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Exploring Examples of Mobile Technologies in Development
Jessica Heinzelman Senior ICT Specialist
SOCIAL MEDIA
#ICTKH @jaheinzelman
@daiglobal facebook.com/DevelopmentInnovationsKH
About me I have a Masters in International Development
I don’t know how to code
I’ve worked with organizations like Kiva.org, Ushahidi & DAI
I’ve been to over 33 countries in the world
I started working in ICT4D because…
Photos: Mao Lan,Mao Chandy & Jessica Heinzelman
There are nearly 5 billion mobile connections in the developing world.
Each line is an opportunity to
connect directly to an individual.
What is the question we need to ask?
a) How can development organizations use mobile phones?
b) How can development organizations use mobile phones to improve impact & scale?
Technology is a tool, "not a development intervention.
Today: 1) PROCESS 2) EXAMPLES
from DAI & personal projects
3) Q&A
PROCESS Mobiles for Impact & Scale
Determine the Goal
Understand the Communication
Landscape
Select the Appropriate
Tools Focus on the
the Whole Continuous Feedback
Determine the Goal Development-focused Not technology-focused ✓ Improve livelihoods ✗ Use IVR to…
Understand the Communication Landscape How does information flow? How does your audience
communicate?
Select the Appropriate Tools
SMS IVR USSD
✓ ✓
…based communications landscape & project objective
Focus on the Whole
ALLOCATION OF TIME
TECHNOLOGY tech development and/or set-up, training, testing
ALL THE OTHER STUFF outreach, marketing, partnerships, content development, training, integration into activities, monitoring & evaluation, etc.
Adapted from Chris Blow’s Alloca&on of Time: Deploying Ushahidi
Continuous Feedback
EXAMPLE Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone
Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone
Goal
Improve knowledge of laws and access to security and justice services for 700,000 women and girls in rural Sierra Leone
Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone"
Comms
• Information is filtered through community leaders & men • There is no single place women go for information • Women’s access to ICT is controlled by men
Community meeMngs deliver info at the discre&on of leaders
Women listen to the radio in the evening, but men choose the program
Women can borrow phones, but privacy and assumpMons are issues
In the most disconnected locaMons people listen to music stored on SD cards
Posters are few and provide incomplete informaMon
Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone"
Tools
Need to deliver quality information through multiple communication channels to ensure they have access through one or more information sources
Quality InformaMon
Non-‐literate Materials
Advice Line Radio Programming
Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone"
Tools
Multiple channels can stand alone, but also reinforce each other
Quality InformaMon
Non-‐literate materials
adverMses and builds trust in the advice line
Advice Line
Radio adverMses,
models use & builds trust in advice line
Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone"
Focus
Identified content and partners that were already doing similar work and developed agreements and a project plan to guide the implementation
BBC Media AcMon
DAI NamaM
Quality Information Paralegal Service Radio Expertise Non-literate materials
BBC Media AcMon
Security & Justice for Women and Girls in Sierra Leone"
Feedback
Planning feedback loops from the beginning with a multi-faceted monitoring plan including:
Track advice line statistics
Get feedback from the field
Monitor radio call-in responses
EXAMPLE Strategies Against Flu Emergence in Indonesia
Goal Achieve greater scale and increase frequency of education and reminders to reinforce good biosecurity practices of poultry farmers
Comms
Strategies Against Flu Emergence in Indonesia
110%
Poultry prices set by Blackberry Messenger
Strategies Against Flu Emergence in Indonesia
Tools Mobiles enabled the project to push reminders to farmers rather than waiting for them to check social media
Focus Worked with agricultural extension workers to a) build a central database of farmer phone numbers and b) develop content and reminder schedule
Feedback
EXAMPLE Sisi ni Amani: Civic Education & Conflict Prevention in Kenya
Note: I work with Sisi ni Amani in a personal capacity. It is not a project of DAI.
Civic Education & Conflict Prevention in Kenya
Goal Prevent the outbreak of conflict by countering misinformation that often serves as a catalyst of violence
Comms 70% of Kenyans have a mobile phone and a majority of individuals in high-risk communities have a basic model with growing social media use Some but not all attend community events and rallies
Tools SMS enabled direct and rapid delivery of information that could be easily saved and shared within social networks and a USSD survey was used to capture demographic information for targeting messages
What language do you speak? 1 – Swahili 2 – English
What is your gender? 1 – Male 2 - Female
Where do you live? 1- Nairobi 2 - Narok County
What age? 1 – 16-25 2 – 26-35 3 – 36-45
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Civic Education & Conflict Prevention in Kenya
Focus Built network of community peace leaders to conduct outreach and provide monitor conflict situation and provide locally relevant messages
MODEL DEVELOPMENT Application of messaging output into behavior change communications model (SMS software).
FOCUS GROUPS 30+ hours of focus groups with all key target audiences.
CO-CREATION Co-creation of messaging with research participants through situation simulations.
DRIVERS ANALYSIS Narrative data analysis of the patterned behavioral barriers and drivers for each audience segment.
MESSAGING REFINEMENT Refinement of messaging based on (1) identified drivers; (2) risk management criteria; (3) situation and segment targeting.
LEARNINGS Post-campaign deeper research on behavioral drivers.
Civic Education & Conflict Prevention in Kenya
Focus Develop a message framework to guide the creation of effective messages
Civic Education & Conflict Prevention in Kenya
Feedback Used tech metrics, a USSD survey and qualitative follow-up interviews to determine if and what was working
65,000 subscribers 682,227 messages sent Minimal unsubscribes
75%
25%
Forwarded 1+ messages
Never forwarded
Covering Up Yeah
Tech metrics USSD survey Qualitative interviews
“I could always check my inbox if I forgot anything about the elections. The messages would remind me. I could also teach others.”
Never forwarded an SMS
Forwarded 1+ SMS at their own cost
EXAMPLE Data Collection & Decision-making in DRC and Liberia
Data Collection & Decision-making in DRC and Liberia
Goal Increase the efficiency of data collection and decision-making
Comms Low mobile penetration with limited network coverage and power sources Most enumerators had basic mobile phones
Tools
Project-supplied smart phones (Liberia) and tablets (DRC) chosen for long battery life; heavy duty protective cases; motorbike-compatible chargers, and the opensource Formhub application that enables survey design, data collection and basic analysis
Data Collection & Decision-making in DRC and Liberia
Focus Determining what information needed to be collected to inform project design and enable a strong baseline and ongoing monitoring
Feedback Only 20% of surveys in DRC had location data! Problems were split between a) human error and b) the need for enumerators to go outside of structures when collecting points.
What can you do in Cambodia?
Photos by: Mao Chandy
"Please write on your card:"""
a) Organization name""b) Ideas for using mobiles for impact & scale" in Cambodia""c) What skills or assistance you might need?"
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Thank you for listening!