> Dear colleagues and friends, > > It was great to meeting some of you at ICTD2010 in London last month! > > For those of you who are not already familiar with our work, MobileActive.org > is a non-profit organization devoted to providing resources for, and > supporting a network of, people and organizations using mobile technology for > social impact. > > The global network includes people from diverse backgrounds (NGOs, > Government, Aid organizations, Practitioners, Researchers, Mobile vendors, > Technologists, Students, Trainers, etc.) and our website houses a great deal > of resources, case studies and how-to guides. > > We endeavor to support you, the M4D community. One of our core goals is to > help reduce the learning curve and redundancy by better sharing experiences > of tried and tested programs and projects utilizing mobile tech. > > To that end, some resources which may be of interest include: > Website - latest news, trends & analysis, and comprehensive case-studies > about mobile projects and initiatives from around the world ranging in topic > area (humanitarian response, mHealth, education, democratic participation, > economic development, agriculture, etc.) > Newsletter - a nice easy-to-read review of our latest resources, and news > about upcoming events, etc. coming to your inbox every month or so. Sign up > here. > mDirectory - if you were ever looking for a repository of almost any research > paper written on the topic of mobiles for social development- it is here! We > maintain a comprehensive mDirectory of over 2500 entries summarizing mobile > apps, research papers and project case studies. And, if you have a paper > which is not already there, feel free to add to the directory. > Discussion Group -- if you are not a member of the google group/discussion > list already, I would invite and encourage you all to join, as there is a > robust peer community which regularly shares experiences, opportunities and > fields questions regarding many facets of mobile tech in international > development. You can sign up here: > https://groups.google.com/group/mobileactive-discuss > Finally, if you have, or know of, a M4D project we should profile or add to > the mDirectory - please let me know! > > We also regularly host informative (and fun!) participatory events/workshops > in New York and worldwide - hopefully one day you all will be able to join us > :) > > Looking forward to hearing from, and working with, you. > Warmest wishes for an excellent new year! > Anoush > > -- > Anoush Rima Tatevossian > Outreach & Partnerships, MobileActive.org > ano...@mobileactive.org > > skype: anoush.rima > twitter: @artate > +1 (347) 855-4844 > > A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact > http://mobileactive.org
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