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SID/W Panel Discussion - Using Smart Technology to Further Global Health Initiatives
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Using Smart Technology to Improve Global Health Initiatives
Suzanne RaineyAngela MiltonJoe Pringle
July 29, 2008Presented at SID/W
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Agenda
• Introductions
• Overview
• Examples
• Discussion: How can we and our communities benefit
from these tools? What are you doing at your
organization now? Where are the gaps/challenges?
Looking forward.
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Welcome to….
SID/W Global Health Internet Olympics 2008!
Stretch your mind!Test your limits!
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How Many Do We Have Today?
• Bloggers?
• LinkedIn?
• Facebook?
• Tweeters?
• Online community managers?
• Web masters?
• Twittervision
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Overview
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Growth of Internet Users
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Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion -- equivalent to half the global population -- on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched
Reuters, Nov 29, 2007
Cellphone usage in Africa is growing almost twice as fast as any other region…152 million in 2006.
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“As online communities spread across the world,
Wikipedia's knowledge-sharing can free us from poverty
and ignorance.”
Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia
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How is this relevant to you?
You need to:
• Run successful projects
• Facilitate knowledge sharing
• Build capacity
• Influence policy makers
• Connect with co-workers and lots of other people
• Demonstrate progress and success
Online tools aren’t THE solution, but they’re often part of the
most effective solutions in global health.
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The Internet is a Big Tool Box
SyntaxCMS
How do we USE it to improve health?
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Examples
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Blogs: Center for Global Development
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Advance Market Commitments (GAVI)
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Christine Gorman (TIME)
globalhealthreport.blogspot.com/
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Communal Libraries
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Communal Libraries / Repositories
Population and Health Infoshare - phishare.org
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Communal Libraries / Repositories
PSP-One Resource Center and Project Database – psp-one.com
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The Power of Communal Creation
World Bank: World Development Report – www.worldbank.org/wdr
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Social Media Tools
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Social Networks
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Social Media Tools – You Tube
The Davos Question: http://www.davosconversation.org"What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?"
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Ashoka’s Changemakers
“Open sourcing social solutions.”
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DailyStrength.org
“…the largest, most comprehensive health network of people sharing their advice, treatment experiences, and support.”
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Create Your Own Social Network
Ning.com
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Interaction & Collaboration Online
Tools to help people:• understand data, •manage knowledge, and • collaborate with each other
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Interaction Online - Data Mapping Tools
Gapminder.org
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Interaction Online – Data Mapping
Hs2020.org
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New Breed Tools for Internal Collaboration
Better, cheaper, easier…
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Pick the right tool for your needs
Project management
Discussions / Groups
Data
Web Office
Basecamp
Yahoo groups
ProjectSpaces
Social Text
Near Time
File management
Google groups
Zoho Project
Google SS
Central Desktop
Zoho CreatorLiquid Planner
4Shared
DabbleDB
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Data Management – Google Spreadsheets
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Project Management - ProjectSpaces
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File management – Scribd
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Wikis - Socialtext
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Discussions and e-mail lists – Google Groups
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A New Reality (as seen on CNN)
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Adoption and use
• People will only use it if:A) they want to
B) they have to
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Approach to selecting the right tool
• Survey or interview users• Understand what they want to share• Prioritize “scenarios”• Pilot test
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Pay attention to the people part
• Explain why you are using the tool• Define expectations for participating• Help them get started
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Discussion
• How can the community benefit from these tools?
• What are you already doing?
• What are challenges do you face, or foresee in adopting
new technologies?
Thanks!