDHF2023Challenge! As the anticipation for this year
- [Dispatch from the GDHF Chile Watch Party | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/02/09/dispatch-from-the-gdhf-2023-chile-watch-party/): What does it mean to collaborate? I
- [Reflections on GDHF coming to Kenya: From Watch Party to Main Site | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/03/04/reflections-on-gdhf-coming-to-kenya-from-watch-party-to-main-site/): In the fast-paced world of digital health, collaboration is the foundation for innovation. As we navigate the ever-changing digital health ecosystem, the solutions to our complex challenges lie in the engagement…
- [Dispatch from the GDHF Nigeria Watch Party | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/03/04/the-future-of-digital-health-in-nigeria/): The Global Digital Health Forum is a global hybrid event that convenes thought leaders, experts, and enthusiasts from around the world to explore the intersection of technology and public health. One…
- [Looking Forward to GDHF 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/03/12/looking-forward-to-gdhf-2024/): The Global Digital Health Forum is where the world of digital health practitioners, experts, and funders comes together– it
- [In Honor of World Autism Awareness Day, a Personal Perspective on Remote Work | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/04/01/in-honor-of-world-autism-awareness-day-a-personal-perspective-on-remote-work/)
- [TechChange Upskills and Connects PEPFAR Data Professionals | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/04/12/techchange-upskills-and-connects-pepfar-data-professionals/): Over the past twenty years, it
- [Lessons Learned from a Massive Hybrid Event | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/04/22/lessons-learned-from-a-massive-hybrid-event/): 2023 marked the 13th year of the Global Digital Health Forum, and the hybrid event had the highest and most diverse attendance in the conference
- [Sparks of Hope for Talent in International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/05/08/sparks-of-hope-for-talent-in-international-development/): As the leader of a tech company that helps social impact organizations deliver rocking virtual events, you might be surprised that one of my favorite things to do is to mingle.…
- [Try Something New- The "Hub and Spoke" Model of Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/05/14/try-something-new-the-hub-and-spoke-model-of-hybrid-events/): The best part about planning a hybrid event is that there
- [An Introvert's Guide to Thriving at Events and Conferences | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/06/11/an-introverts-guide-to-thriving-at-events-and-conferences/): Not everyone thrives on being in a crowded room full of people, frantically networking from one handshake to another. Some of us are introverted, more comfortable in small groups or even…
- [(Ir)Responsible AI | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/06/27/irresponsible-ai/): From the impact of AI on the human rights of marginalized populations, to its potential to help (and exacerbate) the climate crises, even to using AI tools for public health writing,…
- [#GDDF2024 Local Events: Snapshots from Moldova, Thailand, and Senegal | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/07/03/gddf2024-local-events-snapshots-from-moldova-thailand-and-senegal/): What do a former Soviet republic, a popular tourist destination in Asia, and a Francophone West African country have in common? This year they all held a local event for the…
- [Equipping Practitioners with the Skills Needed in a Rapidly Changing World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/07/11/equipping-practitioners-with-the-skills-needed-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/): There is a growing understanding that the health of humanity and our changing planet are deeply intertwined. Right now, the intersection of digital, climate and global health is an emerging area…
- [Digital Government Rap Session at #GDDF2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/07/18/digital-government-rap-session-at-gddf2024/): You really can
- [Clarity, Validation, and Support: Spotlight on Three Impact Coaches | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/08/05/clarity-validation-and-support-spotlight-on-three-impact-coaches/): After five years as a certified coach, facilitator, and community builder, I
- [Online Training of Trainers- Dispatch from CARE VSLA | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/08/27/online-training-of-trainers-dispatch-from-care-vsla/): A well-done Training of Trainers (TOT) is an effective way to boost the relevance, sustainability, and long-term impact of international development training programs. But in-person they are often high-touch, costly endeavors that…
- [The Flexibility of TechChange Courses- An Update from IFAD Year Three | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/10/01/the-flexibility-of-techchange-courses-an-update-from-ifad-year-three/): At TechChange, you hear us talking a lot about how we create courses across the spectrum of learning modalities–synchronous, blended, and self-paced (or asynchronous). But what is one thing we don
- [New Digital Health Site, and Upcoming Opportunities for Digital Health Practitioners | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/10/09/new-digital-health-site-and-upcoming-opportunities-for-digital-health-practitioners/): Digital Health: Planning National Systems is the world
- [ECO-MAMA Innovator Wins 2024 Marc Mitchell Scholarship for Global Digital Health Forum | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/10/21/eco-mama-innovator-wins-2024-marc-mitchell-scholarship-for-global-digital-health-forum/): Growing up hours from the nearest hospital in rural Rwanda, Joie Sophia Umuhoza saw first-hand how difficult it was for women and girls to get medical care, and the dangerous…
- [Marc Mitchell Scholarship for Global Digital Health Forum Awarded to DOTOH Founder | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/10/28/marc-mitchell-scholarship-for-global-digital-health-forum-awarded-to-dotoh-founder/): From her work in clinical care and public health in both Benin and the United States, to consulting for the United Nations Fund for Population and Oxfam, Dr.…
- [TechChange Platform Improvements in 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/10/29/techchange-platform-improvements-in-2024/): Much like the lifelong learners that our signature TechChange platform supports, we never stop learning and working to improve our offerings. This year our development team has added numerous capabilities…
- [Climate + Data + Health Track at GDHF 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/11/07/climate-data-health-track-at-gdhf-2024/): Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and changes in disease patterns are all consequences of global warming with grave impacts on human health. To meet these rapidly worsening challenges, health professionals…
- [Climate Finance, an Integral Part of Disaster Risk Reduction | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/11/18/climate-finance-an-integral-part-of-disaster-risk-reduction/): Right now, the 24th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. This global multilateral decision-making forum on climate change brings together nearly every country in…
- [The Next Decade of USAID's Digital Policy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/11/22/the-next-decade-of-usaids-digital-policy/): What are the implications of the USAID Digital Policy for implementing partners? Can the newly refreshed Digital Principles offer guidance? How can implementing partners engage with these frameworks in meaningful ways?…
- [Preparing for a conference abroad | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/11/26/preparing-for-a-conference-abroad/): One of the most exciting aspects of working at an international social enterprise like TechChange is having the opportunity to support amazing events in a wide variety of…
- [Compassion, Evolution, and Authenticity: Two Impact Coaches on Gratitude | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/11/27/compassion-evolution-and-authenticity-two-impact-coaches-on-gratitude/): With Thanksgiving this week, we here at TechChange wanted to share some thoughts on gratitude. To keep things interesting, we decided to ask some of the most inspiring people…
- [Locally-Led Tech and Policy Innovations Take Center Stage at GDHF 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2024/12/20/locally-led-tech-and-policy-innovations-take-center-stage-at-gdhf-2024/): Anyone who knows me is aware that connecting awesome social impact professionals to one another is one of my favorite things about working in this space. So I was…
- [Learning Cohort Meets IRL: Virtual Course Alumni Convene at the Global Digital Health Forum | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2025/01/16/learning-cohort-meets-irl-virtual-course-alumni-convene-at-the-global-digital-health-forum/): I’ve facilitated many deliveries of the Digital Health: Planning National Systems (DH:PNS) course since its creation in 2020, from fully synchronous to blended, from Chile to Egypt. But up…
- [Improving Data Quality in Global Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2025/05/15/improving-data-quality-in-global-health/): Data collected by frontline health workers (FHWs) is essential to a robust healthcare delivery system, as is the quality of the data. Missed vaccinations, inadequate maternal care, delayed disease…
- [An Update on a Recent Security Incident and Our Commitment to Your Trust | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2025/07/24/an-update-on-a-recent-security-incident-and-our-commitment-to-your-trust/): At TechChange, the trust of our community is the foundation of everything we do. It is in that spirit of transparency that we are sharing details about a recent…
- [Bridging the Climate-Health Data Gap for More Resilient Health Systems | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2025/12/02/bridging-the-climate-health-data-gap-for-more-resilient-health-systems/): When floods or heatwaves strike, local health workers on the frontlines often lack timely and contextually relevant data and information to help inform response. Climate change is reshaping the…
- [Social Impact Accelerator to Fuel Organizations with "Endless" Potential | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2025/12/11/social-impact-accelerator-to-fuel-organizations-with-endless-potential/): According to InterAction’s polling of CEOs from various International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) 50% were actively working on implementing a new business model for their organization. And that figure is…
- [From Vision to Action: GDHF 2025 Showed How Collaboration Is Shaping Digital Health's Future | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2025/12/18/from-vision-to-action-gdhf-2025-showed-how-collaboration-is-shaping-digital-healths-future/): The Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF) isn’t just a conference; it’s a community. Each year, technologists, health workers, policymakers, and innovators gather with one goal: to shape a more…
- [Digital Disbursements That Deliver: Closing the Last-Mile Gap for NGOs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/2026/05/07/digital-disbursements-that-deliver-closing-the-last-mile-gap-for-ngos/): As global humanitarian and development organizations continue to shift toward digital-first operations, one persistent challenge remains: how to efficiently, securely, and compliantly deliver funds to the people who need…
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- [10 Favorite Memories from Our Old TechChange HQ | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/10-favorite-memories-from-our-old-techchange-hq/): It
- [Celebrating 2015 as the International Year of Evaluation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/2015-year-of-evaluation-celebration/): Photo Source: EvalPartners Today marks the first day of the International Year of Evaluation, which kicks off with an official celebration at the UN…
- [2020: The Year We Became More Connected | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/2020-the-year-we-became-more-connected/): I joined the TechChange team fresh out of finishing my master
- [21st Century Statecraft: What does it really mean? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/21st-century-statecraft-what-does-it-really-mean/): “In the twenty first century, the United States’ exceptional capacity for connection, rather than splendid isolation or hegemonic domination, will ren…
- [Lighting Up Uganda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/249/): To the billion individuals who lack access to electricity, the promise of new technologies for development pales in comparison to the more immediate c…
- [3 Best Practices for Social Change via Mobiles in Developing Countries | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/3-best-practices-for-social-change-via-mobiles-in-developing-countries/): Since 2008, Text to Change (TTC) has been working to provide and collect real-time and accurate information using mobile devices in relevant and meaningful ways to people in developing countries all…
- [Three Reflections from 2020-21 Online and Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/3-lessons-from-2020-21-online-and-hybrid-events/): September 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of our first hybrid event. It
- [3 Lessons from SOS Venezuela: 3 Weeks and 190,000 Followers Later | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/3-lessons-from-sos-venezuela-3-weeks-and-190000-followers-later/): On February 12th, Haydee Izaguirre woke up to images of her home country of Venezuela in turmoil. Students, fed up with the country
- [3D Printing's Potential in Humanitarian Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/3d-printing-and-humanitarian-response/): It may be difficult to see the relevance of 3D Printing beyond maker labs, but its potential to help in international development, and especially humanitarian response should be explored further. In…
- [What Happened in Our 3D Printing for Social Good Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/3d-printing-for-social-good-course-recap/): 3D printing has been around for a while, but the global development community is only recently exploring how it can be used for social change. From printing low-cost…
- [4 Ways 3D Printing is Promoting Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/3d-printing-promoting-social-change/): As a Star Trek fan, I found the most amazing technology on the TV show to be not the ship cruising faster than the speed of light or even the life-saving tricorder:…
- [4 Online Education Strategies for the COVID Classroom | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/4-online-education-strategies-for-universities/): No one was truly prepared for COVID-19 when it hit. As with many crises, however, this pandemic provided an opportunity to recognize pre-existing and fundamental flaws in our national…
- [4 Takeaways for Developing Countries from Mobile World Congress 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/4-takeaways-for-developing-countries-from-mobile-world-congress-2014/): Last week, the Mobile World Congress 2014 welcomed the most influential mobile carriers across the world that are shaping the future of mobile, especially for populations who are new mobile consumers.…
- [5 Best Practices for Using Technology in Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/5-best-practices-for-using-technology-in-disaster-response/): Working in humanitarian aid and disaster relief across several countries, I first joined the TechChange community as a student in the Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management online course in January…
- [5 Research-Based Strategies for Better Teaching Online | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/5-research-based-strategies-for-better-teaching-online/): Nearly two decades of data-driven schooling demonstrate that better learning outcomes won
- [Reinvent the Wheel, Not the Flat Tire: 5 Takeaways from #MERLTech | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/5-takeaways-from-merl-tech-monitoring-and-evaluation/): A few weeks ago, my colleague Yuting Liao and I had the opportunity to attend MERL Tech—an industry conference of sorts designed to bring together M&E practitioners, researchers, technologists, and development…
- [5 Things We Learned Last Week on MOOCs and Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/5-things-we-learned-last-week-on-moocs-and-online-learning/): Last week, TechChange President Nick Martin participated in a panel on
- [6 Tech Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: The TechChange Secret Sauce? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/6-tech-tools-for-social-entrepreneurs-the-techchange-secret-sauce/): Interested in learning with TechChange? Check out our upcoming course with the mHealth Alliance: Mobile Phones for Public Health. Class starts on Nov. 12! This month we introduced a new…
- [7 Deadly Sins of Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/7-deadly-sins-of-hybrid-events/): Before embarking on my current role as Senior Director of Hybrid Events at TechChange, I had already clocked in more than 20 years in the events industry. Over the years, I
- [9 Web Conferencing Platforms for Education and Collaboration 2.0: What Should Your Organization Use? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/9-web-conferencing-platforms-for-education-and-collaboration-2-0-what-should-your-organizations-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…
- [A Deep Dive into TechChange’s Creative Assessments | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-deep-dive-into-techchanges-creative-assessments/): Most of us know what it’s like to sit and stare at basic multiple choice assessments, attempting and re-attempting the same tasteless questions. It is boring, uncreative, and disengaging…
- [A Fun Take on TechChange Final Projects: A Blockchain Party! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-fun-take-on-techchange-final-projects-a-blockchain-party/): We wrapped up our first Blockchain for International Development course in February and recently had a chance to sit down with Maputi Botlhole about her experience in the course! Maputi is…
- [A look at World Bank's Urgent Evoke: Reflections for Season 2 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-look-at-urgent-evoke-reflections-for-season-2/): On March 3, 2010, the World Bank launched Urgent Evoke—an online video game designed to help individuals across the world develop innovative, creative solutions to the globe
- [A New Partnership to Provide Online Training for Media Professionals in E. Europe | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-new-partnership-to-provide-online-training-for-media-professionals-in-e-europe/): TechChange is excited to announce a new partnership with Transitions (TOL), a Prague-based journalism and media training organization with a focus on the post-communist countries of Europe and the…
- [A People's Education on the World Wide Web | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-peoples-education-on-the-world-wide-web/): To an average DC resident, social movements may look like traffic jams. They may look like scattered, unconnected protests taking the streets demanding justice for yet another cause. But to those involved in movement work,…
- [A Personal Encounter with Paraguay's Tech Progress | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-personal-encounter-with-paraguay-e2-80-99s-tech-progress/): Deep in the
- [A Picture Says A Thousand Words: Facebook Case of Eden Abergil | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-picture-says-a-thousand-words-facebook-case-of-eden-abergil/): Look familiar? Another Abu Ghraib photo frenzy? Needless to say, not the first of its kind. Photos taken by former IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) soldie…
- [A Retrospective Farewell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-retrospective-farewell/): As I look back on the nine wonderful months I have spent at TechChange, first as an Instructional Design fellow, then as a Junior Instructional Designer, and finally as…
- [A Tool that Gets You From Data to Insights: Keshif | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-tool-that-gets-you-from-data-to-insights-keshif/): We consume and produce data at ever growing rates, aiming to better understand the past, observe the now, and to be better prepared for the future. However, data can only fulfill its purpose when we…
- [A Year in ICT4Drinks | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/a-year-in-ict4drinks/): When nerds and do-gooders get together, great things can happen. But what metric can adequately capture the importance of a convening partnership, a casual connection, or even a career-defining conversation?…
- [Education Access for Everyone, Online. | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/access-for-everyone-online/): Traditional education in the US has long been required to accommodate those with disabilities through statutes like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), but online learning has lagged…
- [The Accidental Evaluator: Learning M&E by doing in Rwanda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/accidental-evaluator-learning-monitoring-and-evaluation-rwanda/)
- [Activation Successful: The Digital Humanitarian Network Simulation at ICCM | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/activation-successful-the-digital-humanitarian-network-simulation-at-iccm/): The past weekend was busy for the crisis mapping community, with a very full four days of events at the International Conference on Crisis Mapping. While the ignite talks and self-organized…
- [Addressing Poverty's "Triple Whammy" through Mobile Savings | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/addressing-poverty-through-mobile-savings-myagro/): The current financial model of banks cannot address what development experts call the
- [After Gaddafi, how can we use ICT4D to support the recovery in Libya? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/after-gaddafi-how-can-we-use-ict4d-to-support-the-recovery-in-libya-2/): After 40 years of rule, Colonel Gaddafi is gone. Reports say he was killed today in a military offensive in Sirte, Libya after a protracted insurgency…
- [Agenda Posted for USAID-HBCU International Development Conference! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/agenda-posted-for-usaid-hbcu-international-development-conference/): We
- [AI in Education & Training: 6 Use Cases for Global Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ai-in-education-training-6-use-cases-for-global-development/): What are the most exciting examples of AI for Education Training and Learning, particularly for adult learning and global development? Here are the 6 things I
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- [TechChange Alumna Launches AidWell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumna-launches-aidwell-mapping-platform/): TechChange alumni are always doing amazing things. They have launched mHealth apps to help with HIV prescriptions in South Africa, started mapping projects for maternal…
- [Alumni Lunch with Michelle Marshall | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-lunch-with-michelle-marshall/): On Friday, December 21, Michelle Marshall returned to TechChange for our first
- [Alumni Spotlight: Eva Erlach on Technology for Data Visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotligh-eva-erlach-on-technology-for-data-visualization/): TechChange courses are designed for busy young professionals. In any of our courses, you will find yourself taking the course alongside international development field and headquarter staff, university professors and students,…
- [TechChange Alumni Spotlight: Ameneé Siahpush | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-amenee-siahpush/): If you have taken a TechChange course, you know that the participants are all doing amazing things wherever they are in the world. Some go on to start their own…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Amira Elibiary on Technology for Monitoring & Evaluation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-amira-elibiary-on-technology-for-monitoring-evaluation/): TechChange courses are designed for busy young professionals. In any of our courses, you will find yourself taking the course alongside international development field and headquarter staff, university professors and students,…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Amy Noreuil | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-amy-noreuil/): TechChange courses are designed with busy working professionals in mind. In any of our courses you will find yourself engaging with a vast network of participants from all corners of the…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Chamal Mediwaka | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-chamal-mediwaka/): Earlier this month, we sat down with Chamal Mediwaka, a Summer Intern at TechChange in 2016 who shaped much of our early Instagram presence. We learned more about what Chamal…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Grace Kim on Technology for Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-grace-kim-on-technology-for-disaster-response/): TechChange courses are designed for busy young professionals. Today we are very excited to chat with Grace Kim, the project manager for the Global Innovation Exchange, who participated in TC103: Technology for Disaster Response.…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Kyriacos Koupparis on Blockchain for International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-kyriacos-koupparis-on-blockchain-for-international-development/): Kyriacos M. Koupparis, a USAID professional and a recent TechChange alum, completed our four week course “Blockchain for International Development” this past February. He was able to use what he learned…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Ladislas Hibusu | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-ladislas-hibusu/): Today, we
- [Alumni Spotlight: Royce Escolar on the TechChange Diploma Track | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-royce-escolar-on-the-techchange-diploma-track/): Several months following the completion of the program, we sat down with Royce Escolar, Monitoring & Evaluation and Communications Officer and M&E Diploma Track graduate, to hear about how the program affected…
- [Alumni Spotlight: Sonja Schmidt on the Technology for M&E Diploma Program | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/alumni-spotlight-sonja-schmidt-technology-for-monitoring-evaluation-diploma-program/): In 2015, TechChange launched the Technology for Monitoring & Evaluation Diploma Program, which combined three TechChange courses (Tech for M&E, Tech for Data Collection and Survey Design, Tech for Data Visualization)…
- [An Afghan Discussion; Furthering Communities via Mobile Phones | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/an-afghan-discussion-furthering-communities-via-mobile-phones/): Yesterday’s Can You Help Me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding In Afghanistan panel at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) showcased expert…
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- [Animation Spotlight: The People’s Budget (in French and English) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/animation-spotlight-the-peoples-budget/): TechChange partnered with Family Care International (FCI) to produce a short animation to make the case for national budgets that reflect the people
- [Announcing TechChange/GeoPoll SMS Simulation in Tunisia! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/announcing-techchangegeopoll-sms-simulation-in-tunisia/): We
- [Announcing the 2015 TechChange Summer Fellows | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/announcing-the-2015-techchange-summer-fellows/): We are thrilled to announce our 2015 Summer Fellows. We would like to thank everyone who applied for this fellowship. With over 1,000 applicants from all over the globe, we were astounded…
- [Announcing the Scholarship Winners to Mobile Phones for Public Health! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/announcing-the-scholarship-winners-to-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): The Winners: Susanna J Smith and My Nigeria Hospitals We are excited to announce that My Nigeria Hospitals (@mynig_hospitals) and Susanna J Smith (@SusannaJSmith) are our winners for one free seat…
- [Endurance: Approach with Intention | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/approach-with-intention-lessons-learned-from-2020/): The challenges in 2020 reminded us that unity cultivates success. Returning from Peace Corps Madagascar, moving to a new city, and starting a new job – while each daunting…
- [Approaching 10K Followers and 5K Likes – 3 Ways to Build Your Brand With Your Social Media Community | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/approaching-10k-followers-and-5k-likes-3-ways-to-build-your-brand-with-your-social-media-community/): Today as we approach 10K followers on Twitter and 5K Facebook likes, I am taking a step back to understand how we created a vibrant online community. More than 2 years…
- [Are ICT4D and eLearning Ready for 5G? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/are-ict4d-and-elearning-ready-for-5g/): What happens when
- [Are You There Social Media? It’s Me, Conflict | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/are-you-there-social-media-its-me-conflict/): The SXSW Interactive conference, held in Austin Texas, is five days of undeniably awesome presentations from the brightest minds about up and coming t…
- [How can Artificial Intelligence Support Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/artificial-intelligence-supports-disaster-response/): When I hear the term
- [Ashoka Changemakers and TechChange Team Up to Empower Social Innovators Inside Institutions | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ashoka-changemakers-and-techchange-team-up-to-empower-social-innovators-inside-institutions/): We
- [Ashoka's Social Intrapreneurship for Innovation in Health and Wellness Course is Back! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ashokas-social-intrapreneurship-for-innovation-in-health-and-wellness-course-is-back/): Sign up is open for the next Social Intrapreneurship for Innovation in Health and Wellness Course happening Nov. 6th – Dec. 15th, 2017! Apply soon, spaces are available on a first-come, first-served…
- [AshokaU and TechChange TwitterChat: How Will Technological Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Transform Higher Education? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [Why Your Audience Matters in Data Visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/audience-matters-in-data-visualization/): Data visualization requires more than design skills. You need both technical and critical thinking skills to create the best visuals for your audience. It is important to…
- [A Beginner's Guide to Digitally Mapping the Middle East via MapBox's TileMill | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/beginners-guide-digital-mapping-middle-east-mapbox-tilemill/): Before taking this Mapping for International Development course last fall, I had absolutely no previous background on mapping tools, so everything about digital mapping was new to me. For my course…
- [Beyond Social Media: The Role of Data Visualization, E-Learning, and Digital Mapping in Diplomacy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/beyond-social-media-the-role-of-data-visualization-e-learning-and-digital-mapping-in-diplomacy/): Social media has become a very important diplomacy tool to engage with the public. Realizing the evolving nature of diplomacy in the 21st century, the Italian embassy in Washington, DC regularly…
- [Big Data and Conflict: Crowdsourcing Challenges for Peacebuilding in a Blog Dialogue | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/big-data-and-conflict-crowdsourcing-challenges-for-peacebuilding-in-a-blog-dialogue/): 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…
- [Bigger is Not Always Better: Technological Challenges in an Exploding Megacity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/bigger-is-not-always-better-technological-challenges-in-an-exploding-megacity/): Bangladesh. Most people have rarely heard of this tiny country the size of the state of New York nestled in India’s “armpit” and even fewer will be ab…
- [Blackberrys Banned in UAE because of Data Encryption | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/blackberrys-banned-in-uae-because-of-data-encryption/): The BlackBerry smartphone, launched in 1999 by Research In Motion (RIM), is the quintessential, on the go tool for communicating. In 2004 BlackBerry h…
- [Blended Learning for Technology and Global Health Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/blended-learning-for-technology-and-global-health-education/): TechChange has enjoyed working with the Notre Dame Global Health Institute for several years. We
- [Blockchain Course Cryptocurrency Giveaway | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/blockchain-course-cryptocurrency-giveaway/): Breaking news! The most engaged online participant in TC116: Blockchain for International Development will receive 1000 Stellar Lumens (currently worth around $220 according to CoinMarketCap or possibly useless according…
- [Blockchain Course Reflections | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/blockchain-course-reflections/): When you hear the word blockchain, what comes to mind? A purely speculative cryptocurrency? An over-hyped technology trend? Here at TechChange, we like to unpack those claims in our…
- [Blockchain + Privacy: What use for human rights defenders? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/blockchain-privacy-what-use-for-human-rights-defenders/): At DefendersTech we have spent years training human rights defenders and journalists in the East and Horn of Africa on security tools including email encryption tools such as GPG. These tools…
- [Boosting mHealth by Donating Your Old Cellphones | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/boosting-mhealth-by-donating-your-old-cellphones/): What if your old phone could help improve the health of populations in developing nations? Did you know that 500,000 cell phones are discarded in the United States every day?…
- [Bridging the Climate-Health Data Gap for More Resilient Health Systems | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/bridging-the-climate-health-data-gap-for-more-resilient-health-systems/): When floods or heatwaves strike, local health workers on the frontlines often lack timely and contextually relevant data and information to help inform response. Climate change is reshaping the…
- [Bridging the Digital Divide: Why Mobiles, Markets and Moore’s Law Matter | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/bridging-the-digital-divide-why-mobiles-markets-and-moores-law-matter/): Remember to toast the birth of the World Wide Web this Saturday—just don’t buy it a drink. It was only twenty years ago that Tim Berners-Lee loaded…
- [#BringBackOurGirls: Can Hashtag Activism Spur Social Change? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/bringbackourgirls-hashtag-activism-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…
- [Bringing Social Change to the Tech Level | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/bringing-social-change-to-the-tech-level/): How do you make the invisible visible? How can we keep up with our ever-changing world, and how can we utilize the technologies of our time? Upon the completion of TechChange
- [Build Our #OpenGov MOOC! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/build-our-opengov-mooc/): Our OpenGov 101 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a Semifinalist in the Knight News Challenge! Submitted in partnership with Global Integrity, we’re hoping to develop a global curricula to connect…
- [Building eLearning Capacity for Climate Change in Mozambique | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/building-elearning-capacity-for-climate-change-in-mozambique/): The TechChange team recently returned to Maputo, Mozambique for the culmination of a two-year long partnership with the Coastal City Adaptation Project (CCAP), a USAID-sponsored program dedicated to preparing Mozambican urban centers…
- [Building eLearning Capacity with International Partners | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/building-elearning-capacity-with-international-partners/): As companies increasingly move towards online learning for their training needs, building local and internal e-learning capacity is more important than ever. This was TechChange’s ultimate goal in their…
- [Building Local Capacity: “Technology for Crisis Response and Good Governance” training program hosted by the Partnership for Peace in Kisumu, Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/building-local-capacity--e2-80-9ctechnology-for-crisis-response-and-good-governance-e2-80-9d-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…
- [Building Shared Communities in Multiple Languages | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/building-shared-communities-in-multiple-languages/): When building a community online, language should be a key consideration. While it
- [Building The Right Team: Chris Neu | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/building-the-right-team-chris-neu/): 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…
- [Can Crisis Mapping Help S. Sudan? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/can-a-crisis-map-end-the-crisis-in-s-sudan/): 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…
- [Can “The Long Conversation” Save Online Panel Discussions? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/can-the-long-conversation-save-online-panel-discussions/): Panels are a generally terrible formats for online webcasts, but solo presenters often lose the spontaneity of expert interaction. Can a new format help produce better conversations and better insights? Today,…
- [Can Virtual Worlds Save Conference Networking? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/can-virtual-worlds-save-conference-networking/): Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, we are spending our work and social lives on video chat. And all evidence (and experiences) show that being on video call is exhausting.…
- [Can You Spot the Fake TechChange Student? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/can-you-spot-the-fake-techchange-student/): Quick question! Which of the following pictures was a real participant in the TC301: Artificial Intelligence for International Development course….and which ones were generated by face-generating AI on…
- [Can Your Course Survive a Slow Internet Connection? Here’s How to Test It | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/can-your-course-survive-a-slow-internet-connection-heres-how-to-test-it/): Unreliable and slow internet continues to be one of the greatest obstacles for delivering effective eLearning. Not surprising, right? After all, the whole point of online learning is that…
- [Canadian Television-Radio User-Based Billing Controversy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/canadian-television-radio-user-based-billing-controversy/): The Canadian Radio television Telecommunications Commission, more commonly referred to as the CRTC, has recently ignited a firestorm among Internet us…
- [Canadians Protest Election Results Ban Using Social Media Ahead of Monday Polls | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/canadians-protest-election-results-ban-using-social-media-ahead-of-monday-polls/): On Monday May 2, 2011 Canadians will be voting in the 41st Canadian Federal Election. The election comes as the result of non-confidence vote held on March 25th,…
- [CCR Partner Highlight: Building Citizens’ Toolbox, via Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ccr-partner-highlight-building-citizens-toolbox-via-online-learning/): Community for Children
- [Celebrating ICT4D Lessons Learned with a Song: Fail Festival 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/celebrating-ict4d-lessons-learned-with-a-song-fail-festival-2013/): In Online Learning, There Are No Shortcut Keys. Tonight, we
- [Cement Embedded USBs: Connect At Your Own Risk | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/cement-embedded-usbs-connect-at-your-own-risk/): A technological search and find; a social media scavenger hunt. An advanced way to stay connected while being offline or a plot with technological vandalism written all over it?…
- [Charting the Future of Capacity Building for mHealth | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/charting-the-future-of-capacity-building-for-mhealth/): Last month, 130 doctors, nurses, development workers, techies, government officials, and academics from 35 countries joined us on an exciting four-week journey through the latest developments in mHealth. Imagine how…
- [Five Smartphones for Under $50 USD | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/cheap-smartphones-under-50-dollars/): In a recent LinkedIn post, World Bank President Jim Kim discussed the global impact of smartphones in even the most remote areas of the world…
- [Check out Our New Media Library! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/check-out-our-new-media-library/): Well, it only took us a full year of facilitating online courses, but we’re finally sharing some of our original content as part of launching our brand new Media Library. Right now it’s admittedly…
- [Clarity, Validation, and Support: Spotlight on Three Impact Coaches | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/clarity-validation-and-support-spotlight-on-three-impact-coaches/): After five years as a certified coach, facilitator, and community builder, I
- [Climate + Data + Health Track at GDHF 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/climate-data-health-track-at-gdhf-2024/): Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and changes in disease patterns are all consequences of global warming with grave impacts on human health. To meet these rapidly worsening challenges, health professionals…
- [Climate Finance, an Integral Part of Disaster Risk Reduction | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/climate-finance-an-integral-part-of-disaster-risk-reduction/): Right now, the 24th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. This global multilateral decision-making forum on climate change brings together nearly every country in…
- [Code for Social Good: TechChange Summer Fellowship 2016 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/code-for-social-good-techchange-summer-fellowship-2016/): Are you a techie looking to make a difference in the world? We
- [Code for Social Good: TechChange Summer Fellowship 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/code-social-good-summer-fellowship-2015/): Do you want to apply your programming skills to make a difference in the world? We
- [Comments on a Live Blogged Revolution | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/comments-on-a-live-blogged-revolution/): Update 13:30 EST 1/31 As the protests continue unabated, the internet remains largely blocked with the exception of Noor ISP which serves roughly 8% of Egyptian traffic.…
- [Communications Fellow Spotlight: Meronne Teklu | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/communications-fellow-spotlight-meronne-teklu/): Please join us in welcoming Meronne, our new communications fellow here at TechChange! Meronne is currently a student at the College of William & Mary, entering her senior year, and studying…
- [Community Radios and Mobile Phones: A Perfect Match | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/community-radios-and-mobile-phones-a-perfect-match/): Despite dramatic increases in global internet penetration, many people still depend on radio as their primary connection to the outside world. However…
- [Compassion, Evolution, and Authenticity: Two Impact Coaches on Gratitude | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/compassion-evolution-and-authenticity-two-impact-coaches-on-gratitude/): With Thanksgiving this week, we here at TechChange wanted to share some thoughts on gratitude. To keep things interesting, we decided to ask some of the most inspiring people…
- [Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in the Digital Age | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/conflict-management-peacebuilding-digital/): Some 85 percent of the world population has access to Internet nowadays. An increasing number of users venture online with a mobile device – smartphone…
- [Conflict Minerals: The Industry’s Dirty Little Secret | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/conflict-minerals-the-industrys-dirty-little-secret/): With the help of Leonardo DiCaprio, we know what blood diamonds are. And now, thanks to the Enough Project, we are starting to know more about conflic…
- [Conflict Prevention via SMS: Four Factors that Matter for Peacebuilding with Mobiles | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/conflict-prevention-via-sms-four-factors-that-matter-for-peacebuilding-with-mobiles/): 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…
- [Consulting | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/consulting/): USIP event on mobile phones, peacebuilding and Afghanistan organized by TechChange TechChange equips organizations with a suite of customized, strateg…
- [COP27 has come to a close. What next? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/cop27-has-come-to-a-close-what-next/): Delegates from all over the world have returned home after attending the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, or COP27, which was convened in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt over…
- [Corralling the Data, Instead of the Data Corralling Us | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/corralling-the-data-instead-of-the-data-corralling-us/): For those working in the field of conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance, reliable real time data plays a critical role in staging a successf…
- [Could mHealth Improve Healthcare in Developing Countries? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/could-mhealth-improve-healthcare-in-developing-countries/): According to the mHealth Alliance, in developing countries, the average doctor to patient ratio is 1 doctor for every 250,000 patients. Yet those same…
- [Facilitator Spotlight: Arianna Montero-Colbert | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/course-facilitation-spotlight-arianna-montero-colbert/): After a successful fall 2016 as Communications Fellow, Arianna returned this year as a Course Facilitator in Technology for Knowledge Management. Arianna is not only an online educator, but also a rising…
- [Course Launch: Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/course-launch-tech-tools-and-skills-for-emergency-management/): We’re excited to start our online course on TC103: Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management. We have an incredible group of participants enrolle…
- [Course Preview: Digital Organizing and Open Government (TC104) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/course-preview-digital-organizing-and-open-government-tc104/): [UPDATE: Course rescheduled for April 8th, 2013] We’re very sorry to inform you that we are rescheduling the Digital Organizing and Open Government course that was originally scheduled to begin on…
- [What Could Creative Commons Mean For You | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/creative-commons-for-frontline-health-workers/): mPowering Frontline Health Workers is delighted to introduce a new video, developed with TechChange, that explains how publishing content under a Creative Commons license can maximize the reach and impact of…
- [Cross ‘Worry’ Off your Holiday List with Cloud Storage | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/cross-worry-off-your-holiday-list-with-cloud-storage/): Deck the halls, wrap some presents and pour yourself a tall glass of eggnog: Cloud storage gives you one less thing to worry about this holiday season.…
- [Crowdsourcing for Conflict Prevention: Building Knowledge with the UNDP and the International Peace Institute | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/crowdsourcing-for-conflict-prevention-building-knowledge-with-the-undp-and-the-international-peace-institute/): On November 9, TechChange President Nick Martin and the TechChange team were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion co hosted by the Intern…
- [Culture and Capacity: Some lessons from our training in Kisumu, Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [What the Data Revolution Means for Global Development and M&E | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/data-revolution-global-development-technology-monitoring-evaluation/): In the last decade, new technology has made advances in data storage and analysis to leverage the greater volume of data available. The digital…
- [Why Data Visualization Is Important | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/data-visualization-analysis-international-development/): How do you analyze data you collect from surveys and interviews? One way to analyze data is through data visualizations. Data visualization turns numbers and letters into…
- [Data visualization beyond numbers: Tools for qualitative data visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/data-visualization-beyond-numbers-tools-for-qualitative-data-visualization/): Imagine a tool where you have text and a computer automatically highlights key themes. No need to do complex coding, no word counts that are used to explore the text…
- [How Devjani Entered the ICT4D Field with a TechChange Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/devjani-ict4d-india-akvo-flow/): One of the things that sets the TechChange platform apart from other online courses is the network you are immersed in. Today, we are excited to highlight one of our alumna…
- [Digital Communication and Afghanistan’s 2010 Wolesi Jirga Elections | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-communication-and-afghanistan-e2-80-99s-2010-wolesi-jirga-elections/): For nearly two thousand years, Silk Road land and sea routs — which created an “intercontinental think tank of human ingenuity” in terms of trade and…
- [Why the Digital Currency Innovation Matters to Global Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-currency-innovation-and-global-development/): Do you use digital currency? If you use a credit card, PayPal, or use a mobile money app to sell or buy things, then the answer is yes! There is a lot of innovation…
- [Digital Data Collection with Remote Sensors and Satellite Imagery | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-data-collection-remote-sensors-satellite-imagery/): Monjolo energy-meter sensor created by University of Michigan
- [Digital Disbursements That Deliver: Closing the Last-Mile Gap for NGOs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-disbursements-that-deliver-closing-the-last-mile-gap-for-ngos/): As global humanitarian and development organizations continue to shift toward digital-first operations, one persistent challenge remains: how to efficiently, securely, and compliantly deliver funds to the people who need…
- [Digital Government Rap Session at #GDDF2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-government-rap-session-at-gddf2024/): You really can
- [TechChange Alumna Launches Mapping Project for Maternal and Neonatal Health in Ghana | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-mapping-monitoring-evaluation-ghana-maternal-neonatal-health/): Mira Gupta, one of the star alumna of our courses on Mapping for International Development and Technology for Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), is a Senior Research Specialist at the University of Michigan…
- [Why We Should Care about Pedagogy in Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-pedagogy-series-an-overview/): This post is kicking off a monthly series where we
- [Digital Safety Course Sneak Peek: Robert Guerra | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digital-safety-course-sneak-peek-robert-guerra/): We are excited to introduce Robert Guerra as a co-facilitator in our upcoming course, TC114: Basics of Digital Safety. Robert is the founder and executive director of…
- [How Digital Volunteers Mapped the Nepal Earthquake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/digitally-mapping-the-nepal-earthquake/): In a previous post, we wrote about how ICTs were helping people all around the world respond to the Nepal earthquake. Today, Luther Jeke takes a closer look at the…
- [Towards Standardized Hashtags in Disaster Response | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/disaster-response-standardized-hashtags/): Wouldn
- [Dispatch from the GDHF Chile Watch Party | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/dispatch-from-the-gdhf-2023-chile-watch-party/): What does it mean to collaborate? I
- [Storytelling with Video Animation: How to Measure Peace | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/dmeforpeace-storytelling-with-video-animation-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…
- [Does Chinese Internet censorship have an effect on its ICT industry? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/does-chinese-internet-censorship-have-an-effect-on-its-ict-industry/): The issue of Internet censorship has cycled throughout headlines, whether it
- [e-Portfolios: Networking Across Continents | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/e-portfolios-networking-across-continents/): Whether you think of HTML as a familiar friend or a terrifying alien monster, we can all agree that sometimes code just takes too much time. In an…
- [Why Haven't Mobiles Solved the Problem of Ebola Contact Tracing Yet? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ebola-contact-tracing-mhealth/): Before the recent Ebola outbreak, the terms
- [Free Ebola Webinar Series: "Training Health Workers for Ebola—Protection, Detection, and Response" | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ebola-response-free-training-webinar-mpowering-intrahealth/): Frontline health workers in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia are responding to the largest Ebola outbreak in history. To protect themselves and their communities,…
- [6 Ways Technology is Helping to Fight Ebola | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ebola-technology-ict/): As Ebola continues to ravage Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, people from all around the world are working together to stop the disease. In…
- [Ebola Webinar Series Brings Together 550 Participants from over 70 Countries | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ebola-webinar-series-recap-mpowering-intrahealth/): TechChange recently broadcasted the Training Health Workers for Ebola webinar series, with the sponsorship and webinar content of mPowering Frontline Health Workers and IntraHealth…
- [ECO-MAMA Innovator Wins 2024 Marc Mitchell Scholarship for Global Digital Health Forum | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/eco-mama-innovator-wins-2024-marc-mitchell-scholarship-for-global-digital-health-forum/): Growing up hours from the nearest hospital in rural Rwanda, Joie Sophia Umuhoza saw first-hand how difficult it was for women and girls to get medical care, and the dangerous…
- [Why Development Needs Educational Technology As A Service | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/edtech-as-service/): Online learning for international development is heating up. As educational technology companies raised half a billion dollars in Q1 of 2014, USAID is already…
- [eLearning, Emerging Technology, and Social Good: UNICEF’s Partnership with TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/elearning-emerging-technology-and-social-good-unicefs-partnership-with-techchange/): TechChange and UNICEF are proud to announce the release of 2 landmark eLearning courses: one on the intersection between frontier technology, venture capital, and the work of UNICEF, designed for UN…
- [eLearning in Uganda – A report from Makerere University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/elearning-in-uganda--e2-80-93-a-report-from-makerere-university/): Makerere University is one of the oldest and most well reputed universities in East Africa. As a leading institution in the field, Makerere, or Mak (p…
- [Election Aftermath and Demands for Democracy in Belarus | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/election-aftermath-and-demands-for-democracy-in-belarus/): While the world’s eyes are on Egypt, it is imperative not to forget the struggle in Belarus, which has entered a new phase following the December 2010…
- [Elections, Human Rights, Censorship, Twitter: A Special Time for Burma | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/elections-human-rights-censorship-twitter-a-special-time-for-burma/): The people of Burma will vote on Sunday — for the first time in 20 years — but domestic reporters are “prohibited from going within 50…
- [Emergence Theory: New Methods in Education for Emerging Economies Has Developed Countries Rethinking Their Assumptions | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/emergence-theory-new-methods-in-education-for-emerging-economies-has-developed-countries-rethinking-their-assumptions/): This post is contributed by a guest author and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of TechChange or the TechChange staff The development of a ro…
- [Emerging Dangers in Mobile Communications | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/emerging-dangers-in-mobile-communications/): The importance of both mobile network and software security continues to grow as more personal and significant information is communicated…
- [Ensuring Safety of Human Rights Defenders in the Digital World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ensuring-safety-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-digital-world-security-first-umbrella/): Featured image: A journalist takes a snapshot of the December 3, 2015 Black Lives Matter rally at Minneapolis City Hall. Today, on Human Rights Day, we focus on the importance of…
- [Enterprise 2.0 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/enterprise-2-0/): Sitting in the 140conference in Washington, something got my attention. Or should I say someone. His name is Blake Hall, co-founder of TroopSwap, a…
- [Entrepreneurs in Institutions: Why Intrapreneurs are so Valuable to International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/entrepreneurs-in-institutions-why-intrapreneurs-are-so-valuable-to-international-development/): Is it possible to be an entrepreneur AND work for a large organization? Intrapreneurship, defined as entrepreneurial behavior within an established bureaucratic organization, is offering new graduates,…
- [Equipping Practitioners with the Skills Needed in a Rapidly Changing World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/equipping-practitioners-with-the-skills-needed-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/): There is a growing understanding that the health of humanity and our changing planet are deeply intertwined. Right now, the intersection of digital, climate and global health is an emerging area…
- [The Role of Ethics in Using ICTs for Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ethics-ict-technology-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…
- [Evaluating Crisis Backups and Balloons: What’s Next for BRCK and Loon? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/evaluating-crisis-backups-and-balloons-whats-next-for-brck-and-loon/): It’s no secret that we’re passionate about the power of volunteer technical communities here at TechChange. We helped link volunteer communities with response organizations for the Digital Humanitarian…
- [Event: ICT4Drinks International EdTech Happy Hour in DC | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/event-ict4drinks-international-edtech-happy-hour-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,…
- [Will Technology Turn Your Organization into a Startup? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/every-organization-a-startup/): Technology alone won
- [Why you need to learn Excel for data visualization | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/excel-for-data-visualization/): Over the years, TechChange has provided several professionals in the international development community with the crucial tech skills needed to make an impact in their work…
- [Exchange 2.0: The Conversation Continues | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/exchange-2-0-the-conversation-continues/): This is the second post in a two part series on this topic. The first installment was written by TJ earlier in the week. The Exchange 2.0 conference…
- [Exchange 2.0- Weighing the Benefits of Increased Intercultural Awareness | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/exchange-2-0-weighing-the-benefits-of-increased-intercultural-awareness/): This is part one of a two part series on Exchange 2.0. Even though I never had the chance to do a study abroad, for ten years of…
- [Exploring New Models for Education 2.0. “Applications of Technology for Peacebuilding” at American University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/exploring-new-models-for-education-2-0-applications-of-technology-for-peacebuilding-at-american-university-course-recap/): This past weekend Dr. Michael Gibbons and I taught a 20-hour graduate skills institute at American University’s School of International Service…
- [Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/exploring-the-frontiers-of-digital-development/): Do emerging technologies such as crypto and AI have a place in international development? How do we balance the risks of untested tools with their potential rewards, and impact? Throughout my…
- [Exploring the Fundamentals of Online Learning in El Salvador | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/exploring-the-fundamentals-of-online-learning-in-el-salvador/): What does it take to create an engaging, online learning experience? TechChange aimed to answer this question in their trip to El Salvador in 2018. The team, in partnership…
- [Exposing Mexico City Corruption from the Street | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/exposing-mexico-city-corruption-from-the-street/): It
- [Facebook Pulls "Third Palestinian Intifada Page": Violent Incitement Overrules Free Speech | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/facebook-pulls-third-intifada-page-violent-incitement-overrules-free-speech/): The first Palestinian Intifada (meaning
- [How Facebook Helped Restore Family Links After the Nepal Earthquake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/facebook-safety-check-for-nepal-earthquake/): Did you see Facebook
- [Facebook vs. USAID: Who Visualized JFK Better? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/facebook-vs-usaid-who-visualized-jfk-better/): Yesterday, Facebook and six phone companies announced the launch of internet.org to bring affordable Internet access to the five billion people without it. Reactions from our network have ranged from…
- [Facilitating Meaningful Interactions in Online Spaces | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/facilitating-meaningful-interactions-in-online-spaces/): For me, as perhaps for many, 2020 tested my relationships.…
- [Towards a Facilitation-First Approach to Online Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/facilitation-first-online-education/): Why do the newest online courses still feel like the same video lectures? Six years ago, Moody
- [From Participant to Facilitator: Meet Jennifer Kerner | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/facilitator-jennifer-kerner/): Meet Jennifer, she took her first TechChange course on Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in October and is now facilitating multiple TechChange courses. Drawn by our teaching model, after…
- [Fail Fest 2014: More Lessons from Online Learning Mistakes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/fail-fest-2014-lessons-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…
- [Fail Festival is Back! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/fail-fest-2015-preview/): In international development, we all love to talk about our successes, but we need to celebrate our failures too. And failures are exactly what we will be celebrating at Fail Fest…
- [FAILFaireDC a Social Space for less than Smashing Successes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/failfairedc-a-social-space-for-less-than-smashing-successes/): Several of us at TechChange had the privilege of attending a great event MobileActive and the World Bank put on last night that focused on those…
- [Why farmers in Tanzania are using Tigo Kilimo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/farmers-tanzania-tigo-kilimo-ict4ag-mag/): Information technology has greatly benefited the agriculture sector. You
- [Fasten Your Seatbelts: Facebook is Following You in India | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/fasten-your-seatbelts-facebook-is-following-you-in-india/): In a city “famous for its snarled traffic and infamous for its unruly drivers,” Facebook is aiding the authorities in New Delhi—”5,000 traffic…
- [FDDF 1 month later: What I learned from this hybrid event | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/fddf-1-month-later-what-i-learned-from-this-hybrid-event/): As TechChange
- [Feature Announcement: Reporting Dashboard Launched! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/feature-announcement-reporting-dashboard-launched/): Whether we’re working on big features or small ones, it’s always our goal to continually improve user experience on the TechChange online learning platform, and it’s especially exciting to work…
- [Fellow Spotlight: Emma Demers | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/fellow-spotlight-emma-demers/): Emma Demers joined the TechChange team as a Summer Education Fellow! Emma graduated from Brown University and recently completed a service year with AmeriCorps. We sat down virtually with…
- [Fellow Spotlight: Momoka Keicho | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/fellow-spotlight-momoka-keicho/): I recently graduated from Swarthmore College, where I studied Educational Studies and Linguistics. During my time there, I was conducting research on minoritized college students
- [Field Update: Back to School with THNK | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/field-update-back-to-school-with-thnk/): Even team members of an aspiring learning organization like TechChange need to go back to school from time to time. That
- [Field Update: Lessons Learned from Designing Community-Based M&E Systems in Jasola | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/field-update-lessons-learned-from-designing-community-based-me-systems-in-jasola/): If you
- [Field Update: Mobile Phones and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/field-update-mobile-phones-and-reconciliation-in-sri-lanka/): Interested in learning with us? Check out our next course on Technology Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, starting Oct. 1. Apply now! What does it mean in a country transitioning from…
- [Field Update: Social Innovation with Amani Institute | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/field-update-social-innovation-with-amani-institute/): Greetings from Nairobi! I
- [First-Ever Course on Technology and Peace | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/first-ever-course-on-technology-and-peace-2/): Last week, TechChange Co-Founder and President Nick Martin taught a one-week course on Technology and Peace at the United Nations-mandated…
- [Transforming Mobile Data into Credit History | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/firstaccess-mobile-data-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…
- [Five Steps To Delivering Blended, Offline Learning (with Pictures!) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/five-steps-to-delivering-blended-offline-learning-with-pictures/): While online learning has quickly advanced as a capacity building solution in the international development space, connectivity challenges continue to plague program implementation. For impact areas struggling with low- or no-bandwidth learning…
- [TechChange featured in Forbes Magazine as Scaling EdTech Social Enterprise | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/forbes-scaling-edtech-social-enterprise-impact-investing/): 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…
- [FIELD UPDATE: How Mobile Devices Provide Real-Time Data for the Egyptian Referendum | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/formhub-in-egypt/): For the first time, an international observation mission will utilize mobile devices and formhub for collecting real-time data from its observers. I
- [Five habits of effective presenters: Mobile Phones for International Development (TC105) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/four-habits-of-effective-presenters-mobile-phones-for-international-development-tc105/): As we prepare to launch the next iteration of online course Mobile Phones for International Development on September 24, we wanted to talk about what some speakers have done in the…
- [Four Lessons from Training International Exchange Alumni in Pakistan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/four-lessons-from-training-international-exchange-alumni-in-pakistan/): By Gerard McCarthy and Christopher Neu Please note that this post pertains to a customized course developed with IREX for alumni of the Global…
- [Four Lessons Learned for Creating Interactive PDFs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/four-lessons-learned-for-creating-interactive-pdfs/): In 2014, The World Bank revealed that one-third of their PDF reports had never been downloaded, and another 40 percent had been downloaded fewer than 100 times. Recognizing that government agencies,…
- [Four Lessons Learned From Trying to Change the World with a Liberal Arts Degree | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [Four Reasons Why Universities Aren’t Ready to Move Online | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/four-reasons-why-universities-arent-ready-to-move-online/): Co-authored by Mike Brown. The future of higher education may be online, but the present is still a mess. The New Yorker recently published a thorough exploration of MOOCs and higher education.…
- [Four Tips to Improve Making Videos on Your Smartphone | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/four-tips-to-improve-making-videos-on-your-smartphone/): Lights, camera, action! — if only it were that easy. Video production is an incredibly important facet of many online courses. Interviews with guest experts, introductory videos with facilitators, video…
- [Free TechChange T-Shirt for @TechChange 10,000th follower | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/free-techchange-t-shirt-for-techchange-10000th-follower/): Recently, we posted how excited we are to be approaching 10,000 Twitter followers and shared 3 lessons we
- [Free Webinar: 3D Printing Prosthetics for Children | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/free-webinar-3d-printing-prosthetics-for-children/): With the emergence of the 3D printing industry, how can 3D printing help kids who need upper limbs and fingers? Join us in a free webinar discussion with e-NABLE, a global online…
- [Free Webinar on Ebola and Mobile Data Collection: Joel Selanikio on Magpi in Sierra Leone | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/free-webinar-on-ebola-and-mobile-data-collection-joel-selanikio-on-magpi-in-sierra-leone/): What role can a mobile data collection app like Magpi have in fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone and other countries? How can Magpi address prevention, contact tracing, treatment and other challenges in…
- [Free Webinar on Digital Humanitarians: A Conversation with Patrick Meier | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/free-webinar-patrick-meier-digital-humanitarians/): What does humanitarian response look like today? With so much information available, how can we use big data effectively for humanitarian efforts? Joins us on May 5 for a free webinar…
- [Freedom Fone: Can it Make Developing Nations More Democratic? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [From Barcelona to DRC: How Public-Private Education Partnerships Can Build USAID Capacity for Mobiles for Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/from-barcelona-to-drc-how-public-private-education-partnerships-can-build-usaid-capacity-for-mobiles-for-development/): On February 26, USAID received the “Best Government Policy for Mobile Development” award at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress 2013. And while the Mobile Solutions team was receiving an award in Barcelona,…
- [From Caring to Doing: The Responsibility of Experts for #StopKony | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/from-caring-to-doing-the-responsibility-of-experts-for-stopkony/): This article has been reposted from the Huffington Post. Read the original article. By: Stephanie Rudat, Kevin Malone, and Christopher Neu
- [From Tahrir to Mumbai: Online Tools in Crisis | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [From the 1990s to 2010: Back To School in Technological Fashion | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/from-the-1990s-to-2010-back-to-school-in-technological-fashion/): Back to the books, assignments and test — back to what students do best. In my neck of the Canadian woods, students went back to school yesterday.…
- [From the Trading Floor to the Polling Booth: Twitter's Value-Added | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/from-the-trading-floor-to-the-polling-booth-twitters-value-added/): The BBC reported today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12976254) on the value that Twitter has provided to stock traders. This is an example of how social media, when well filtered, can…
- [From Vision to Action: GDHF 2025 Showed How Collaboration Is Shaping Digital Health's Future | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/from-vision-to-action-gdhf-2025-showed-how-collaboration-is-shaping-digital-healths-future/): The Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF) isn’t just a conference; it’s a community. Each year, technologists, health workers, policymakers, and innovators gather with one goal: to shape a more…
- [FrontlineSMS and Technological Responsibility | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/frontlinesms-and-technological-responsibility/): When an innovator is struck with a new idea for a technology, his or her first thought isn
- [FrontlineSMS Zombie Apocalypse Simulation at Challenge Accepted 2012 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/frontlinesms-zombie-apocalypse-simulation-at-challenge-accepted-2012/): Zombies have started to make their way into the DC Metropolitan Area! Yesterday the TechChange team delivered another FrontlineSMS simulation, this time set against the backdrop of a Zombie Apocalypse. The…
- [Furloughed? Innovate While You Wait Out the Government Shutdown | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/furloughed-innovate-while-you-wait-out-the-government-shutdown/): Get over 50% off tuition for Introduction to Intrapreneurship online course. Could the U.S. government shutdown be an opportunity for innovation? Being outside the confines of the office presents an…
- [GDDF 2023 Brazil Watch Party Journey: An Inclusive and Empowering Experience | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gddf-2023-brazil-watch-party-journey-an-inclusive-and-empowering-experience/): As the first-ever hybrid version of the Global Digital Development Forum (GDDF) unfolded, I had the privilege of leading a watch party in Brazil on the 27th of April as a GDDF…
- [GDDF 2023 Ethiopia and Guatemala Watch Parties: Localizing digital development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gddf-2023-ethiopia-and-guatemala-watch-parties-localizing-digital-development/): As part of the Global Digital Development Form in 2023, Palladium partnered with TechChange to localize conversations around digital development through side events held in Ethiopia and Guatemala. The session held…
- [GDDF 2023 Kenya Watch Party Journey: Reflections from Ambassador Omondi Peter | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gddf-2023-kenya-watch-party-journey-reflections-from-ambassador-omondi-peter/): Being a sports enthusiast, Covid – 19 meant no team sports, and this was frustrating to me. I spent much of my time indoors building and testing online Life Skills Challenges…
- [GDDF 2023 Nigeria Watch Party: Emerging Tech & the SDGs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gddf-2023-nigeria-watch-party-emerging-tech-the-sdgs/): As a young leader passionate about quality education and good governance, which are centred on the SDGs 4 and 16 of the United Nations, organising the first ever Global Digital Development…
- [#GDDF2024 Local Events: Snapshots from Moldova, Thailand, and Senegal | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gddf2024-local-events-snapshots-from-moldova-thailand-and-senegal/): What do a former Soviet republic, a popular tourist destination in Asia, and a Francophone West African country have in common? This year they all held a local event for the…
- [GDELT Global Dashboard: Big Data for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [GDHF Participant Engagement Contests are LIVE! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gdhf-2023-participant-engagement-contests-are-live/): Calling all GDHF 2023 participants: Engage, Share, WIN with the #GDHF2023Challenge! As the anticipation for this year
- [GDPR: A New Opportunity for International Development Leadership on Data Protection | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gdpr-a-new-opportunity-for-international-development-leadership-on-data-protection/): As every organization becomes a data-collecting organization, protecting and managing data will soon be everyone
- [GDPR: an evolution of data privacy and transparency | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gdpr-an-evolution-of-data-privacy-and-transparency/): It has been two months since the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, went into full effect. The GDPR was passed by the European Union on May 25 and requires organizations…
- [GDPR Blog: Third Party Services | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gdpr-blog-third-party-services/): When building modern web applications, it can be daunting to do it alone. We take all of the help we can get! Handling payments, sending automated emails, and creating…
- [GDPR: Personally Identifiable Information | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gdpr-personally-identifiable-information/): One of the biggest promises of online learning is the potential to create truly data-driven learning experiences. But this same potential also creates ethical grey areas around the acceptable uses…
- [GDPR Research Fellow Spotlight: Mitch Hulse | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/gdpr-research-fellow-spotlight-mitch-hulse/): Mitch recently joined the TechChange team as our GDPR Research Fellow! Mitch just graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada with a Masters in Public Policy, where he…
- [New Animation for Peace: Pass It On | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/generations-for-peace-animation-pass-it-on/): What are tangible ways to promote peace in local communities? How can peacebuilding practices effectively spread beyond borders? What are the best ways to encourage tolerance and responsible citizenship to avoid wars?…
- [Georgetown University Opens $10 Million Dollar Social Impact and Social Innovation Center | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/georgetown-university-opens-10-million-dollar-social-impact-and-social-innovation-center/): Earlier this week, Georgetown University announced the launch of its brand new Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation. This 10-million dollar center funded by Georgetown alumni, Alberto and Olga María…
- [Turning Applause Into Action: A 4-step Action Plan for Getting Involved in the Global Goals for Sustainable Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/get-involved-in-the-global-goals-for-sustainable-development-social-good-summit-2015/): The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, a to-do list for humanity, were approved just over a week ago in New York City. Anyone working in this field is riding a…
- [Getting Data for Visualizations: An Intro to APIs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/getting-data-for-visualizations-an-intro-to-apis/): Have you ever wondered how visualizations like the One Million Tweet Map are able to stay continuously up to date? Or have you wished you knew how to access data from The…
- [“Girls get barbies and boys get legos” but the TechGirls Program wants to change that | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/girls-get-barbies-and-boys-get-legos-but-the-techgirls-program-wants-to-change-that/): For the sixth year in a row, TechChange was honored to host three brilliant girls from the TechGirls State Program. The program encourages Middle Eastern and North African teenage girls to…
- [Why Global Development Practitioners Must Be Data Skeptics | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-development-data-skeptics/): The global development industry is generating a lot of data on the
- [The Case for Gender Data | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-development-gender-data/): In a previous post, we wrote about why global development practitioners need to be data skeptics. One of the many reasons that we need to be skeptical about the data we…
- [Global Digital Health Series, part 1: New videos on vital global goods | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-digital-health-series-part-1-new-videos-on-vital-global-goods/): Just in time for the upcoming Global Digital Health Forum on December 5-7, TechChange added several new videos to our Global Goods video series, developed in partnership with USAID and PATH/…
- [Global Digital Health Series, part 2: Teaching DH Concepts through Play | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-digital-health-series-part-2-teaching-dh-concepts-through-play/): The Global Digital Health Forum kicks off today, the leading networking and learning event for policy makers, practitioners, and tech professionals who are passionate about improving health outcomes in low- and…
- [Global Digital Health series, part 3: Interoperability & Standards explained… in 14 minutes or less! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-digital-health-series-part-3-interoperability-standards-explained-in-14-minutes-or-less/): As TechChange
- [Search and Download Our Videos on the New Global Health Channel! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-health-channel-launch/): Thanks to our new partnership with iHeed and Mobento, you can now search for content inside our educational videos, as well as store them on your Android phone for offline use. Earlier this month, we…
- [Global Internet Access Initiatives: Breaking Down Digital Divides for the Developing World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-internet-access-initiatives-digital-divides-developing-world/): Internet connectivity is increasingly being seen as a human right in our digital world. Today, most of us can
- [Global mobile subscriptions estimated to exceed world population in 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-mobile-subscriptions-estimated-to-exceed-world-population-in-2014/): Estimates from the mHealth Alliance, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and Jana Mobile Inc. show that by 2014, the number of mobile subscriptions worldwide will exceed the…
- [What Does Global Social Media Mean for Social Change Campaigns? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/global-social-media-diversity-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…
- [Go Ahead, Use Your Mobile in Class:  Part 2 of the Tech in Higher Education Discussion | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/go-ahead-use-your-mobile-in-class-part-2-of-the-tech-in-higher-education-discussion/): Cross-posted from The Amani Institute Blog The first thing Anya Kamenetz said when she took the stage at a talk at the Center for American Progress…
- [Going the Extra Mile : Sedinam Worlanyo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/going-the-extra-mile-sedinam-worlanyo/): A pivotal mindset shift occurred in my first year of working at TechChange. It was ignited during a check-in with my manager, TechChange Chief Technology Officer, Will Chester, who…
- [Goodbye EpiSurveyor: Hello Magpi! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/goodbye-episurveyor-hello-magpi/): This has been reposted from the DataDyne blog. If you
- [Google Africa has a new Manager of Policy – Ory Okolloh | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/google-africa-has-a-new-manager-of-policy-ory-okolloh/): Google Africa has a new Manager of Policy – Ory Okolloh.…
- [Google Creating a Map of Africa’s Broadband Cables | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/google-creating-a-map-of-africa-e2-80-99s-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…
- [Reflections on Google's Recent Report on Digital Security Practices | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/google-report-on-digital-security-practices/): Digital safety training is a social awareness issue. We are typically taught at a young age how to interact in society, but rarely are we taught how interact in the…
- [TechChange goes Green with Clean Energy from Arcadia Power | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/green-with-clean-energy-from-arcadia-power/): We are proud to announce that TechChange now runs on 100% pollution-free electricity as a Arcadia Power Clean Energy Partner. With our partnership with Arcadia Power Clean Energy, TechChange now meets…
- [Guest Expert Spotlight: Melissa Persaud of Mobile Phones for Public Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/guest-expert-spotlight-melissa-persaud-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): Live guest expert sessions are a key, and favorite, aspect of any of TechChange
- [Guest Expert Spotlight: Priyanka Pathak of Mobile Phones for Public Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/guest-expert-spotlight-priyanka-pathak-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): Mobile Health: How Far We
- [Guest Expert Spotlight: Steve Ollis of Mobile Phones for Public Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/guest-expert-spotlight-steve-ollis-of-mobile-phones-for-public-health/): Today we had the opportunity to chat with Steve Ollis of D-tree International, who will be a guest expert for our Mobile Phones for Public Health course. Below, he discusses his…
- [What You Need to Know About the Hacking Team Breach | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/hacking-team-hacked-explained/): While many people were watching the final match of the Women
- [Happy Holidays from the TechChange Team | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/happy-holidays-animation/): Wishing you and all your loved ones a wonderful holiday season!…
- [Harnessing the Power of Creative and Instructional Design for Demand-Driven Training (DDT) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/harnessing-the-power-of-creative-and-instructional-design-for-demand-driven-training-ddt/): TechChange recently worked with Making Cents International and The Rockefeller Foundation to produce a Demand-Driven Training (DDT) Toolkit to introduce, explain, and illustrate the best practices in jobs skills trainings…
- [Has the Anonymity of Haystack been Revealed? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/has-the-anonymity-of-haystack-been-revealed/): The core project of the San Francisco based non-profit Censorship Research Center (CRC) — Haystack: Good Luck Finding That Needle — has recently been…
- [Discussing Hashtag Activism on the Radio and in an Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/hashtag-activism-social-media-advocacy-radio-online-learning/): 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…
- [Health Data Drives the Final #Newschallenge of 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/health-data-drives-the-final-newschallenge-of-2013/): Have you heard of the #NewsChallenge? It
- [Help @TechChange choose #TCParty slideshow music! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/help-techchange-choose-tcparty-slideshow-music/): TechChange Year In Review We’ve posted the video slideshow of our year in review, but we need your help to pick the accompanying music! Tweet your…
- [Here Are The Webinar Tools You Should Be Using In 2017 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/here-are-the-webinar-tools-you-should-be-using-in-2017/): It
- [TechChange Alumnus Launches mHealth App to Correctly Prescribe Antiretrovirals for HIV | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/hiv-mhealth-avr-antiretroviral-aviro-app/): Treating HIV with antriretroviral treatment (ARV) medication can be very challenging, given how complicated it can be to dispense these pills correctly. Especially in…
- [Scaling HIV Prevention via eLearning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/hiv-prevention-elearning-apiwc-cstep/): The Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center) partnered with TechChange to develop a two-part training course designed for clinical and non-clinical providers…
- [Hospitality Employees Learn Life Skills Underwater | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/hospitality-employees-online-training-iyf-hilton-worldwide/): Should you answer a text message while talking with your supervisor? How do you resolve workplace conflicts with your colleagues? A new online version of IYF
- [How a TechChange Alum Used TC105 to Get a Job | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-a-techchange-alum-used-tc105-to-get-a-job/): As TechChange and our alumni community continue to grow, we
- [How Broadcast-Based Technodeterminism Fails EdTech | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-broadcast-based-technodeterminism-fails-edtech/): After the first wave of massively open online courses (MOOCs) failed to deliver a revolution in online education through static video content, new providers are emerging. But they are all solving the…
- [How can I Leverage my TechChange Experience to Better Serve my Community? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-can-i-leverage-my-techchange-experience-to-better-serve-my-community/): Over the last two years I have fielded a lot of questions about my two main areas of interest, education and user experience design. For many curious onlookers, education studies and…
- [How Daily Data Visualization Brings Us Together | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-daily-data-visualization-brings-us-together/): What stories would you tell with data from your daily life? In September 2014, two award-winning information designers living on different sides of Atlantic, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, collaborated on a year-long project to collect,…
- [How Democracy International Collected and Mapped Election Data in Real-Time | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-democracy-international-collected-and-mapped-data-in-real-time/): 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…
- [How demography, climate change and communication are breeding revolution | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-demography-climate-change-and-communication-are-breeding-revolution/): Mohamed Bouazizi was three years old when Zine El Abidine Ben Ali took power in Tunisia. His self-immolation in protest of harassment by corrupt…
- [How eLearning Can Support Continuing Education for Health Practitioners | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-elearning-can-support-continuing-education-for-health-practitioners/): Note: This post was written in collaboration with Erica Chin, Instructional Technologist and Medical Illustrator at Jhpiego. The instructional design team, led by Director of Instructional Design, Shannon Fineran, is proud to…
- [How Innovative Mapping Technologies can Help Address Water Issues in International Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-innovative-mapping-technologies-can-help-address-water-issues-in-international-development/): There are many lessons to be learned from on-site organizations doing implementation. As a personal account, I was recently reflecting on exploratory calls I conducted…
- [How PeaceTxt went from Chicago Interrupter to Kenyan Peacebuilder | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-peacetxt-went-from-chicago-interrupter-to-kenyan-peacebuilder/): Editor’s Note: This post has been revised to reflect corrections submitted by PeaceTXT and Sisi Ni Amani I’ve long been interested in how new media…
- [How The State Department Is Seeding Open Government | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-the-state-department-is-seeding-open-government/): The following is a guest post by Christian Douglass, a TechChange alumni from TC104: Digital Organizing and Open Government. What makes the Open Government Partnership – seemingly another multilateral…
- [How the TechChange Live Student Map Works | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-the-techchange-live-student-map-works/): Building a global classroom that feels personal and intimate isn
- [How To Create Successful, Effective Online Courses | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-to-create-successful-effective-online-courses/): Successful, effective online courses? No, that
- [Drawn in 60 Seconds: How to Create a Time Lapse Video Sequence | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-to-create-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…
- [How to find and visualize your Amazon order history data (Tutorial) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-to-find-and-visualize-your-amazon-order-history-data-tutorial/): Cross-posted from Samhir Vasdev
- [How To Pick the Right Music for Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-to-pick-music-for-online-learning/): Building effective, engaging online content is hard. And unlike still photos or infographics, video and animation can be particularly challenging for delivering consistent, high-quality learning experiences through adding audio and motion.…
- [How to Showcase Your TechChange Certificates on LinkedIn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-to-showcase-your-techchange-certificates-on-linkedin/): Picture this: You
- [How We Brought the TechChange Logo to Life | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-we-brought-the-techchange-logo-to-life/): Since TechChange was founded in 2010, our logo has always had a dynamic quality to it. This past summer, we began playing with the logo to make it come alive, both…
- [How Working Outdoors Has Helped Me in the Tech World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/how-working-outdoors-has-helped-me-in-the-tech-world/): Before working at TechChange, my professional experience existed almost exclusively outside: as a ski instructor, a field research assistant, and a trip leader and co-president of my college
- [ICCM 2012 Webcast: Powered by TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/iccm-2012-webcast-powered-by-techchange/): Go to the live webcast (starts Friday, Oct. 12 at 2:00pm) Good news, everyone! TechChange has been asked to livestream the second day of the 2012 International Conference of Crisis…
- [Information and Communications Technology in the Global Youth Wellbeing Index | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict-global-youth-wellbeing-index-csis-iyf/): 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…
- [ICT4Ag as Effective Tools for Information Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict4ag-as-effective-tools-for-information-delivery-opportunities-and-challenges/): I truly enjoyed the four-week TechChange course on Agriculture, Innovation and Technology thanks to Nick, wonderful guest speakers and brilliant classmates. I grasped the understanding of the current status in utilizing information and communication technologies…
- [Three Tips for ICT4D Success in Africa and Beyond | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict4d-africa-zambia-hiv-mhealth/): 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…
- [ICT4Drinks: DC Edtech Edition with TechChange and General Assembly | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict4drinks-dc-edtech-general-assembly-happy-hour/): It
- [ICT4Drinks: Digi Awards | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict4drinks-digi-awards/): Thank you to everyone who joined our March ICT4Drinks, hosted with USAID and mSTAR, to celebrate the Digital Development Awards (the Digis) at Penn Social. We hope that…
- [EVENT: Join Us for January ICT4Drinks! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict4drinks-january/): 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
- [ICT4Drinks: SDG Card Game Edition | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ict4drinks-sdg-card-game-edition/): The latest TechChange happy hour deviated from our standard ICT4Drinks in that we invited selected partners to try out our latest Digital Principles game. Currently the card game is…
- [ICTD 2012 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ictd-2012/): This post is cross posted from Charles Martin-Shields
- [ICTs for Violence Prevention at the World Bank | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/icts-for-violence-prevention-at-the-world-bank/): This past Thursday and Friday (May 8 & 9) I participated in the ICTs and Violence Prevention workshop hosted by the World Bank’s Social Development Office. We had an excellent collection of experts from…
- [Illustrator Spotlight: John Kim | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/illustrator-spotlight-john-kim/): A veteran Illustrator and Animator with the TechChange team, John Kim has been responsible for conceiving, illustrating, and animating some of TechChange
- [Imagine, Design, and 3D Print | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/imagine-design-3d-print-social-good/): The possibilities for 3D printing are endless. While this may scare some of us, the potential for innovation is exactly what excites us here at TechChange! Imagine being able to quickly…
- [Improving Data Quality in Global Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/improving-data-quality-in-global-health/): Data collected by frontline health workers (FHWs) is essential to a robust healthcare delivery system, as is the quality of the data. Missed vaccinations, inadequate maternal care, delayed disease…
- [Improving Malaria Case Outcomes Using Blended Learning for Africa's Private Sector | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/improving-malaria-case-outcomes-using-blended-learning-africa-private-sector-malaria-consortium/): 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…
- [In Honor of World Autism Awareness Day, a Personal Perspective on Remote Work | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/in-honor-of-world-autism-awareness-day-a-personal-perspective-on-remote-work/)
- [Blog | TechChange | The Institute for Technology and Social Change](https://www.techchange.org/blog/): Stories from our partners mixed with a few of our own — the inside scoop on what
- [Infographic: Mobiles for International Development Overview | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/infographic-mobiles-for-international-development-overview/): 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.…
- [Innovative Employment: Here come the Intrapreneurs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/innovative-employment-here-come-the-intrapreneurs/): Want to change the world with socially minded and innovative ideas, but bills, student loans and lack of investment opportunities are pushing you away from entrepreneurship and towards jobs that…
- [Innovative Open Source Wireless Network Undergoes Trial-by-Fire at Burning Man | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/innovative-open-source-wireless-network-undergoes-trial-by-fire-at-burning-man/): Expanding wireless coverages to the more remote areas of the world is the obvious first step in enabling individuals to benefit from the myriad…
- [Understanding the Importance of Instructional Design and Blended Offerings | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-and-blended-offerings/): I have had an amazing time spending this summer learning and growing with TechChange and their Education Team as a Summer Fellow. It has been such a blast, and…
- [Instructional Design Fellow Spotlight: Amber Seira | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-fellow-spotlight-amber-seira/): Amber Seira recently joined the TechChange team as an Instructional Design Fellow! She just finished a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Peru and has a very interesting background. We…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Alyssa Luisi | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-alyssa-luisi/): Alyssa Luisi joined the TechChange team last week as an Instructional Design contractor. To introduce her to the team and our learning community, we sat down for a short…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Austin Spivey | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-austin-spivey/): Austin Spivey joined the TechChange team this week to start her role this summer as an Instructional Design fellow. To introduce her to the team and our learning community, we sat down for a short Q&A.…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Danielle Peterson | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-danielle-peterson/): After starting as a Marketing and Communications fellow in spring 2018, Danielle officially joined the TechChange team in a role split between Instructional Design and Creative. Prior to TechChange, she was…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Emily Fruchterman | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-emily-fruchterman/): Over the past two and a half years, Emily Fruchterman has been involved in nearly every aspect of TechChange
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Mihret Tamrat | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-mihret-tamrat/): Mihret Tamrat recently joined the team this month as an Instructional Design Fellow. Mihret brings a wealth of experience – ranging from education, language, development and more. We sat down with her…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Min Cheng | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-min-cheng/): Min joined the TechChange team as an Instructional Design fellow! She is a recent graduate from Swarthmore College, where she studied Economics, Sociology/Anthropology, & Educational Studies. We sat down with Min…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Nancy Awad | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-nancy-awad/): Nancy recently joined the TechChange team as an Instructional Design fellow! She is a rising junior from Swarthmore College, where she studies Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies. We recently…
- [Instructional Design Spotlight: Shannon Fineran | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/instructional-design-spotlight-shannon-fineran/): A veteran Instructional Designer with the TechChange team, Shannon Fineran recently shared some of her experiences over the last year with TechChange. Q: Could you share a bit about your background? What…
- [Integrating Multimedia into Adult Education: Is it Worth all the Trouble? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/integrating-multimedia-into-adult-education-is-it-worth-all-the-trouble/): Multimedia can be a powerful tool for adult education. When used effectively it can captivate an audience, tug emotions, maintain attention, and contextualize scenario-based learning. But creating and…
- [3 Essential Elements to Integrate Tech in M&E | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/integrating-technology-in-monitoring-and-evaluation/): Simply including technology in your M&E plan does not lead to better M&E. This was the mantra as I started TechChange
- [Intern Spotlight: Kai Fox | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/intern-spotlight-kai-fox/): Here at the start of the summer season, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Kai Fox, the newest member of our team. Currently a senior at Severn High School in Annapolis, Maryland,…
- [International Conference on Crisis Mapping 2010 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/international-conference-on-crisis-mapping-2010/): I just got back from the International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2010) held at Tufts and Harvard Universities. The conference brought…
- [Interning with TechChange from Afar | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/interning-with-techchange-from-afar/): This January, I worked at TechChange as a micro-intern in the tech team. It was a wonderful experience, and I learned a lot from my work during the micro-internship. I also…
- [Intersectionality Now: 3 Things You and the Tech Community NEED to Learn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/intersectionality-now-3-things-you-and-the-tech-community-need-to-learn/): I am writing to implore friends, family, and my broader network to adopt an intersectional way of thinking. Now – not later, not tomorrow, but RIGHT NOW. If this…
- [Interview: Adam Papendieck, Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/interview-adam-papendieck-disaster-resilience-leadership-academy/): Image Source: Ushahidi Mini Biography Adam Papendieck has an MPH from Tulane University and a technical background in GIS, Statistics and Information…
- [Interview: An Open Source Approach to Medical Research | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/interview-an-open-source-approach-to-medical-research/): Cross-posted from The Stanford Social Innovation Review by Roshan Paul and Alexa Clay This is the second in a series of interviews where we speak…
- [TechChange Finalist for InTheCapital "50 on Fire" 2014 List | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/inthecapital-50-on-fire-2014-education/): We
- [Introducing CaerusGEO | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/introducing-caerusgeo/): This is a guest post by Matt McNabb, Principal of Caerus Associates. If you are interested in using mapping for digital organizing, consider taking our course Digital Organizing and Open Government.…
- [TechChange Introduces Collaborative Syllabus Building | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/introducing-collaborative-syllabus-building/): This is the second post in our Digital Pedagogy series, where we will share how we are trying to make online social learning even better with new learning activities…
- [Introducing console-to-slack: Slack webhooks for the JavaScript console | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/introducing-console-to-slack-slack-webhooks-for-the-javascript-console/): We are very excited to announce console-to-slack, our first package of the year! One of our main goals for 2017 is to contribute more to the open-source community, so it is a good first step…
- [Introducing the New Digital Principles GIFs! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/introducing-the-principles-gifs/): When our team partnered with the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) to build the animation for the Principles for Digital Development we didn
- [Introducing the TechChange Translation Manager | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/introducing-the-techchange-translation-manager/): TechChange is proud to announce the release of our new platform localization manager! Online learning partners can update navigation, reporting, and student experience language as easily as updating a spreadsheet. When…
- [Inveneo in Haiti: An Interview with Mark Summer and Rohan Mahy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/inveneo-in-haiti-an-interview-with-mark-summer-and-rohan-mahy/): The current picture of Haiti is complex: millions of people are still displaced, billions of dollars in promised aid have yet to arrive, and there is…
- [(Ir)Responsible AI | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/irresponsible-ai/): From the impact of AI on the human rights of marginalized populations, to its potential to help (and exacerbate) the climate crises, even to using AI tools for public health writing,…
- [Is e-Learning Inferior to Face-to-Face Instruction? (e-Learning Series) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/is-e-learning-inferior-to-face-to-face-instruction/): TechChange is excited to launch a new blog series dedicated to e-Learning for educators and trainers. The series will highlight emerging technologies, best practices in instructional design…
- [Is Forcing Open the Internet a Next Frontier for Humanitarian Intervention? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/is-forcing-open-the-internet-the-next-frontier-for-humanitarian-intervention/): The recent demonstrations in Belarus, Tunisia, Bahrain, and especially Egypt have all recently demonstrated the importance of the Internet and social…
- [Is GroupMe the Next Big Thing for SMS and How Might It Support Social Change? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/is-groupme-the-next-big-thing-for-sms-and-how-might-it-support-social-change/): Perhaps the biggest thing to come out of this years famed South By Southwest Conference (SXSWi) was the GroupMe app. And since there
- [It's Not About the Technology: Reflections on the First Two Days of Running an Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/its-not-about-the-technology-reflections-on-the-first-two-days-of-running-an-online-course/): This piece has been cross-posted from The Amani Institute. Read the original post. You think carefully through the strategy for starting a new educational organization with an online course. You…
- [#IWD2015: Celebrating International Women's Day 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/iwd2015-celebrating-international-womens-day-2015/): On this year
- [Jumo: Day 1. Our First Impressions of the Social Network for Social Causes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/jumo-day-1-our-first-impressions/): Yesterday, Jumo released its beta platform to the world, but the launch was far from seamless. Founded by Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes, Jumo bills itself as a…
- [TechChange Spotlight: Junior Programmer Intern, Oscar Chen | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/junior-programmer-intern-oscar-chen/): Rising Swarthmore College junior, Oscar Chen, just spent his summer and part of his last winter intersession break with the TechChange team in Washington, DC…
- [Keeping Face in Censored Cyber World via Circumvention Tools | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/keeping-face-in-censored-cyber-world-via-circumvention-tools/): Happy National Cyber Security Awareness Month too all you tech-savvy, Internet loving folk out there! Let’s Celebrate — by examining The Berkman Center for Internet & Society…
- [TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Kendra Keith | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [Kitten Party at TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/kitten-party-at-techchange/): To celebrate the end of another year at TechChange, we again partnered with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue of puppy party fame to bring seven adorable one-month-old kittens to the…
- [Knowledge Sharing for Effective Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/knowldge-sharing-for-effective-development/): In international development, as with so many other fields, information is everything. OK, that’s kind of a broad statement, and a bit of a “no duh”…
- [What You Need To Know About Knowledge Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/knowledge-management-explained/): Knowledge Management may sound intimidating, but you
- [Knowledge Management for Whom? A Response to USAID's KM for Development Conference | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/knowledge-management-for-whom-a-response-to-usaids-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…
- [Kosovo Youth Social Entrepreneurs Prototype Solutions to Improve Local Communities | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/kosovo-youth-social-entrepreneurs-prototype-solutions-to-improve-local-communities/): 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…
- [Launching our Ushahidi Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/launching-our-ushahidi-course/): Today we are excited to announce, in conjunction with our friends and colleagues at Ushahidi, one of our first new 200-level courses: Ushahidi: Frameworks for Effective Platform Management, a four-week,…
- [Learning Cohort Meets IRL: Virtual Course Alumni Convene at the Global Digital Health Forum | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/learning-cohort-meets-irl-virtual-course-alumni-convene-at-the-global-digital-health-forum/): I’ve facilitated many deliveries of the Digital Health: Planning National Systems (DH:PNS) course since its creation in 2020, from fully synchronous to blended, from Chile to Egypt. But up…
- [Lessons from a Decade of Online Social Networking, How to Build a High Impact Site | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/lessons-from-a-decade-of-online-social-networking-how-to-build-a-high-impact-site/): Earlier this month I sat down with Dr. Craig Zelizer, Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution MA Program at Georgetown University and…
- [Lessons Learned from a Massive Hybrid Event | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/lessons-learned-from-a-massive-hybrid-event/): 2023 marked the 13th year of the Global Digital Health Forum, and the hybrid event had the highest and most diverse attendance in the conference
- [Lessons Learned from TechWeek@DU | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/lessons-learned-from-techweekdu/): Anyone who has planned a conference knows that they
- [Leveraging a Community-Led Model for Virtual Conferencing Success | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/leveraging-a-community-led-model-for-virtual-conferencing-success/): Fifteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom fatigue had many of us practically catatonic in front of our screens. So how was the Society for International Development – Washington…
- [Leveraging Technology for the Sustainable Development Goals | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/leveraging-technology-for-the-sustainable-development-goals/): 3D printers make creating new prosthetic limbs look easy. Smart systems enable farmers to perfectly plant, fertilize, water and harvest their fields. Innovative analytical…
- [Liberating Data for Humans with Data Visualizations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/liberating-data-for-humans-with-data-visualizations/): In his 2006 TED talk, Hans Rosling used data visualizations to deconstruct his students
- [Listen, Before Changing the World: Obaid Arshad Khan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/listen-before-changing-the-world-obaid-arshad-khan/): It was an immense pleasure to be a part of the two-day TechChange course
- [Listening to the ‘Peacekept’: Using Technology to Understand Conflict Narratives | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/listening-to-the-peacekept-using-technology-to-understand-conflict-narratives/): If you’re interested in learning more about how technology can support peacebuilding and conflict management programming, check out TC109: Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, being…
- [Locally-Led Tech and Policy Innovations Take Center Stage at GDHF 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/locally-led-tech-and-policy-innovations-take-center-stage-at-gdhf-2024/): Anyone who knows me is aware that connecting awesome social impact professionals to one another is one of my favorite things about working in this space. So I was…
- [Look But Don't Touch….Yet: Internet Activism in #TimorLeste | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/look-but-dont-touch-yet-internet-activism-in-timorleste/): This is a guest post from Laura Ogden, an alumna of our course, TC104: Global Innovations for Digital Organizing. If you
- [Looking Forward to GDHF 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/looking-forward-to-gdhf-2024/): The Global Digital Health Forum is where the world of digital health practitioners, experts, and funders comes together– it
- [M-learning at Makerere University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/m-learning-at-makerere-university/): This past week, Raymond Besiga, my co-fellow on the Global Health Corps fellowship, and I met with Dr. Paul Muyinda, a leading mLearning practitioner…
- [How an Online Course Gave this MBA Graduate an Edge, and Ultimately a Job Offer | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/m4d-online-course-alumna-att-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…
- [M4D Online Course Sneak Peek: Mobile Money Beyond M-Pesa with Chrissy Martin of Zoona | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/m4d-sneak-peak-mobile-money-zoona-chrissy-martin/): It
- [Magpi Releases Data Visualization Feature | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/magpi-releases-data-visualization-feature/): Last week, the mobile data collection service Magpi released its latest addition to the platform: data visualizations. We sat down with the founder and CEO, Dr. Joel Selanikio, to talk about the new feature and what…
- [Magpi Rated Top Digital Data Collection App by Kopernik Impact Tracker Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/magpi-top-digital-data-collection-app-kopernik-impact-tracker-technology/): The field of digital data collection is constantly and rapidly changing, and as we
- [TechChange Returns to Kampala | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/malaria-consortium-online-course-checkin/): It
- [Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability in Bangladesh with QGIS, TileMill, and CartoCSS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mapping-climate-change-vulnerability-in-bangladesh-with-qgis-tilemill-and-cartocss/): During my undergraduate work in Landscape Architecture, I learned a method of analyzing spatial data by overlaying various types of information on acetate sheets or tracing paper developed by Ian McHarg, a…
- [3 Lessons Learned in Our Last Mapping course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mapping-for-international-development-online-course-lessons-learned/): In June 2014, we wrapped up the second round of our Mapping for International Development online course. Nearly 60 participants joined us from Rwanda, Ethiopia, Benin, Mozambique, Australia, Kenya, Haiti, Thailand,…
- [Putting Global Crises on the Map Using Social Media Data and ArcGIS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mapping-global-crises-social-media-data-arcgis/): How can mapping the geolocations of tweets tell a story about global atrocities? How can digital mapping be integrated as a learning tool for university classes? As part of his final project…
- [Mapping Online Event Participation: @USIP for #USIPBlogs | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mapping-online-event-participation-usip-for-usipblogs/): How do you turn a panel discussion in Washington, DC into a global conversation? On Friday September 16, TechChange partnered with the U.S. Institute…
- [How Maps Help Fight Ebola | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/maps-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…
- [The Role of Maps in Making Cities Green | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/maps-making-cities-green/): Green infrastructure hasn
- [Maps, Texts, and Video, Oh My! Following the Road to Crisis Response and Good Governance through Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/maps-texts-and-video-oh-my-following-the-road-to-crisis-response-and-good-governance-through-technology/): This post was originally published on the NDITech DemocracyWorks blog by Lindsay Beck (view original post), a student in TechChange’s recent course at George Washington University. For more…
- [Marc Mitchell Scholarship for Global Digital Health Forum Awarded to DOTOH Founder | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/marc-mitchell-scholarship-for-global-digital-health-forum-awarded-to-dotoh-founder/): From her work in clinical care and public health in both Benin and the United States, to consulting for the United Nations Fund for Population and Oxfam, Dr.…
- [March ICT4Drinks: Celebrating the Digital Development Awards | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/march-ict4drinks-celebrating-the-digital-development-awards/): On March 29, 2019, TechChange and FHI360 will be celebrating the Digital Development Awards with another ICT4Drinks! Click here to register for this event and read below to learn…
- [March Madness: May the Best Band Name Win | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/march-madness-may-the-best-band-name-win/): It was a long Sunday night for the TechChange Selection Committee. After everybody else was long asleep, brackets printed, hours of analysis on ESPN consumed, and even the angry tweet of…
- [March Madness Update: Puns, $pecial Ch@racters, and the Shortcomings of Zombies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/march-madness-update-puns-special-characters-and-the-shortcomings-of-zombies/): All of the top seeds survived the first round unscathed. In beating their competition, CAPS LOCK CRAZY, Russian Radio Appeal, The New Cartographers, and The Thorough Beards continued the streak of top…
- [Marketing and Communications Fellow Spotlight: Honor Leahy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/marketing-and-communications-fellow-spotlight-honor-leahy/): Honor Leahy recently joined the TechChange team as a Marketing and Communications Fellow! She just finished a year as a Boren Scholar to China after finishing undergrad. We recently sat…
- [Marketing & Sales Spotlight: Amal Abukar | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/marketing-sales-spotlight-amal-abukar/): Amal recently joined the TechChange team as a Marketing & Communications fellow! Prior to TechChange she worked in the startup, social impact, and tech space. We recently sat down with Amal…
- [Marking the m-Health Moment | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/marking-the-m-health-moment/): It’s hard not to get excited about the work being done bringing health care into the digital age. Mobiles have the potential to increase efficiency at…
- [M&E Professionals Series: Q&A with Janet Kerley of dTS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/me-professionals-series-stephen-giddings-with-janet-kerley-of-development-and-training-services/): In August, along with announcing our Tech for M&E Diploma program, we kicked off a M&E Professionals Series, where we will be talking one-on-one with M&E professionals…
- [M&E Professionals Series: Q&A with Michael Klein of ISG | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/me-professionals-series-with-michael-klein-of-isg/): At TechChange, we pride ourselves in teaching our participants the crucial skills needed for a career in social good. And how do we find out what those skills are? We go…
- [How Might We Measure Trauma Healing? Lessons from Burundi | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/measure-trauma-healing-burundi/): More than 300,000 people lost their lives in the bloody civil war that ravaged Burundi from 1993 to 2005. Almost twice as many were forced to leave their homes, slowly returning…
- [Meet TechChange's New Creative Director: Yohan Perera | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/meet-techchanges-new-creative-director-yohan-perera/): Already an established graphic designer with the TechChange team, Yohan Perera recently assumed the responsibilities of Creative Director, where he will oversee all animations, illustrations, videography, photography, and any other creative projects.…
- [Improving Mental Health Through Urban Design: There's an App for that | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mental-health-urban-design-and-mhealth/): What does urban design have to do with mental health? By 2050, at least two-thirds of the global population will live in cities, which means urban public health is fast…
- [Challenges and Opportunities for mHealth in Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-challenges-opportunities-kenya-india/): According to GSMA
- [What is mHealth? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-definition/): How would you define mHealth? Check out these mHealth definitions from a few of the attendees from last December
- [How Can We Scale the mHealth Community through Education? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-education/): We’re excited to partner with the mHealth Alliance yet again to offer our Mobile Phones for Public Health for open enrollment. And we think it matters: When it comes to IC4D (or M4D) projects, even…
- [mHealth Entrepreneurship: From Hype and Hope to Happiness | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-entrepreneurship-from-hype-and-hope-to-happiness/): In the Fall 2013 session of TechChange
- [How mHealth is Evolving into Phone Extensions and Wearables | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-evolving-into-phone-extensions-and-wearables/): When we interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, at the 2013 mHealth Summit, he said that mobile phones are the
- [mHealth: Healthcare Reaching Remote Places with Mobile Phones and SMS | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-healthcare-reaching-remote-places-with-mobile-phones-and-sms/): Mobile phones seem to be everywhere in Africa, and they
- [The Top 3 Opportunities for mHealth, a $42.12 Billion Industry by 2020 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-opportunities-42-billion-dollar-industry-by-2020/): According to a recent report by Grand View Research, Inc., the global market for the mHealth (mobile health) industry will reach $42.12 billion dollars by year 2020. That same year, GSMA…
- [mHealth Preview: Laura Walker Hudson on SMS and Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-preview-laura-walker-hudson-on-sms-and-social-change/): In preparation for our upcoming course on Mobile Phones for Public Health, we wanted to share our most recent attempt to blend compelling narration with informative animation. In this short clip,…
- [mHealth Preview: Sneak Peek into Mobiles for Public Health Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-preview-sneak-peek-into-mobiles-for-public-health-online-course/): At TechChange, we can never get enough of mobile technology because it is constantly changing and reaching more people, even the most remote and low-income parts of the world. Many in…
- [mHealth Summit: We Want to Interview You! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-summit-we-want-to-interview-you/): [UPDATE: Thank you so much to all the wonderful speakers who stopped by! We’ve posted many of the interviews in our media library!] TechChange and mHealth Alliance are camped out at the mHealth…
- [mHealth's Potential as a Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH) Catalyst | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-wash-catalyst-water-sanitation-hygiene/): My final project for TechChange
- [Joining the mHealth Community via an Online Course | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth-wash-community-online-learning/): When we last featured TC309: mHealth alumna, Lauren Bailey, on the TechChange blog, we shared her mHealth final project on the potential of WASH (water,…
- [#mHealth101 Twitter Chat on May 17th – Free Seat Giveaway! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mhealth101-twitter-chat-on-may-17th-free-seat-giveaway/): Our mHealth: Mobile Phones for Public Health Online Certificate course will run for its second time from June 3rd – 28th and we couldn’t be more excited about it. Along with The mHealth Alliance, we…
- [Micheal Wesch on How New Media Mediate Our World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/micheal-wesch-on-how-new-media-mediate-our-world/): Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead. Mar…
- [mLearning and the Global Classroom: New Technologies that are Changing the way we Learn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mlearning-and-the-global-classroom/): mLearing 1900s style Adults and adolescents with Atopic Dermatitis in the USA, expectant mothers in Ghana, young teachers in Finland and pharmacists i…
- [Mobile Applications for Atrocity Prevention Require Mobile Students | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobile-applications-for-atrocity-prevention-require-mobile-students/): Interested in learning about Mobile Phones for International Development? Early bird registration for our next class ends on February 25, 2013! Apply Now. Last week, the Stanford Social Innovation…
- [The Role of Mobile Phones in Survey Data Collection: My World 2015 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobile-phones-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…
- [Using Mobile Technology to Better Prepare, Communicate, and Keep Informed during Emergencies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobile-technology-emergency-preparation-communication-information/): Image source: ReadyMarin During an emergency, it is important to have ample information. Specifically, emergency management teams and affected populations need details surrounding the…
- [3 MWC15 Takeaways for the Developing World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobile-world-congress-2015-takeaways-for-the-developing-world/): Last week, tens of thousands of participants and over 2,000 exhibitors gathered at the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to launch and share the latest advances in mobile technology,…
- [The Mobile Future in One Picture | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobiles-development-course/): Interested in learning about Mobile Phones for Public Health? Class starts on June 3! Apply Now. Mobile devices are quickly becoming much more than just a means to make a voice call. Top of the line…
- [Mobiles for education…a memory from Samoa | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobiles-for-education-e2-80-a6a-memory-from-samoa/): This article is re-posted from TechChange team member Charles Martin-Shields’s website “Espresso Politics”. We thank him for being awesome and sharing…
- [Mobiles for International Development Course Gets a Makeover | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobiles-for-international-development-course-gets-a-makeover/): We
- [Three Ways Mobiles and Tablets Trump Paper-based Surveys and Evaluations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mobiles-tablets-paper-surveys-evaluations/): My current focus on tourism development led me to explore how some of the tech tools discussed in the Mobiles for International Development class can…
- ["Rwanda is for All of Us": Modern M&E and Traditional Community Building Come Together in Rwanda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/modern-monitoring-and-evaluation-and-traditional-community-building-come-together-in-rwanda/): How can peacebuilding programs get a better understanding of trust? This question is at the heart of Innocent Hitayezu
- [3 Takeaways from the 2014 M&E Tech Conference in D.C. | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/monitoring-evaluation-tech-conference-dc-takeaways/): On September 25 and 26, over 200 development practitioners and technologists filled FHI 360
- [What are the M&E Technology Tools of 2015? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/monitoring-evaluation-technology-tools-2015/): With the rapidly growing field of monitoring and evaluation, there are many technology tools that are designed to help the many roles of M&E…
- [M&E Technology Meeting in Zambia Connects Online Learning Offline | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/monitoring-evaluation-technology-zambia-hybrid-learning/): At TechChange, we
- [Why MOOCs Won't Replace Educators in the Classroom | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/moocs-and-full-stack-educators/): Based on the explosive growth of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) this year, it might appear that the future of online education consists of passively…
- [MOOCs Are Not the Answer: Embracing Creative Chaos for Online Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/moocs-are-not-the-answer-embracing-creative-chaos-for-online-education/): Reports of the demise of the American educational system have been greatly exaggerated. According to the New York Times, 2012 was the Year of the MOOC with the emergence of edX, Udacity, and Coursera…
- [MOSES Giving Voice to Victims & Survivors in Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Commission | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/moses-giving-voice-to-victims-survivors-in-liberian-truth-reconciliation-commission/): The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia was established in 2005 as part of the country’s transition of bloody civil war into an emerging de…
- [A Mama Is a Mama, Around the World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/mothers-mama-global-mobile/): 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…
- [Muhammad Yunus Interview on Social Business, Mobiles, and Health Care at mHealth Summit 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/muhammad-yunus-interview-on-social-business-mobiles-and-health-care-at-mhealth-summit-2013/): 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,…
- [Multilingual Tweets: U.S. State Department To Middle East Revolutionaries | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/multilingual-tweets-u-s-state-department-to-middle-east-revolutionaries/): U.S Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton – speaking on behalf of the Obama administration – expressed views on the power of media via a statement…
- [Internet Security in an Age of International Protest | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/net-security-in-an-age-of-protest/): Last month, the government of Sudan declared a
- [New Course! Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture with Online Education About Human Trafficking | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-course-cultivating-new-frontiers-in-agriculture-with-online-education-about-human-trafficking/): We are very excited to announce a new course we have built for our partners at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture. In this training, users learn how to recognize and stop human trafficking,…
- [New Course! Making Anti-Corruption Education Accessible with Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-course-making-anti-corruption-education-accessible-with-online-learning/): We are excited to announce the creation of a new Anti-Corruption Compliance training designed for company leadership, compliance officers, and all staff in emerging markets around the world! Created for our partners…
- [New Digital Health Site, and Upcoming Opportunities for Digital Health Practitioners | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-digital-health-site-and-upcoming-opportunities-for-digital-health-practitioners/): Digital Health: Planning National Systems is the world
- [New Digital Literacy Video Series | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-digital-literacy-video-series/): TechChange specializes in distilling complex topics in a way that is engaging and beautiful, making them easily understood by diverse audiences. We
- [New Event Planning Resource: "How-to Hybrid" Guide | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-event-planning-resource-how-to-hybrid-guide/): Hybrid events– where there are both in-person and virtual elements– are the new standard for inclusive, engaging conference experiences. This is doubly true for international development and social impact events, where…
- [New Innovations in Mobiles for Health | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-innovations-in-mobiles-for-health/): We’re going to continue to look at emerging mobile health applications this week. While last time the focus was on promising technologies on the horiz…
- [New Junior Web Developer Spotlight: Becky Bell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-junior-web-developer-spotlight-becky-bell/): Becky Bell has joined the TechChange team as a Junior Web Developer! We recently sat down with Becky to learn more about her background and experience. So excited to…
- [New Media for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [New Platform Partner! Q&A with Patrick Meier of WeRobotics Online Training Academy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-platform-partner-werobotics-online-training-academy/): We
- [TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Delanie Ricketts | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-staff-delanie-ricketts/): Delanie recently joined us as an Online Instructional Designer where she will build eLearning courses for TechChange
- [TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Katie Perry | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-staff-katie-perry/): Katherine (Katie) Perry has recently joined us as a communications and operations associate where she will be key in TechChange
- [TechChange New Staff Spotlight: Sara Pitcairn | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-staff-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…
- [New TechChange Partnership with Learning Machine | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-techchange-partnership-with-learning-machine/): Learning Machine Technologies, architect of the Blockcerts open standard with the MIT Media Lab, is the world leader in blockchain-based digital credentials. With a standards-based, in-market Issuing System for multi-chain…
- [New USAID-TechChange Course Preview: Mobile Data Solutions (TC311) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-usaid-techchange-course-preview-mobile-data-solutions-tc311/): Are you interested in learning with TechChange? Check out our next class: Digital Organizing and Open Government. Class starts April 8, 2013. Apply Now. How can USAID use mobile technologies to more…
- [New USAID-TechChange Online Course Partnership: Accelerating Mobile Money | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-usaid-techchange-online-course-partnership-accelerating-mobile-money/): This week will mark the launch of our new eight-week online certificate course on Mobile Money in partnership with the Mobile Solutions team at USAID and The QED Group. Today, we…
- [New Video! Why Is It So Hard to Try Something New in ICT4D? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/new-video-why-is-it-so-hard-to-try-something-new-in-ict4d/): THE FUTURE IS HERE! But why is it so hard to apply technology to development challenges in the field? This video with Laura Walker Hudson of Social Impact Lab explores this question in more depth, with…
- [TechChange's newest initiative: A Diploma Program in Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/newest-initiative-a-diploma-program-in-technology-for-monitoring-and-evaluation/): We are so excited to announce our newest initiative: A Diploma in Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation! Over the past five years, we
- [Newseum, Google and YouTube Commemorate The Fallen Journalists of 2010 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/newseum-google-and-youtube-commemorate-the-fallen-journalists-of-2010/): On May 16 th 2011, Washington DC
- [NextDrop: An Innovative Solution to a Critical Problem | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/nextdrop-an-innovative-solution-to-a-critical-problem/): Featured image: water filling a metal pot, taken March 26, 2009 This article was written as part of the course
- [Nick Martin Selected as 2014 Ariane de Rothschild Fellow | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/nick-martin-ariane-de-rothschild-fellow-2014/): 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…
- [Nick Martin hosts SwatTank Competition at Swarthmore College | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/nick-martin-hosts-swattank-competition-at-swarthmore-college/): Nick Martin, the founder and CEO of TechChange and Swarthmore alumnus recently had the exciting opportunity to MC the 2017 SwatTank competition at Swarthmore College! SwatTank is a business competition much like the popular show…
- [Nick Martin on the Expanding Possibilities for Social Innovation as Technology Evolves | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/nick-martin-on-the-expanding-possibilities-for-social-innovation-as-technology-evolves/): Nick join Impact Boom
- [TechChange President Nick Martin Selected as runner-up for Society for International Development's Rice Award | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/nick-martin-sid-society-international-development-runner-up/): We
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- [Online Training of Trainers- Dispatch from CARE VSLA | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/online-training-of-trainers-dispatch-from-care-vsla/): A well-done Training of Trainers (TOT) is an effective way to boost the relevance, sustainability, and long-term impact of international development training programs. But in-person they are often high-touch, costly endeavors that…
- [Why Pandemic Preparation Will Revolutionize Online Workshops | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/online-workshops-and-pandemic-preparation/): When it comes to event planning in the face of a pandemic, the technology is the easy part. Shifting the training model will be harder, and international development is perfectly…
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- [Our First Ever Course on Digital Technology, Agriculture, and Innovation! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/our-first-ever-course-on-digital-technology-agriculture-and-innovation/): Exciting News: We are launching our first ever online course on Agriculture, Innovation and Technology in coordination with ICTforAg 2016, a premier conference on the use of technology to improve smallholder…
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- [Partner Spotlight: Katherine Raphaelson, SID-US | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/partner-spotlight-katherine-raphaelson-sid-us/): SID-US (formerly SID-Washington) is the largest and most active chapter of the Society for International Development (SID), an international network founded in 1957 to serve as a global forum dedicated to…
- [Paving the Way for a Cashless Society: Somaliland and Mobile Banking | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/paving-the-way-for-a-cashless-society-somaliland-and-mobile-banking/): There are no ATMs, the countries currency is unrecognized without an official exchange rate, and every American dollar translates into 17, 000 Somalil…
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- [Platform Facilitation Spotlight: Sedinam Worlanyo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/platform-facilitation-spotlight-sedinam-worlanyo/): Sedinam joined the the TechChange team to support service design and tech initiatives. She will be focusing on supporting partner learning objectives on the TechChange platform. In addition to graduating from Swarthmore…
- [Playing with Hate: What Does Gaza Reveal about the Future of Gaming? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/playing-with-hate-what-does-gaza-reveal-about-the-future-of-gaming/): The gatekeepers of gaming are suddenly in the middle of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the past few days, Google Play has removed several games relating to…
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- [Preview of TC106: New Tech for Educational Practice | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/preview-of-tc106-new-tech-for-educational-practice/): Next monday (Feb 20th) we begin the TechChange four week certificate course on New Technologies for Educational Practice. I
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- [Recap of ICT4D Tweet Chat (Hashtag: #ict4ddl) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/recap-of-ict4d-tweet-chat-ict4ddl/): On January 11, 2011 from 11-12am, TechChange co-hosted a tweet chat with Linda Raftree (@meowtree) from Plan International to gauge interest in ICT for Development (ICT4D) distance…
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- [Recap of TechChange Course at George Mason School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [What Happened in Our Last Mobiles for International Development Course? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/recap-tc105-mobiles-for-international-development-spring-2014/): 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…
- [Reflections on the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship: Cross-Cultural Dialogue & Social Entrepreneurship at Cambridge University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/reflections-ariane-de-rothschild-fellowship-cross-cultural-dialogue-social-entrepreneurship-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…
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- [Refugee Health: The Potential of Mobile Health Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/refugee-health-the-potential-of-mobile-health-technology/): Mobile health technologies are one of the fastest growing, arguably most innovative new platforms that utilize the power of mobile phones. As mentioned before by Jordan Hosmer-Henner…
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- [Revolutionizing Data with GeoPoll: A TechChange Alumna Interviews Amy Sweeney | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/revolutionizing-data-geopoll-techchange-alumna-interview-amy-sweeney-mobilephone-surveys/): 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…
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- [Special Offer: 60% off Mobiles for International Development if Already Enrolled in TC108 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/special-offer-60-off-mobiles-for-international-development-if-already-enrolled-in-tc108/): Are you already enrolled in our Technology, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship course and interested in mobile phone applications for the developing world? Do you want to deeply examine organizations and…
- [Spicing Up Your Prezi: 3 Lessons from PopTech 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/spicing-up-your-prezi-3-lessons-from-poptech-2013/): Last week, I was fortunate enough to present at PopTech 2013 and participate in the Poptech Social Innovation Fellowship program along with nine other super inspiring social entrepreneurs. What an amazing…
- [TechChange Spotlight: Educational Technologist Summer Intern, Emily Fruchterman | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/spotlight-educational-technologist-summer-intern-emily-fruchterman/): After a study-abroad semester in Spain and a summer at TechChange in Washington D.C., Emily Fruchterman is heading back to William & Mary to finish…
- [TechChange Spotlight: Software Engineer – Analytics Intern, Sean Bae | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/spotlight-software-engineer-analytics-intern-sean-bae/): After a summer at TechChange, it
- [Spy Tools to Spread Dissident Information | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/spy-tools-to-spread-dissident-information/): A technique recently used by [Russian spies](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063003108.html)to communicate with…
- [Staff Spotlight: Allison Prell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-allison-prell/): Allison recently joined the TechChange team as a Senior Instructional Designer, where she creates boutique blended and eLearning experiences. A former classroom educator, Allison comes to TechChange from George…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Alon Askarov | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-alon-askarov/): Where are you from? I
- [Staff Spotlight: Alyssa Cawley | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-alyssa-cawley/): Alyssa recently joined the TechChange team as an Account Manager, where she supports public health education programs.…
- [Staff Spotlight: Amanda Jagus | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-amanda-jagus/): My grandparents immigrated to the United States from India and they always emphasized the importance of education to my brother and me. I also have a few teachers in my family,…
- [Staff Spotlight: Amanda Pettenati | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-amanda-pettenati/): I spent my first career in Investment Banking. I always knew it wasn
- [Staff Spotlight: April Coan | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-april-coan/): I come from a family of educators. Both of my parents were teachers and I
- [Staff Spotlight: Ariel Frankel | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-ariel-frankel/): Ariel recently joined the TechChange team as a Program Manager, where she helps elearning partners build and deliver learning experiences on digital health.…
- [Staff Spotlight: Bethany Shackelford | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-bethany-shackelford/): Early in my career, I struggled knowing where I wanted to focus my career – I explored nursing, sociology, and international development, among other fields. Shortly after college, I looked back…
- [Staff Spotlight: Brittany Jones | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-brittany-jones/): Brittany is a Senior Account Manager with TechChange, where she supports the design and implementation of engaging virtual workshops. Prior to coming to TechChange, Brittany worked with students and teachers throughout…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Charlie Weems | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-charlie-weems/): Meet Charlie Weems, TechChange
- [Staff Spotlight: Christopher Ford, Senior Director of Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-christopher-ford-senior-director-of-hybrid-events/): Q: So, tell us more about yourself. Why do you like working on events? I like variety. I like the variety of clients that working on events allows me to interact…
- [Staff Spotlight: Hailey Nicholas | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-hailey-nicholas/): Hailey recently joined the TechChange team as a Program Manager, where she helps elearning partners build and deliver learning experiences on digital health.…
- [Staff Spotlight: Katie Penland | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-katie-penland/): Katie is a Senior Program Manager at TechChange where she helps bring virtual conferences to life for partners and attendees around the world. Before TechChange, Katie worked on in-person…
- [Staff Spotlight: Kayla McCoy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-kayla-mccoy/): Kayla recently joined the TechChange team as a Program Coordinator, where she supports the online events team in creating fascinating virtual conferences. Kayla holds a B.A. in English Language…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Liang Cai | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-liang-cai/): Liang Cai recently joined TechChange as the Creative Director. Liang is a Motion Designer, Animator and VFX compositor whose past client work ranges from documentary title sequences to feature films, giving…
- [Staff Spotlight: Lilly Snell | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-lilly-snell/): Lilly is a Project Assistant at TechChange, where she supports the development of engaging virtual experiences. She recently graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in International Relations and spent her…
- [Staff Spotlight: Lisa Primeaux-Redmond | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-lisa-primeaux-redmond/): I studied a number of foreign languages in college. Eventually, my love of spoken language led to an interest in computer languages, and a career shift into tech swiftly followed. At…
- [Staff Spotlight: Maggie Miland | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-maggie-miland/): Maggie is an Account Manager with TechChange, where she works with partners to develop memorable eLearning experiences. Prior to joining TechChange, Maggie cultivated action-oriented workshops and conferences for social purpose organizations across…
- [Staff Spotlight: Marion Comi-Morog | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-marion-comi-morog/): Marion joined the TechChange team as a Program Coordinator, where she helps the Events team to create meaningful and engaging virtual conferences for a worldwide audience. Before joining the…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Nancy Ngo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-nancy-ngo/): What is it like to work in marketing and communications at an edtech social enterprise? Check out what TechChange
- [Staff Spotlight: Natalya Buchwald | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-natalya-buchwald/): Natalya recently joined the TechChange team as an Account Manager, where she helps elearning partners leverage the TechChange platform services and education team to create powerful learning experiences.…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Norman Shamas | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-norman-shamas/): Wondered who designs and teaches our online courses? You met one of our course facilitators Kendra Keith in a previous post, and today we introduce you to Norman Shamas. As TechChange
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Pablo Leon | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-pablo-leon/): At TechChange, we believe that online learning doesn
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Rebecca Nelson | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-rebecca-nelson/): Have you seen our animations and wondered who is creating them? Meet one of our graphic designers who brings them to life, Rebecca Nelson. Where are you from? I am from Accokeek…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Samita Thapa | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-samita-thapa/): Samita joined TechChange last summer and has returned this year as an EGLI – Atlas Corps Fellow. As a Communications Associate, she assists in the daily communications with TechChange
- [Staff Spotlight: Shannon Tracy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-shannon-tracy/): Shannon is Director of Virtual & Hybrid Events at TechChange, where she leads the Events department in creating engaging virtual and hybrid conferences for partners and participants across the globe. Prior…
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Yohan Perera | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/staff-spotlight-yohan-perera/): Yohan Perera recently joined TechChange as a Graphic Designer. He received his Bachelor
- [Standardizing ICT4Drinks | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/standardizing-ict4drinks/): Our next event is coming up! And we wanted to share notes on how we’re trying to standardize the ICT4Drinks format for 2019. What is ICT4Drinks? This is…
- [State of TechChange 2012 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/state-of-techchange-2012/): The end of the year is now upon us. We just wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts and the top of our DC nerd attic for making 2012 our best one yet. Specifically, thanks to your course…
- [State of TechChange 2013 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/state-of-techchange-2013/): 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…
- [State of TechChange 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [State of TechChange 2017 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/state-of-techchange-2017/): As we settle into 2018 and launch a variety of new courses, workshops, and ways to innovate our approach to online learning, we
- [State of TechChange 2021 (Part 1 – Events) | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/state-of-techchange-2021-part-1-events/): As 2021 comes to a close, the TechChange team gathered online to celebrate our busiest year yet. So busy, in fact, that we had to break our annual
- [Submit your questions for Friday’s social media event! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/submit-your-questions-for-friday-e2-80-99s-social-media-event/): We’re excited to announce that we’re partnering with the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for this Friday’s event (9/16) on [Sifting Fact from Fiction:…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Amelia Holcomb | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/summer-fellow-spotlight-amelia-holcomb/): Please join us in welcoming Amelia, one of our new summer fellows here at TechChange! Amelia graduated this past May from Yale University with a math major. Some of her most rewarding experiences she had…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Chamal Mediwake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/summer-fellow-spotlight-chamal-mediwake/): Help us in welcoming Chamal, one of our new summer fellows! He is currently a junior at Berea College, majoring in Economics with concentrations in International Politics, Policies, and International Business, with minors in Political Science…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: John Sun | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/summer-fellow-spotlight-john-sun/): Help us in welcoming John, one of our new summer fellows! He is going to be a senior at Swarthmore College, majoring in studio art and biology. As a creative fellow at TechChange, he will…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Katie Wang | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/summer-fellow-spotlight-katie-wang/): Please join us in welcoming Katie, one of our new summer fellows at TechChange! She is currently a rising junior at the University of Maryland, double majoring in Computer Science and Art. This summer she…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Sarah Moss-Horwitz | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/summer-fellow-spotlight-sarah-moss-horwitz/): Please join us in welcoming Sarah, our new Instructional Design Fellow at TechChange! Sarah is a rising senior at Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in Human Computer Interaction and Decision Science with a minor in Learning Media.…
- [Summer Fellow Spotlight: Tahmid Rahman | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/summer-fellow-spotlight-tahmid-rahman/): Please join us in welcoming Tahmid, one of our new summer fellows here at TechChange! Tahmid is a rising senior at Swarthmore College, double majoring in Math and Computer Science. He will be working with…
- [Survey Design For Quality Data – Part 1 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/survey-design-for-quality-data-part-1/): Last week, Dobility founder and CEO Dr. Christopher Robert presented on how to design surveys for quality data in the TechChange course
- [Survey Design for Quality Data – Part 2 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/survey-design-for-quality-data-part-2/): Let
- [SwiftRiver: Where Software Meets Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/swiftriver-where-software-meets-social-change/): You land in a country that is recovering from a long war. The infrastructure is limited, but there is a nascent democratic government. To make up for the…
- [Swiss Foundation for Mine Action Looks at Drones for Humanitarian Relief | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/swiss-foundation-for-mine-action-looks-at-drones-for-humanitarian-relief/): Drones are one of the most controversial technologies in disaster response operations. To find out what exactly humanitarian aid workers think about the use of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action…
- [Taking Stock and Saving Lives: How an mHealth Initiative Is Revolutionizing Healthcare in Uganda | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/taking-stock-and-saving-lives-how-an-mhealth-initiative-is-revolutionizing-healthcare-in-uganda/): Until recently, most health clinics in Uganda, and indeed across the continent of Africa, transmitted all of their data manually, sometimes by phone, but in most cases by sending messengers…
- [Talking about tech, research and education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/talking-about-tech-research-and-education/): Tomorrow I’ll be giving a talk at George Mason University’s [School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution](http://scar.gmu.edu) on how emerging technol…
- [TC105: Thoughts on Mobile Money for Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tc105-thoughts-on-mobile-money-for-development/): by Chrissy Martin, cross-posted from her blog, innovate.inclusively. She was a moderator for our Mobiles for International Development course that ran last month. A new session will be starting June…
- [TC109 Preview: 2013 Kenyan Election As Challenge for Technology, Ethics, and Communities in Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tc109-preview-2013-kenyan-election-as-challenge-for-technology-ethics-and-communities-in-peacebuilding/): Interested in our upcoming course: Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding? Our next class starts Monday, February 18th. Apply today! This week, Ushahidi announced the launch of the…
- [Teaching Students to “Protect the Vote!”: Leveraging CrowdMaps for Kenyan Election Monitoring | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/teaching-students-to-protect-the-vote-leveraging-crowdmaps-for-kenyan-election-monitoring/): This is a guest post by Dhairya Dalal. If you are interested in using crisis mapping and using technology for humanitarian relief, conflict prevention, and election monitoring, consider taking our…
- [Teaching at TechChange: Crowdmaps, cell phones, and zombies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/teaching-techchange-crowdmap-zombies/): When I graduated college two weeks ago, I thought I was done taking classes for a while. Yet, instead of hanging out with friends, finishing season 4 of Arrested Development on Netflix, or even…
- [TechChange Tech Fellow Spotlight: Nithya Menon | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tech-fellow-spotlight-nithya-menon/): This year, we kicked off our first TechChange summer fellowship. We had three fellows join us in our TechChange office in Washington D.C. We sat down to chat with one of…
- [TechChange Tech Fellow Spotlight: You Jin Lee | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tech-fellow-spotlight-you-jin-lee/): Summer is coming to an end in D.C., and so is our time with our Summer Tech Fellows at TechChange. We kicked off our first TechChange Summer Fellowship this year and…
- [Tech For M&E Alumni Highlight: Benjamin Flomo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tech-for-me-alumni-highlight-benjamin-flomo/): Despite abruptly having to stop his university studies, Benjamin Flomo was able to find a career as an M&E professional after completing TechChange
- [Tech for M&E Alumni Highlight: Zach Tilton | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tech-for-me-alumni-highlight-zach-tilton/): Techchange Alumnus Zach Tilton reflects on why he enrolled in our M&E Diploma program and what he gained from the experience. Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I am a 13th-generation…
- [Tech Intersections: Lessons and Takeaways | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tech-intersections-lessons-and-takeaways/): “We want to rewrite the narrative about being the minority in the room and show each other we exist, we have been existing, we have been creating, we have been leading, and more…
- [Tech-Savvy Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tech-savvy-education/): Peace through technology in the Middle East; this is what Elizabeth Buckner has set out to do. If you grew-up in the early tech-world of portable Game…
- [TechChange Advisory Board Meeting: Reconnecting with Partners and Planning for the Future | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-advisory-board-meeting-reconnecting-with-partners-and-planning-for-the-future/): On October 15th, 2010, TechChange staff, advisory board members, friends and colleagues came together at our office in Washington, D.C. to reconnect a…
- [TechChange and Ashoka U Twitter Chat Round-Up: 20 Organizations to Watch in the Educational Technology Space | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [TechChange and PAC Embark on New Chapter of Game-changing Public Health Campaign | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-and-pac-embark-on-new-chapter-of-game-changing-public-health-campaign/): The science around human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention has changed dramatically in recent years. For example, did you know this revolutionary fact? People living with HIV who are on treatment and…
- [TechChange Animates! How We Turn Your Ideas Into Videos | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-animates-how-we-turn-your-ideas-into-videos/): Curious about learning with TechChange? Check out our upcoming class: Digital Organizing and Open Government. Class starts Jan 7! Apply Now. Have you seen our latest video about TC104: Digital…
- [TechChange announces first-ever Vice President of Partner Success and Delivery | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-announces-first-ever-vice-president-of-partner-success-and-delivery/): Please join us in welcoming Samantha Remeika to the TechChange team as the new Vice President of Partner Success!! Samantha is an experienced leader of customer success, professional services, and support with…
- [Watch TechChange at WSIS Forum 2021's Digital Skills for E-Health Panel | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-at-wsis-forum-2021/): The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2021 represents the world
- [TechChange E-Learning Platform Powers Global OPS Field Training for Peacebuilding | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-e-learning-platform-powers-global-ops-field-training-for-peacebuilding/): 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…
- [TechChange Featured in Fast Company on "Best Learning Resources for Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs" List | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-featured-in-fast-company-on-best-learning-resources-for-aspiring-social-entrepreneurs-list/): We
- [TechChange Featured in ITU's “Boosting Digital Skills in Healthcare” Article | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-featured-in-itu-article/): Following last month
- [TechChange featured in New York Times on #M4D, #mHealth | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-featured-in-new-york-times-on-m4d-mhealth/): We
- [TechChange featured in TakePart.org and Non-Profit Quarterly | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-featured-in-takepart-org-and-non-profit-quarterly/): The TechChange project with Malaria Consortium that provides digital training to over 3,000 pharmacists in Uganda and Nigeria in how to properly diagnose and treat Malaria was recently featured by both…
- [TechChange Photographer Goes to Haiti | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-goes-to-haiti/): In August of this year, Keith Lane, professional photographer and a member of the TechChange team, went to Haiti to document, through photography, whether and how the…
- [Techchange has started composting! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-has-started-composting/): We are proud to announce that TechChange has joined the composting movement! Starting in August, we will be dropping off our compostable waste at DC
- [TechChange Hosts International Leaders for a Discussion on Tech for Social Good | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-hosts-ivlp/): TechChange recently hosted 17 leaders from the State Department
- [TechChange ICT4D animation video featured in The Guardian | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-ict4d-animation-video-featured-in-the-guardian/): We
- [TechChange in The Economist | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-in-the-economist/): Dear TechChange Community: We wanted to write a brief thank-you post to everyone who has shared and commented on the recent piece on TechChange in The Economist (Geeks for Good 6/27/12).…
- [TechChange Lands in Kenya | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [TechChange Launches Events Product Video | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-launches-events-product-video/): We are very excited to launch our Events Product Video! In this video, learn more about we leverage our all-in-one virtual events platform to help our partners tackle the…
- [TechChange Launches OES Animation at Innovation Week! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-launches-oes-animation-at-innovation-week/): Earlier this month, Global Innovation Week 2017 convened development professionals from all over the world right here in Washington, D.C. to explore how the best ideas, innovations, and technologies are changing the…
- [TechChange & Movements.org Twitter Chat on Friday, June 3rd | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-movements-org-twitter-chat-on-friday-june-3rd/): How can digital activists harness new technologies, tools, and platforms to be as effective as possible in their work? Digital organizing has arguably been at the heart of…
- [TechChange Offers New In-Person Data Visualization Workshops | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-offers-new-in-person-data-visualization-workshops/): Is your organization trying to figure out how best visualize program or organizational data? Perhaps struggling to find the best tools to tell your stories better? After two years of offering our most popular course…
- [Watch TechChange on re:publica Panel: Refugees and Online Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-panel-at-republica/): With over 9,000 attendees and 1,000 speakers, re:publica 18 is one of the largest conferences about digital culture in the world. The conference has a diversity of attendees such as artists,…
- [TechChange Partners with The Wilson Center for “Connecting Grassroots to Government for Disaster Management” Event | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-partners-with-the-wilson-center-for-connecting-grassroots-to-government-for-disaster-management/): If you
- [TechChange Photo Project | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-photo-project/): Anyone can submit work for this project. All you need is a camera and access to an email account. Refer to the following guidelines for submissions: *…
- [TechChange Online Course Planting Seeds of Change in Haiti | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-planting-seeds/): This past Fall, I was fortunate enough to participate in an online course offered by [TechChange](http://www.techchange.org); [Mobiles for Internation…
- [TechChange Platform Improvements in 2024 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-platform-improvements-in-2024/): Much like the lifelong learners that our signature TechChange platform supports, we never stop learning and working to improve our offerings. This year our development team has added numerous capabilities…
- [TechChange President & CEO Nick Martin selected as 2013 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-president-ceo-nick-martin-selected-as-2013-poptech-social-innovation-fellow/): We
- [TechChange Returns for InterAction Forum 2017! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-returns-for-interaction-forum-2017/): On June 20-22, TechChange will return to InterAction Forum 2017! We
- [TechChange Spotlight: Summer "Code Ninja" Michael Holachek | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-spotlight-summer-code-ninja-michael-holachek/): It
- [TechChange Staff Spotlight: Isabel Knight | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-staff-spotlight-isabel-knight/): Isabel has recently joined TechChange as our Community Manager, working specifically with our service design team. Prior to coming to TechChange, Isabel went to Swarthmore College, and graduated with honors in Political Science and a minor…
- [TechChange Student Testimonial: Ethel Mendez Castillo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-student-testimonial-ethel-mendez-castillo/): Listen below to learn more about how Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation shaped Ethel
- [TechChange Successfully Delivers First Series of Online Courses | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-successfully-delivers-first-series-of-online-courses/): In the fall of 2011, TechChange facilitated its first series of online courses. The courses were each three weeks long and covered the following topic…
- [TechChange Tackles Climate Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-tackles-climate-change/): In partnership with the World Resources Institute, TechChange has built a seven-module online course for the Compact of Mayors, a global coalition of mayors and city leaders committed to sustainable local climate action.…
- [TechChange to Host Digital Organizing Twitter Chat on Friday April 27th | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-to-host-digital-organizing-twitter-chat-on-friday-april-27th/): Description: The campaign to #StopKony is approaching a critical transition. On April 20th Invisible Children will launch its Cover the Night campaign on the heels of one of the most successful…
- [TechChange to Lead Simulation at Upcoming SAIS Conference on ICT and African Governance | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-to-lead-simulation-at-upcoming-sais-conference-on-ict-and-african-governance/): During the tense electoral standoff in Cote d
- [TechChange to participate in Tech Cocktail DC Startup Showcase at 1776 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-to-participate-in-tech-cocktail-dc-startup-showcase-at-1776/): We
- [Field Update: Tech Training for Governance and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-training-in-ethiopia-strengthening-research-capacity-through-technology-for-governance-and-security-in-sub-saharan-africa/): This past week I had the privilege of meeting and working with fifteen fellows from across the African continent who came to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a two-week training organized by…
- [TechChange Training Recap Part 2: Conflict Prevention and Disaster Management at George Mason University | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [TechChange Upskills and Connects PEPFAR Data Professionals | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-upskills-and-connects-pepfar-data-professionals/): Over the past twenty years, it
- [TechChange Welcomes a PFP Fellow from Egypt! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchange-welcomes-professional-fellows-program-heba-ghannam/): We are excited to welcome Heba Ghannam, a PFP Fellow (Professional Fellows Program) from Egypt! The Professional Fellows Program is a US state department fellowship…
- [TechChange's Charles Martin-Shields to Present at Amnesty International Australia | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techchanges-charles-martin-shields-to-present-at-amnesty-international-australia/)
- [TechGirls 2014 Job Shadow Day at TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-2014-job-shadow-day/): TechChange hosted a job shadow day with Nataly Ayyad and Ghada Missaoui, two incredibly talented young ladies participating in this year
- [TechGirls Returning to TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-2014/): We had such a blast hosting Nagham and Sondos from the TechGirls program last year, that we
- [TechGirls 2016 Job Shadow Day at TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-2016-job-shadow-day-at-techchange/): On Monday, we had the pleasure of hosting TechGirls
- [TechGirls are Coming to TechChange! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-are-coming-to-techchange/): The first step to closing the ever-widening technology gender gap is getting more young girls excited about technology. This is the goal of the State Department-led TechGirls international exchange program,…
- [TechGirls at TechChange: Fifth Year Strong | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-at-techchange-fifth-year-strong/): For the fifth year in a row, we
- [TechGirls Return to TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-return/): Last Friday, TechGirls returned to the TechChange headquarters. For the last few years, TechChange has had the privilege of hosting TechGirls at our headquarters for…
- [TechGirls @TechChange for #JobShadow Day! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techgirls-techchange-for-jobshadow-day/): Last Thursday, TechChange was proud to participate in the TechGirls program by inviting two young women from the Middle East to shadow our team during a work day. While we
- [When Technologies Reach the Poor and the Remote | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technologies-reach-poor-remote-hiv-vietnam-mhealth/): Hamlet (community) health workers in Vietnam learn to interact with mCare. With international development program cycles often having a
- [You've Collected the Data – Now What? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-and-data-visualization/): Data is useless unless it provides us with actionable insights into our work. In order to make sense of the data, however, we need to understand it, which is why data…
- [Technology and Do-It-Yourself Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-and-diy-development/): A couple weeks ago, Nick Kristof published a New York Times article titled DIY Foreign-Aid Revolution and Dave Algoso wrote an excellent critique just a few days…
- [Technology and Monitoring & Evaluation: Getting It Right | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-and-monitoring-evaluation-getting-it-right/): 1. Privacy Responsible data management is not new to development. However, with the use of technology-enabled tools for M&E, it has raised a few challenges related to the privacy of individuals.…
- [How Technology is Fighting Sexual Harassment in India | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-fights-sexual-harassment-in-india-safecity/): Technology has been known to facilitate anonymous harassment online, but in India a non-profit organization is using mobile apps to fight harassment on the streets. I came across Safecity in my…
- [Technology For Accountability: Seeing The Wood For The Trees | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-for-accountability-seeing-the-wood-for-the-trees/): Cross-posted from the TC104: Global Innovations for Digital Organizing course we ran last May. If you are interested in mobile organization and censorship/privacy in the 21st century, consider enrolling in…
- [RECAP: Tech for M&E Diploma Orientation in Washington, D.C. | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-for-me-diploma-alternative-grad-school-orientation/): On Wednesday, January 21, TechChange officially launched the Alternative Grad School (AGS) track of our Tech for M&E Diploma Program. The Alternative Grad School track builds upon the Working Professionals Experience,…
- [What are the Tech for M&E Alumni Saying About Our Course? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-for-monitoring-and-evaluation-alumni-testimonials/): We are excited to start our fourth iteration of our most popular online course, Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation! We wanted to ask some of our alumni who have…
- [Technology for Social Change Tidbits This Week | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-for-social-change-tidbits-this-week/): In case you missed any of it, there have been a few very interesting developments recently on how technology is being used, developed and shared for s…
- [How ICTs are Helping Nepalis Around the World Respond to the Earthquake | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-helps-nepalis-around-the-world-respond-to-nepal-earthquake/): On Saturday morning, I woke up to numerous messages on whatsapp and facebook from my friends in India asking me if my family was safe. After listening to a voicemail from…
- [“Technology is the Easy Part” in mHealth | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-is-the-easy-part-in-mhealth/): With high expectations for mobile health initiatives, and a proliferation of pilot projects (see this map from Uganda), it can be easy to forget that the mHealth field is still young. Like any emergent…
- [A First Look at our Diploma Program | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-monitoring-evaluation-diploma-update/): Last month, for the first time we launched a whole diploma program in technology for monitoring and evaluation. We started this program to give our community a learning…
- [Tech for M&E Online Course Sneak Peek: Dow Maneerattana of World Resources Institute | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-monitoring-evaluation-dow-maneerattana-world-resources-institute/): Open data has been a popular topic in international development recently, but what about the evaluation of open data programs? We are excited to welcome Dow Maneerattana from World Resources Institute (WRI)…
- [Learn about Technology for Peacebuilding on Non-Violence Day | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-peacebuilding-conflict-management-non-violence-day/): In remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi
- [Tools for Inclusion: Technology Resources for Integrating Rights of Persons with Disabilities in M&E | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-resources-for-integrating-persons-with-disabilities-in-monitoring-evaluation/): Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Persons with disabilities constitute the world
- [Technology Solutions Designed to Prevent Atrocities | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-solutions-atrocity-prevention/): We
- [Technology That Connects Us | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-that-connects-us/): *This post was contributed by Ferya, a participant in the TechChange course: “Global Innovations for Global Collaboration” developed for IREX for alum…
- [Technology to Make Virtual Feel Less “Virtual” | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/technology-to-make-virtual-feel-less-virtual/): Our Founder & CEO, Nick Martin, recently appeared on Endurance Learning
- [Tech@State: Mobile Money for the Unbanked | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techstate-mobile-money-for-the-unbanked/): Today’s [Tech@State](http://www.state.gov/statecraft/tech/money/index.htm) event produced some great insights into current uses and future application…
- [Techvest in Africa's future: What Africa Really Needs Right Now | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/techvest-in-africa-e2-80-99s-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 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tedxsf-a-study-in-contradictory-concepts/): TED events are always engaging and yesterday
- [Text to Change Interview with Marcus Wagenaar | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/text-to-change-interview-with-marcus-wagenaar/): Text to Change
- [The Challenge of Co-ordinating Volunteer and Technical Communities in Crisis and Disaster Response: TC103 Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-challenge-of-co-ordinating-volunteer-and-technical-communities-in-crisis-and-disaster-response-tc103-tech-tools-and-skills-for-emergency-management/): If you’re interested in learning more about this class, please check out the course page for more details on speakers and course topics or apply now to reserve your seat. Time and accuracy are…
- [The Crisis in #HigherEducation – Is the Bubble About to Burst? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-crisis-in-highereducation-is-the-bubble-about-to-burst/): *Cross-posted from [The Amani Institute Blog](http://amaniinstitute.org/2011/10/the-crisis-in-higher-education/).* If you’ve been reading the news muc…
- [The ‘Donkey Bloggers’ Satire: Azeri Journalists Free from Detention | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-donkey-bloggers-satire-azeri-journalists-free-from-detention/): On July 4th 2009, Emin Milli — blogger and one of the Alumni Network founders —spoke at “a Heinrich Böll Foundation roundtable dedicated to a democratization process…
- [The end of 'datagoraphobia' – organizing event data spatially to support humanitarian relief and peacekeeping operations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-end-of--e2-80-98datagoraphobia-e2-80-99-organizing-event-data-spatially-to-support-humanitarian-relief-and-peacekeeping-operations/): Much of the event data that new technology is making available to practitioners contains geographic information, and to take advantage of this we need a way of thinking…
- [The End of Boring PDFs? Three Lessons in Creating the New Organizational Guide to ICT4D | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-end-of-boring-pdfs-three-lessons-in-creating-the-new-organizational-guide-to-ict4d/): Applying technology solutions to the challenges of international development requires organizational change more than new gadgets. That
- [The Flexibility of TechChange Courses- An Update from IFAD Year Three | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-flexibility-of-techchange-courses-an-update-from-ifad-year-three/): At TechChange, you hear us talking a lot about how we create courses across the spectrum of learning modalities–synchronous, blended, and self-paced (or asynchronous). But what is one thing we don
- [Dispatch from the GDHF Nigeria Watch Party | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-future-of-digital-health-in-nigeria/): The Global Digital Health Forum is a global hybrid event that convenes thought leaders, experts, and enthusiasts from around the world to explore the intersection of technology and public health. One…
- [The Future of Games for Crisis Mapping | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [The Humanitarian Crowd Source Debate Heats Up | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-humanitarian-crowd-source-debate-heats-up/): In his recent article on MobileActive.org, Paul Currion posed the question, “If all You Have is a Hammer, How Useful is Humanitarian Crowdsourcing”. Currion argued that those…
- [The Health and Development Foundation Launches an IVF/ART School and Celebrates One Year Anniversary of Text4baby Russia | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-ivfart-school-and-one-year-anniversary-of-text4baby-russia/): This guest post is by Sara Buzadzhi a past participant in TC309 Mobile Phones for Public Health. Can’t wait for June 3? Sign up for TC105 Mobiles for International Development launching on March 4th,…
- [The Next Decade of USAID's Digital Policy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-next-decade-of-usaids-digital-policy/): What are the implications of the USAID Digital Policy for implementing partners? Can the newly refreshed Digital Principles offer guidance? How can implementing partners engage with these frameworks in meaningful ways?…
- [The Nigeria Security Tracker: How (not) to Design an ICT-Enabled Project | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-nigeria-security-tracker-how-not-to-design-an-ict-enabled-project/): For those interested in Technology for Peacekeeping consider taking our online certificate course, Technology for Conflict Management and Prevention, starting July 23rd. Disclaimer: These are Asch
- [The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted: Why the Mobile Phone is Still Critical to Reaching the Masses in the Middle East | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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,…
- [The Self-Imposed Challenge: Assessment and Games-Based Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-self-imposed-challenge-assessment-and-games-based-learning/): (Cross-posted from Aaron
- [The TechChange Educational Philosophy | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-techchange-educational-philosophy/): We’re often asked at TechChange why our approach to learning is unique. New clients want to know, what’s our ethos in providing all these trainings? Why do we do…
- [The Top 3 Findings From First Mile Geo's Analysis of the Humanitarian Conditions in Aleppo | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-top-3-findings-from-first-mile-geos-analysis-of-the-humanitarian-conditions-in-aleppo/): As Syria
- [The Truth about 'FOSS': Purpose, License and Business Model for Tech in Social Change Aren't All the Same Thing | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-truth-about-foss-purpose-license-and-business-model-for-tech-in-social-change-arent-all-the-same-thing/): Open source software platforms are a foundation of the ICT4D toolbox. The Digital Principles, a community-generated set of guidelines to help develop ethical and effective digital projects for development and aid, include as core…
- [The Value of Real-Time Video: How OpenTok Has Improved Our Online Engagement | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/the-value-of-real-time-video-how-opentok-has-improved-our-online-engagement/): OpenTok helps us bridge self-paced content and real-time video engagement. If you
- [This Live Broadcast Is Brought To You By Bambuser: Streaming Video for Activists | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/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…
- [Three Lessons from Tunisian Students on Building Youth Workforce Capacity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-lesson-on-youth-workforce-capacity-from-tunisian-students/): 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…
- [Three mHealth Innovations Changing Health Care Delivery | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-mhealth-innovations-changing-health-care-delivery/): Mobile phones are more than just communications devices; they are also powerful tools to improve health care. Since 2012, TechChange and the mHealth Alliance have offered a four-week online certificate course…
- [Three Questions to Ask as Universities Incorporate Hybrid Classroom Pedagogies | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-questions-to-ask-as-universities-incorporate-hybrid-classroom-pedagogies/): As K-12 teachers experiment with iPads in the classroom, Twitter streams in the backchannel, and TEDtalks as the new textbook, university professors are figuring out what to make of massively…
- [Three Take-Aways from the Ashoka and World Bank Event: Public Goods through Social Enterprises | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-take-aways-from-the-ashoka-and-world-bank-event-public-goods-through-social-enterprises/): Last Wednesday, Ashoka delivered a terrific panel conversation at the World Bank called, Public Goods through Social Enterprises: Creating Hybrid Value Chains. Bill Drayton and Valeria Budinich spearheaded the…
- [Three Takeaways from #EdTech at Tech@State | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-takeaways-from-edtech-at-techstate/): On Friday, Nov. 1, TechChange was honored to participate in a panel at the latest Tech@State conference on education technology, as well as sponsor the informal reception afterwards to celebrate…
- [Three Tech Advances That May Lead to a More Equitable World | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-tech-advances-that-may-lead-to-a-more-equitable-world/): This article was first published on the The Asia Foundation
- [Three Tips to Upgrade Your Webinar Setup | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-tips-to-upgrade-your-webinars/): Over the last seven years, TechChange has hosted and delivered thousands of webinars to teach, convene, and communicate on technology and social change. So we wanted to share a few tips that…
- [Harnessing Entrepreneurship for International Development: Three Ways to Communicate Impact | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/three-ways-to-communicate-investment-impact-in-development/): Does investment and entrepreneurship have a role to play in international development? Lawmakers are currently exploring creating a new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) to invest in and draw private…
- [Time for a Cell Phone Detox? Have We Become Too Dependant on our Devices? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/time-for-a-cell-phone-detox/): Call it a social experiment or just plain crazy, but I refuse to buy a cell phone. This mobile-addict is detoxing. Not long ago, I was a slave…
- [Top Five Most Absurd Tech Gifts of 2010 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/top-5-most-absurd-tech-gifts-of-2010/): This holiday season we’re taking a break at TechChange from bringing you the latest developments in technology, education and social change to focus on something a little…
- [Training Health Workers for Ebola Response and Community Support: Second Webinar Series | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/training-health-workers-for-ebola-response-and-community-support-second-webinar-series/): Since the launch of the first free Training Health Workers for Ebola webinar series in October 2014, we have seen hundreds of members of the global health community come together to share…
- [Try Something New- The "Hub and Spoke" Model of Hybrid Events | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/try-something-new-the-hub-and-spoke-model-of-hybrid-events/): The best part about planning a hybrid event is that there
- [Tunisia at a Crossroads: Social Media, Protests & Potential for Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tunisia-at-a-crossroads-social-media-protests-potential-for-change/): In recent days, the North African country of Tunisia has flooded the front pages of most international media outlets because of demonstrations against authoritarian rule and the…
- [I Watch Trains Tunisian Election Observers Online | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/tunisia-election-observer-iwatch/): On Sunday October 26, 2014, more than three million Tunisian voters cast ballots in parliamentary elections, marking an historic milestone in the country
- [YouTube Censored in Turkey: On Again, Off Again | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/turkey-e2-80-99s-censored-videos-youtube-is-on-again-off-again/): Chad Hurley, co-founder of the video-sharing website YouTube, has recently stepped down from his position as CEO. And the Turkish court has stepped down from the Web…
- [Two Fantastic TEDx Talks about the Future of Education | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/two-fantastic-tedx-talks-about-the-future-of-education/): Over the years I
- [Two Tweets Reveal Central Problem for South Sudan Crisis Map | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/two-tweets-reveal-central-problem-for-south-sudan-crisis-map/): 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…
- [TechChange ICT4D Training at UN Summer Academy 2014 | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/united-nations-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…
- [Unsustainable Careers in Sustainable Development | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/unsustainable-careers-in-sustainable-development/): This article was originally published on Stanford Social Innovation Review. By Nick Martin & Christopher Neu On November 3, 1961, John F. Kennedy
- [USAID DDA Workshop Delivered by TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/usaid-dda-workshop-delivered-by-techchange/): This past summer TechChange supported a week long workshop for USAID
- [Ushahidi Simulation | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/ushahidi-simulation/): Last month I taught the first ever course on “Technology and Peace” at the UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica. The course drew 16…
- [Using APIs Without Code: My Top 5 IFTTT Recipes | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/using-apis-without-code-my-top-5-ifttt-recipes/): A few weeks ago I touched on how you might use APIs to access data for visualizations. The response was great, but it definitely wasn
- [Using the Principles for Digital Development to Empower Organizations | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/using-the-principles-for-digital-development-to-empower-organizations/): Since 2015, over one-hundred organizations have endorsed the Principles for Digital Development—a set of nine “living” guidelines that can help practitioners integrate a suite of best practices into digital…
- [Video: Accelerating Progress to End World Hunger | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/video-accelerating-progress-to-end-world-hunger/): Taking the 2014 annual report from the U.S. Government
- [Video Blogger Gives Voice to The Voiceless in Bangladesh | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/video-blogger-gives-voice-to-the-voiceless-in-bangladesh/): In the digital 21st century, Jürgen Habermas’ public sphere and Marshall McLuhan’s global village have gone electronic, hence citizen journalism and t…
- [VIDEO: Celebrating the World Wide Web's 25th Anniversary and its Potential to End Extreme Poverty | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/video-world-wide-web-www-25th-anniversary-end-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…
- [Pen and Paper make a Comeback | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/visual-notetaking-graphic-facilitation-katherine-haugh/): As an online learning community, we are always looking for ways our students can learn more effectively. Many of our amazing alumni, who take our online courses on top of their full-time…
- [Seeing is Understanding: Visualizations for Information | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/visualizations-information-seeing-understanding-health-training/): I
- [Vittana: A Seed for Social Change | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/vittana-a-seed-for-social-change/): Vittana: No, it
- [Want to Become the Voice of TechChange? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/want-to-become-the-voice-of-techchange/): Ever wanted to become a famous voice actor? Now is your chance. Over the next month, we will be holding virtual auditions to find the next Voice of TechChange. The winner…
- [“Watch and Learn” Is Overrated: Understanding the Four Levels of Interactivity | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/watch-and-learn-is-overrated-understanding-the-four-levels-of-interactivity/): According to new research, learners who passively observe experts feel confident that they
- [Web Development Spotlight: Josh Antonson | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/web-development-spotlight-josh-antonson/): A veteran web developer with the TechChange team, Josh Antonson recently relocated to Mexico City and is working remotely for the next year. Josh, along with our awesome tech team, has helped…
- [Web Development Spotlight: Nithya Menon | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/web-development-spotlight-nithya-menon/): Nithya has recently returned to TechChange as a Web Developer with our tech team! Two years ago we launched our first round of summer fellowships, where Nithya was actually a part of…
- [3 Things You Missed at Our Website Launch Party | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/website-launch-party-highlights/): TechChange has come a long way since we built our first site in 2010. Five years and 400,000 lines of code later, we have an amazing site built by some of the…
- ["Weird" and "Wonderful" TechChange Tech Micro-intern Experience | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/weird-and-wonderful-techchange-tech-micro-intern-experience/): A one month internship is not a common thing to do, I
- [Welcome to TechChange | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/welcome-to-techchange-2/): It’s clear that technology is beginning to play a key role in social change. Look at the role crisis mapping software has played in coordinating earth…
- [What are Sudanese Youth Learning from Online Activism? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-are-sudanese-youth-learning-from-online-activism/): The end of September 2011 witnessed scattered renewed protests in Sudan against the hike in prices of food and other basic necessities. There is hope…
- [What Can We Learn from Coursera’s “MOOC Mess”? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-can-we-learn-from-courseras-mooc-mess/): We make no secret of it at TechChange: Our staff are huge fans of Coursera. This innovative organization absolutely deserved to win TechCrunch’s Best New Startup of 2012 and are the gold standard in…
- [What #CitizenScience and Tech Education Have in Common | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-citizenscience-and-tech-education-have-in-common/): 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…
- [What Do One Billion Cell Phone Users Around the World Lack? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-do-one-billion-cell-phone-users-around-the-world-lack/): [Any banking services](http://www.europeanbusiness.gr/page.asp?pid=732). While those in the developed world take it for granted, easy access to a bank…
- [What does digital transformation mean in Amman anyway? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-does-digital-transformation-mean-in-amman-anyway/): With the new year often comes transformation. A calendar flips to a new page, resolutions are proclaimed, new habits get made. But transformation of the digital sort is more ongoing –…
- [What Does Internet.org Mean for Access to Women's Rights Resources? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-does-internet-org-mean-for-access-to-womens-rights-resources/): As we were wrapping up a live course event with MAMA (the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action) yesterday, we learned the exciting news: Facebook announced…
- [What Can International Development Events Can Learn from the Impossible Burger? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-international-events-can-learn-from-the-impossible-burger/): If you want to change global behavior patterns, make the sustainable alternative better.…
- [What is ICTD Anyway? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-is-ictd-anyway/): [Maximizing Mobile Infographic. Source: World Bank] This is a guest post by Joellen Raderstorf, a participant in the TechChange course: TC105: Mobiles for International Development. You can follow…
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- [What is “the Blockchain”? | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/what-is-the-blockchain/): Maybe you
- [What's Next for Online Education? Watch Nick Martin Live at PopTech 2013! | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/whats-next-for-online-education-watch-nick-martin-live-at-poptech-2013/): Curious about the future of online learning? Don
- [When Nerds Cross the Rubicon: How Military Veterans Are Revolutionizing Disaster Response Networks through Better Technology | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/when-nerds-cross-the-rubicon-how-military-veterans-are-revolutionizing-disaster-response-networks-through-better-technology/): “Team Rubicon is doing for disaster response what the Obama team did for political campaigns,” said Jonathan Morgenstein while taking a break from tearing down moldy drywall in hurricane-damaged…
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- [Why Global Organizations Are Building Their Own Online Universities | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/why-global-organizations-are-building-their-own-online-universities/): From high-tech firms in Silicon Valley to established charities in Geneva, global businesses and nonprofits are struggling to build internal technical skills required to reach organizational goals. But instead of hiring or…
- [Why Google Wi-Fi at Starbucks Is a Big Deal | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/why-google-wi-fi-at-starbucks-is-a-big-deal/): 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…
- [Why Kevin Spacey and Netflix Will Save Online Learning | Blog | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/blog/why-kevin-spacey-and-netflix-will-save-online-learning/): Big data is already giving us better TV shows. Could it also help build a better education system? This week our team went to 1776 Reboot: Education Meetup, where we heard from leading experts from…
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- [International Fund for Agriculture Development | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/our-work/international-fund-for-agriculture-development/): TechChange partnered with the International Fund for Agricultural Development to provide an internal ICT4D training curriculum, including self-paced and blended learning. TechChange also created a set of training modules for IFAD
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- [Reproductive Health Community of Practice | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/our-work/reproductive-health-community-of-practice/): TechChange partnered with Jhpiego to use community-centered design and technology to revitalize a reproductive-health focused community of practice.
- [RightsCon | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/our-work/rightscon/): After adapting RightsCon 2020 to a virtual format out of necessity, AccessNow has continued to provide virtual and hybrid annual events on the TechChange platform to nearly 10,000 participants annually from 164 countries.
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- [USAID Digital Development Advisors Training Workshop | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/our-work/usaid-digital-development-advisors-training-workshop/): Developed and led by TechChange, this in-person training prepared the key implementers and influencers of USAID
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- [Digital Literacy Videos | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/digital-literacy-videos/): TechChange partnered with DAI and USAID to create a series of video-based microlearning tools to illustrate the USAID Digital Literacy Primer, including key definitions, relevant approaches, associated risks and resources for planning and implementation.
- [Gender Data 101 | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/gender-data-101/): Built with input from gender and tech experts, our free Gender Data 101 course illuminates the gender gap and equips professionals with the tools they need to understand and analyze data from a critical gender perspective.
- [Gender Digital Divide Training | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/gender-digital-divide-training/): TechChange partnered with DAI and USAID to create a comprehensive, flexible blended learning package on the Gender Digital Divide including a series of video-based microlearning tools and online training materials.
- [Global Digital Health Forum | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/global-digital-health-forum/): In partnership with the Global Digital Health Network, TechChange planned and hosted the world
- [Hybrid Events Playbook | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/hybrid-events-playbook/): Learn how to make your next event inclusive and awesome.
- [SID-US Inclusive Development Hybrid Conference | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/inclusive-development-hybrid-conference-2022/): Hybrid conference utilizing a cutting-edge platform to go beyond the livestream to connect in-person and virtual participants in meaningful ways.
- [International Fund for Agriculture Development | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/international-fund-for-agriculture-development/): TechChange partnered with the International Fund for Agricultural Development to provide an internal ICT4D training curriculum, including self-paced and blended learning. TechChange also created a set of training modules for IFAD
- [Open Cities Africa | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/open-cities-africa/): Built by educators to meet the learning goals of organizations and people, our platform represents seven years of methodical development.
- [Reproductive Health Community of Practice | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/reproductive-health-community-of-practice/): TechChange partnered with Jhpiego to use community-centered design and technology to revitalize a reproductive-health focused community of practice.
- [RightsCon | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/rightscon/): After adapting RightsCon 2020 to a virtual format out of necessity, AccessNow has continued to provide virtual and hybrid annual events on the TechChange platform to nearly 10,000 participants annually from 164 countries.
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- [USAID Digital Development Advisors Training Workshop | Our Work | TechChange](https://www.techchange.org/tc_work/usaid-digital-development-advisors-training-workshop/): Developed and led by TechChange, this in-person training prepared the key implementers and influencers of USAID
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