Practical Insights on Marketing for ICT4D Projects

6 Guidelines for Better Development Outcomes Using Social Media

6 Guidelines for Better Development Outcomes Using Social Media

Published on: May 24 2013 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 6 Guidelines for Better Development Outcomes Using Social Media
In the next few years, another 2 billion people will be coming online; transforming the Internet from what once was an elite network of the world’s privileged...
Technology Tools for Customer Feedback in Emerging Markets

Technology Tools for Customer Feedback in Emerging Markets

Published on: Mar 20 2013 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Customer Experience relies on an ongoing conversation with your customer, and there are many ways that this can be done. Ideally, voice of customer (VOC) feedback...
You Are Invited to Fail Faire DC 2012

You Are Invited to Fail Faire DC 2012

Published on: Oct 25 2012 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; Fail Faire DC 2012 is a celebration of failure as a mark of innovation and risk-taking. Like our event in...
Please help me update what “telecentre” means for ICT4D

Please help me update what “telecentre” means for ICT4D

Published on: Aug 22 2012 by Guest Writer - 5 Comments
I am Christine Prefontaine and I’m writing a brief for Beyond Access: Libraries Powering Development – on different innovation spaces. In it, I start...
Local Alternatives for Global Development: Rediscovering Libraries

Local Alternatives for Global Development: Rediscovering Libraries

Published on: Aug 20 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Local Alternatives for Global Development: Rediscovering Libraries
With the rapid expansion of new technologies and emerging perspectives on what works, the global development community is looking for new thinking on solving...
Dialogue is Participation at Technology Salons

Dialogue is Participation at Technology Salons

Published on: Aug 10 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Dialogue is Participation at Technology Salons
The recent Technology Salon “Will the new .Africa domain name have development impact?” represented for me an above average collision of minds over the...
9 Lessons to Learn from Fail Faire UK 2012

9 Lessons to Learn from Fail Faire UK 2012

Published on: Jul 23 2012 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
We had an amazing sharing of failure at Fail Faire UK 2012, and amidst the laughter at how wrong we can be in deploying information and communication technologies...
The Complete List of 79 Academic ICT4D Journals and Publications

The Complete List of 79 Academic ICT4D Journals and Publications

Published on: Jul 18 2012 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
One source of continuous frustration for ICT4D researchers is the glacial pace of academia. One has to submit papers 8 months in advance for conferences that are...
Celebrate The New USAID Data-Driven Website

Celebrate The New USAID Data-Driven Website

Published on: Jul 06 2012 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on Celebrate The New USAID Data-Driven Website
USAID has been busy lately with a redesign and roll-out of the new USAID.gov. You can now access first-generation interactive maps at the country level for 40...
Join us for Fail Faire UK 2012 – a celebration of failure

Join us for Fail Faire UK 2012 – a celebration of failure

Published on: Jun 20 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Join us for Fail Faire UK 2012 – a celebration of failure
Projects succeed, projects fail. The successes are always reported on, the failures are often filed away – pushed under the proverbial rug. Well, its time...