I look forward to the opportunity to discuss our work with everyone tomorrow. I just want to mention one additional thing:
We are hiring! (software engineering and program positions, full-time and internships) See you all tomorrow, Cliff --- Founder & Executive Director Literacy Bridge | 1904 Third Avenue, Suite 733 | Seattle, WA 98101 USA T: +1.206.354.9103 | www.literacybridge.org On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Trevor Perrier <[email protected] > wrote: > What: Cliff Schmidt from Literacy Bridge > > When: Tuesday, April 1st at 12 noon > > Where: The Allen Center, CSE 203 > > Join us tomorrow for the first Change seminar of spring quarter. This > week we will have a talk by Cliff Schmidt from Literacy > Bridge<http://www.literacybridge.org/> > . > > > *Abstract *Reaching remote villages with agriculture training and health > promotion can dramatically reduce poverty, disease, and hunger. Mobile > phones offer a solution in some cases: SMS messages can reach literate > users, and voice calls can reach those who own a phone and can easily keep > it charged. But in villages with 10% literacy rates, no electricity, and > where most women don't own a phone, mobile solutions have failed -- and this > is where you find extreme poverty. Radio broadcasts address these > challenges but run into others: listeners must be available during the > broadcast and they must remember everything they hear. Illiterate users, > who cannot take notes, must rely on their memories when the information is > needed; otherwise, they need an on-demand solution. Cloud services and > smart, connected, devices are increasingly able to distribute digital > information right up to the last mile, but not beyond. Join us to discuss > our experience leveraging mobile devices, but reaching beyond them with a > simple, durable, audio device that provides on-demand messages while > capturing metrics and user feedback to send back via mobile technology to > cloud-based services. > > *About The Speaker* > Cliff started Literacy Bridge in 2007, leading the development of an > audio-based mobile device called the "Talking Book" for people with minimal > literacy skills living in rural areas without electricity or Internet > access. Literacy Bridge now partners with UNICEF to use Talking Books to > reach 40,000 people with new on-demand content every six weeks. Cliff > received the Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellow Award by Bill and > Melinda Gates and was awarded a Clinton Global Initiative membership by > President Bill Clinton. He received the top prize at the Tech Awards in > 2012 and Computerworld Honors in 2013, and was selected by the PBS Newshour > as one of five Agents for Social Change in 2013. > > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > [email protected] > http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change > >
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