May 2009 - change - Mailing Lists

Evite invitation from jmich@u.washington.edu
by jmich＠u.washington.edu 18 May '09

18 May '09

You have been invited by jmich(a)u.washington.edu to You are invited to "Year-End Social" by jmich(a)u.washington.edu, hosted by UW Net Impact. Come join the UW Foster chapter of Net Impact! Click below to visit Evite for more information about the event and also to RSVP. http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=NPBUTOVWTVENEGQHA… **If you are having trouble viewing the above web address, copy & paste the entire URL into the address bar of your browser. This invitation was sent to you by jmich(a)u.washington.edu using Evite. To remove yourself from this guest list please click on the link above. This Evite Invite is covered by Evite's privacy policy*. To view this privacy policy, click here: http://www.evite.com/privacy ********************************* Did this email go to your junk/bulk folder? Add info(a)evite.com to your address book to ensure that you receive future Evite Invitations in your Inbox. Don't want to receive Evite emails from this person? Update your email preferences. Replies to this email will go directly to the sender, not to Evite. Your email address will be displayed in your reply. Having trouble opening this Evite Invitation? Try pasting this URL into your browser: http://www.evite.com/r?iid=NPBUTOVWTVENEGQHAZNU&li=iq&src=email Evite respects your privacy. To see how we treat your information, please review our Privacy Policy. *********************************

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UW Foster Business School - Net Impact End of Year Social Event
by joe michiels 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hi Change, I'm forwarding along an invitation from Foster School of Business's group for Net Impact. Some of you may have already heard me mention Net Impact. It is an international nonprofit organization, primarily driven by business schools and private chapters, whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of leaders who use business to improve the world. I'll also forward the evite. We would love to have some folks from Change attend to get some cross-campus juices flowing. And by juices we mean beer.... ------------------------------------------------------------------- You're invited for drinks and appetizers to celebrate the end of the year with UW Net Impact. We've had an exciting year with great leadership, guest speakers, and field trips, so let's toast to the graduating class of 2009, as well as welcome guests from the Net Impact Professional Chapter and Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Hope to see you there! Host: UW Net Impact Location: Shultzy's 4114 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105 US When: Wednesday, May 27, 6:30PM Phone: (206) 548-9461 http://www.shultzys.com/

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Change meeting at CIS this week
by Natalie Linnell 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hi everyone, This week, Thursday May 21, the Change meeting will be over at CIS, the MultiPurpose Room, Suite 400, 4311 11th Ave NE, from noon to 1:00. We're going to be asking people in CIS to give brief descriptions of projects they're working on or beginning, and then do some brainstorming on the technology aspects. Nothing formal, so if you have a project you want to discuss, just show up ready to talk about it. Directly beforehand, from 11:20-12:00, in the same room, we'll have the ICTD reading group. This week we'll be looking at "Evaluating the Accuracy of Data Collection on Mobile Phones: A Study of Forms, SMS, and Voice." http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590f/09sp/ictd09/ Hope to see you at one or both. Natalie

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percentage of income spent on ict
by Yaw Anokwa 14 May '09

14 May '09

we discussed this today and i found the numbers. you can see the relevant table at http://twitpic.com/567s4. the full pdf is at http://is.gd/rqUo

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Change meeting this week: ICTD reading group
by Natalie Linnell 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi everyone, Since we don't have a speaker this week, we've decided to usurp the Change meeting time slot for the ICTD reading group. It'd be great if you could join us! We'll meet from 12:00-1:00 in CSE 303 and discuss "A Review of the Research on Mobile Use by Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs)" http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse590f/09sp/ictd09/ Thanks, Natalie

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Change Speaker this Thursday
by Natalie Linnell 06 May '09

06 May '09

Change is a group at the University of Washington exploring how technology can improve the lives of underserved populations, especially in the developing world. Every week, we hold an open meeting. This week, we will have Cliff Schmidt presenting on Literacy Bridge and the Talking Book Device (description below). Please join us in CSE 303 this Thursday from 12-1pm. Find out more at http://change.washington.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture, health, and education are three areas being improved by local people and organizations through the use of Literacy Bridge's Talking Book Device. The device is a $10 rugged audio computer that uses locally available batteries, is accessible to the visually impaired, allows each message to be copied from one device to another, and supports interactive educational lessons and games. Talking Book Project is enabling the creation, distribution, and accessibility of audio knowledge libraries in the most remote and underserved regions of the world.

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Change Speaker this Thursday
by Natalie Linnell 05 May '09

05 May '09

Change is a group at the University of Washington exploring how technology can improve the lives of underserved populations, especially in the developing world. Every week, we hold an open meeting. This week, we will have Cliff Schmidt presenting on Literacy Bridge and the Talking Book Device (description below). Please join us in CSE 303 this Thursday from 12-1pm. Find out more at http://change.washington.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture, health, and education are three areas being improved by local people and organizations through the use of Literacy Bridge's Talking Book Device. The device is a $10 rugged audio computer that uses locally available batteries, is accessible to the visually impaired, allows each message to be copied from one device to another, and supports interactive educational lessons and games. Talking Book Project is enabling the creation, distribution, and accessibility of audio knowledge libraries in the most remote and underserved regions of the world.

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Fwd: Message from Chirag
by Sunil Garg 01 May '09

01 May '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: V K Madhavan <madhavan(a)chirag.org> Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM Subject: Message from Chirag To: info(a)chirag.org Hi, Greetings from Chirag! It is indeed that time of the year again! Not just summer! It is time for us to commence promotion of Swades Ki Khoj again! We are just commencing promotion for the third cohort of Swades ki Khoj - a programme that provides young graduates between the ages of 21 and 28 with an opportunity to spend a year living and working in a rural area. Our experience of the past few years has suggested that email and the internet is a very powerful medium of reaching out to people. We would be delighted if you could forward this mail and the poster to people who could potentially be interested to enroll in the programme. We would be delighted to answer any other queries that you may have and welcome suggestions and comments as well. with warm regards madhavan

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