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Greenstart's $115K Offer for Cleantech + IT Startups
by Beth Kolko 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

> _______________ > From: Forrest Hanson [forrest(a)greenstart.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:52 PM > To: GIAN BRUNO > Subject: HCDE and Greenstart's $115K Offer for Cleantech + IT Startups > > Hi Gian, > > My name is Forrest Hanson, and I am reaching out to you from Greenstart<http://greenstart.com/>, a startup accelerator focused on helping entrepreneurs build successful companies at the intersection of Cleantech and IT. HCI is integral to many of these startups, which is why I am reaching out to you. > > Applications<http://greenstart.com/apply> for our fall cohort are available now through April 11, and I’m wondering how we might share this opportunity with folks in the HCDE community and alumni network who are working in that space. > > For more information, here are a few links that cover: > > * our $100k convertible note<http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/05/cleantech-focused-incubator-greenstart-now…>, > * our five current companies<http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/15/greenstart-tightens-focus-goes-after-sexy-…>, > * and <http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/15/greenstart-tightens-focus-goes-after-sexy-…> our application process<http://vimeo.com/37786711>. > > I’d love to answer any questions you have and am happy to set up a call if that's at all convenient. > > In the meantime, I hope all's well in Seattle -- thank you for reading! > > -- > > Forrest Hanson | 303.917.6072 > > Greenstart > 22 Battery Street, 11th Floor > San Francisco, CA 94117 > greenstart.com<http://greenstart.com/> | @greenstart<https://twitter.com/#!/greenstart> > > >

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JOBS: Open faculty position in ICT4D
by Gaetano Borriello 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Subject: Open faculty position in ICT4D To: gaetano(a)cs.washington.edu Dear Gaetano Borriello, UNU-IIST is recruiting to fill an opening for a faculty position in ICT for Development. As the academic arm of the United Nations, UNU offers a unique environment to pursue research in the broader context of the UN mission of development and human rights. We would appreciate if you could please help distribute the vacancy announcement ( http://iist.unu.edu/announcement/research-fellow) to potential candidates for this position. Best Regards, UNU-IIST | Macau, China Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development tel +853 2871-2930 | fax +853 2871-2940 www.iist.unu.edu vacancy-rf(a)iist.unu.edu

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ICT4D research fellowship at UN University in Macau
by Ed Cutrell 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

FYI: http://iist.unu.edu/announcement/research-fellow UN University<http://iist.unu.edu/> research fellowship is available for ICT4D researchers. This could be a pretty cool opportunity.... Deadline for application submission is 27 April. Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested! ed (Ping me if you want the pdf job announcement for whatever reason.)

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Job: Teach Vacancies in Namibia
by Yaw Anokwa 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <hci4d(a)googlegroups.com> "Dr. Heike Winschiers-Theophilus" <heikew(a)polytechnic.edu.na> Mar 12 09:24AM +0200 The school of Information Technology at the Polytechnic of Namibia is having a number of vacancies for newly created positions. We can offer contracts for 6 months up to 5 years which can be extended. We do substantial research in the field of hci with local rural communities, as well as in other areas and are also open to expand. Please contact me should you need any further details. Looking forward to your applications. Heike Winschiers-Theophilus

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Re: [change] Kony 2012
by Clint Tseng 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Of course not, but that's never been the reality. The truth is neither here nor there. Relevant people have been discussing and taking action on Kony for a long time now. The US has committed troops to capturing him, the relevant countries have his capture as a primary objective. That you presume these things aren't true is part of what's wrong with this approach to storytelling. This article is a good analysis from that standpoint; better than I could formulate: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2012/03/08/unpacking-kony-2012/ What I'm not convinced of is that a bunch of people hitting "Retweet" on questionably accurate agitprop from a shady charity is a positive social outcome. Even presuming that awareness is itself a valuable goal (a standpoint I'm not convinced of), I feel like what's happening with this "movement" is even a lower standard of awareness than we're used to. The campaign itself basically validates the belief in the viewer that all they have to do is link their friends to the video, and voilà, they've contributed social good. The probability that they then go do anything actually useful at all afterwards seems even lower to me than with other, older awareness campaigns I've witnessed or participated in. The best thing to have come out of this all in my mind is how well the counterargument has spread along with the video. Most Twitter celebs I see RT the video, then also RT the visiblechildren critique when it's brought to their attention. This is a good thing. The Internet is usually not this considerate to contrarian points of view. -Clint On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Abhishek Bhardwaj wrote: > Would you rather that people not know it at all ? That there is no discussion about it ? > > I bet you for the first time in years people are genuinely taking an interest in Africa , everything starts from awareness. > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Clint Tseng <cxlt(a)cs.washington.edu (mailto:cxlt@cs.washington.edu)> wrote: > > You're presuming that getting people "excited" is a valuable goal in and of itself, regardless of the means. What's the gain? > > > > -Clint > > > > On Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Varun Arora wrote: > > > > > I respect what all of you are saying in terms of critique - but there is no way on earth he (the movie maker) would have been able to get people so excited and energetic in 30 minutes if he had cared only to be developmentally and logically and theoretically and politically correct. That doesn't resonate with youth who are too lost in their social media lives. They need quick, invigorating, actionable, triggered media on their face to feel provoked. I felt provoked. There is a reason why UN supported documentaries are not shared by every other teenager over 3 days on a viral social network - they struggle to be compelling, and are terrible story tellers. I highly doubt the folks at Invisible Children are not aware about the implications of their approach. They tried to tell a good story here - and they did an excellent job at it. And the fact that we are having these discussions on an important listserv is a blessing in disguise; we are learning more about policy implications of international peace efforts, than we would have ever cared to learn about had we not heard of Kony. > > > > > > I am an entrepreneur myself, and know how when you sell stuff, even if it is a social product and if it's going to challenge the Solow model of growth, it doesn't matter: you got to put it in lay man terms (sometimes very embarrassing) and over simplify what you are doing and offering. And often end up taking a completely different politically incorrect (not wrong, though) approach to resonate with your audiences. None of our research evidence and learnings are ever useful to any partner or investor or customer. None of our proven theories on economic development are even looked at. The only people who question you about that are people at conferences and classrooms; we are living in bubbles, and if we cannot learn to communicate important and proven theoretical ideas in crisp and pervasive media, we will be left behind. > > > > > > > > > Varun > > > > > > On 03/08/2012 08:04 PM, Abraham D. Flaxman wrote: > > > > to make this critique a slogan, "Know Why 2012" > > > > > > > > Sent from phone > > > > > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > > > From: "Amer Dahmash" <adahmash(a)gmail.com> (mailto:adahmash@gmail.com) > > > > Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2012 4:27 pm > > > > Subject: [change] Kony 2012 > > > > To: "Yaw Anokwa" <yanokwa(a)gmail.com> (mailto:yanokwa@gmail.com) > > > > Cc: "Change Group" <change(a)change.washington.edu> (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) > > > > > > > > I think the Invisible Children response is great but I feel that it fails > > > > to address one of the biggest problems with their campaign which one > > > > of my friends captured by referencing Paulo Freire's theory of False Generosity: > > > > > > > > "When a system is structured so that there are oppressors and oppressed, > > > > some of the oppressor class feel genuine compassion toward the suffering of the oppressed. > > > > They move to isolate that suffering and to aid it, not to address the structures of society which > > > > are the root causes. Thus, to the extent that they relieve any suffering they do so by hiding from > > > > themselves the genuine causes, their own privilege as oppressor class members." > > > > > > > > An over-simplification perhaps but that's what the Kony 2012 campaign smacks of to me. > > > > -amer > > > > > > > > On Mar 8, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > > > > > > > > > Invisible Children has written a response at > > > > > http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html > > > > > > > > > > http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18954353409/not-alone has links > > > > > to other critiques. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 19:32, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa(a)gmail.com> (mailto:yanokwa@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > >> You may have heard about Kony 2012. It is a film and campaign by > > > > >> Invisible Children that aims to make "Joseph Kony > > > > >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony) famous, not to celebrate > > > > >> him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for > > > > >> international justice." The film is at > > > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc. > > > > >> > > > > >> While almost everyone agrees that Joseph Kony is a bad person, > > > > >> Invisible Children has been criticized for their approach. Grant > > > > >> Oyston lays out some of those arguments against Kony 2012 at > > > > >> http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18890947431/we-got-trouble. The > > > > >> follow on posts are also informative. > > > > >> > > > > >> The spread of the Kony meme, both for and against, has been possible > > > > >> only because of social media. In that sense, it's quite relevant to > > > > >> those of us interested in leveraging technology for change... > > > > >> > > > > >> Yaw > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > change mailing list > > > > > change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) > > > > > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > change mailing list > > > > change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) > > > > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > > _______________________________________________ change mailing list change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > -- > > > Varun Arora > > > Information Systems Management | Class of 2012 > > > Carnegie Mellon University > > > Mobile/Cell: +1-412-478-2164 (tel:%2B1-412-478-2164) > > > varora(a)andrew.cmu.edu (mailto:varora@andrew.cmu.edu) > > > http://www.varunarora.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > change mailing list > > > change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) > > > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > change mailing list > > change(a)change.washington.edu (mailto:change@change.washington.edu) > > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Abhishek Bhardwaj

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Seeking African Organization to Head Network for Africa
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

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ICTD 2012 - Invitation to Global Impact Study open data session
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

If you will be at ICTD2012, make sure to check out the Global Impact Study on Monday. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Melody Clark <melclark(a)uw.edu> We hope this finds you well, and we look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! The Global Impact Study is leading an open session (http://ictd2012.org/opensessions/202) on Monday, March 12 from 2:30pm-6pm about open research and open data. The session will provide a background of the Global Impact Study and our open research approach, as well as give participants the opportunity to learn more about our survey instruments and dig into the user survey data. The session will also explore the challenges and practical issues of opening up large datasets to the public. The session is, of course, open, so there is no need to RSVP. If you’re available on Monday afternoon and interested, we’d love to see you there! We’ll see you in Atlanta! Melody, on behalf of the Global Impact Study team -- Melody Clark Research Coordinator | Global Impact Study Technology & Social Change (TASCHA) http://about.me/melodyclark melclark(a)uw.edu | 206.685.7819 Twitter: @ictimpact | @melodyrose14 www.globalimpactstudy.org

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Job: Media and Crowdsourcing Project Manager in Niger
by Yaw Anokwa 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Anahi <anahiayala(a)gmail.com> Mar 09 09:51AM -0800 Hey all, Internews is seeking a Media and Crowdsourcing Project Manager to implement an exciting new journalism and crowd sourcing program in Niger. This small but ambitious program focuses on the extractive industries sector in Niger. It seeks to improve the capacity of selected civil society and media organizations to promote citizen participation in the drafting, approval and oversight of the implementation of laws and regulations governing natural resources management. Internews is seeking a multi-talented professional – someone with both traditional and social media journalism skills. The perfect candidate will be a trainer, an innovator, a subject specialist, and a passionate believer in the power of information to improve lives. The trainer is someone who can engage with journalists to provide specialist trainings focusing on issues of transparency, in the wider context of investigative and economic journalism. The trainer will also work with journalists to use mobile phones, cameras, and video, and to gather information from social media, blogs, community meetings and focus groups to monitor the natural resources industry. The selected trainer will work with local media (radio, print, social media) to mentor them to produce reports on natural resources management, laws and regulations; information spots will educate the public on specific issues (such as policy implementations, management of revenues, unions, child labor, community relations with mining companies and human rights); and investigative reports will provide detailed insight on issues such as mining code reform, the natural resource economy, and international supply chain transparency initiatives in the private sector. The innovator and social media skill set will be used to invite citizens to participate in monitoring the effects and the outcomes of the mining activities in their communities by using their mobile phones for citizen crowdsourcing. The incoming SMS (and possibly IVR for voice messages) will be then mapped to provide a spatial and temporal dimension to the information collected that will allow an understanding of which are the most affected communities and the variation of the phenomenon over time. The system will directly link the crowd to the local media that will be managing the incoming information received by the local population to follow up on stories on the ground and provide an overall picture of the actual outcomes of those activities on the local communities. An outreach strategy will advertise the system to local communities, while local media will manage it. See full job posting and how to apply here: https://sj.tbe.taleo.net/SJ11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=INTERNEWS&cws… Please, fill free to get in contact with me if you have any question. Cheers, Anahi Anahi Ayala Iacucci Media Innovation Advisor, Africa Region Internews I&M Building, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Avenue, PO Box 7219, City Square 00200, Nairobi, Kenya Mobile (US): + 1 202 550 5214 Mobile (Italy): +39 345 80 53 067 Mobile (Kenya): +254 706 623 650 SkypeID: anahiii | Twitter: anahi_ayala | aayala(a)internews.org |

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Heeks on Understanding Mobiles and Livelihoods
by Yaw Anokwa 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Richard Heeks has a written a nice blog post on Understanding Mobiles and Livelihoods... How can we understand the impact that mobiles are having on the livelihoods of the poor? We all know that mobile phone use has grown exponentially in developing countries. And that phones are having an increasing impact on the livelihoods of the poor by providing market prices, by supplying health information, by enabling financial transfers, etc. But we know a lot less about how to conceptualise all this. Can we just pull some development studies ideas off-the-shelf? Or do we need to do more than this? A new working paper in the Development Informatics series – Understanding Mobile Phone Impact on Livelihoods in Developing Countries: A New Research Framework (http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/) – argues the livelihoods approach is a good starting point. But that it needs modification. The livelihoods approach suggests four potential impacts of mobiles on the assets that underpin all livelihoods... More at http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/understanding-mobiles-and-livelih…

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Job: Research Fellow at UN University
by Yaw Anokwa 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Haddawy <haddawy(a)iist.unu.edu> We are recruiting a Research Fellow at UN P3 level (equivalent to Asst Prof) in ICT4D. I’d appreciate if you could please circulate the vacancy announcement. It’s also available on our website: http://iist.unu.edu/announcement/research-fellow Best, Peter Prof. Peter Haddawy Director | UNU-IIST | Macau, China Furthering Sustainable Development through Information and Communication Technology tel +853 8504-0471 (direct) tel +853 2871-2930 | fax +853 2871-2940 www.iist.unu.edu haddawy(a)iist.unu.edu

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