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Please Submit Session Ideas for MERL Tech Johannesburg

Please Submit Session Ideas for MERL Tech Johannesburg

Published on: Feb 26 2018 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on Please Submit Session Ideas for MERL Tech Johannesburg
Please submit your session idea or reserve your demo table for MERL Tech Jozi, to explore what’s happening with innovation, digital data, and new technologies...
Please Submit Your Session Ideas for MERL Tech London

Please Submit Your Session Ideas for MERL Tech London

Published on: Oct 16 2017 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on Please Submit Your Session Ideas for MERL Tech London
Please submit a session idea, register to attend, or reserve a demo table for MERL Tech London, on March 20-21, 2018, for in-depth sharing and exploration of...
Please Register Now for MERL Tech 2017

Please Register Now for MERL Tech 2017

Published on: Jul 24 2017 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on Please Register Now for MERL Tech 2017
Please register to attend MERL Tech DC on September 7-8, 2017 at FHI 360 in Washington, DC. You’ll join 300 practitioners from across the development ecosystem...
Please RSVP Now for MERL Tech 2017 and Submit Your Session Ideas

Please RSVP Now for MERL Tech 2017 and Submit Your Session Ideas

Published on: Apr 19 2017 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now for MERL Tech 2017 and Submit Your Session Ideas
Please sign up to present, register to attend, or reserve a demo table for MERL Tech DC 2017 on September 7-8, 2017 at FHI 360 in Washington, DC. We will engage...
How to Develop and Implement Responsible Data Policies

How to Develop and Implement Responsible Data Policies

Published on: Nov 21 2016 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on How to Develop and Implement Responsible Data Policies
A friend reminded me at the MERL Tech Conference that a few years ago when we brought up the need for greater attention to privacy, security and ethics when using...
Rethinking Informed Consent in Digital Development

Rethinking Informed Consent in Digital Development

Published on: Nov 07 2016 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on Rethinking Informed Consent in Digital Development
Most INGOs have not updated their consent forms and policies for many years, yet the growing use of technology in our work, for many different purposes, raises...
How to Balance the Tension Between Open Data and Privacy and Security?

How to Balance the Tension Between Open Data and Privacy and Security?

Published on: Mar 21 2016 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on How to Balance the Tension Between Open Data and Privacy and Security?
At the Digital Development: From Principles to Practice Forum, ICT4D practitioners came together to discuss the inherent tensions between open and interoperable...
Do ICTs Make Evaluation More Inclusive Or More Extractive?

Do ICTs Make Evaluation More Inclusive Or More Extractive?

Published on: Jan 04 2016 by Linda Raftree - 1 Comment
ICTs can help make evaluation more inclusive, yet they also bring new challenges and new kinds of inequities and exclusion that we need to be aware of and solve...
10 Myths About Girls’ Empowerment and Mobile Learning

10 Myths About Girls’ Empowerment and Mobile Learning

Published on: Sep 09 2015 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on 10 Myths About Girls’ Empowerment and Mobile Learning
I had the chance to share some thoughts at UNESCO’s recent Mobile Learning Week. My presentation explored some myths about girls empowerment and mobile learning...
7 Aspirations for Better ICT4D in 2015

7 Aspirations for Better ICT4D in 2015

Published on: Jan 23 2015 by Linda Raftree - 1 Comment