Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcamps are local events for people passionate about using mobile technology for social impact and to make the world a better place. Each event includes interactive discussions, hands-on-demos, and collaborations about ways to use, deploy, develop and promote mobile technology in health, advocacy, economic development, environment, human rights, citizen media, to name a few areas. Participants for Mobile Tech 4 Social Change barcamps include nonprofits, mobile app developers, researchers, donors, intermediary organizations, and mobile operators.
Details
- A one-day event on Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 9am to 6pm at The Hub in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Barcamps are considered an un-conference, where sessions have a leader, but only to faciliate the conversation. It's meant to be an open free flowing dialog.
Goals
- Draw together the nonprofit and tech communities to share knowledge, ask interesting questions, form relationships and spark ideas.
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Sessions I'd Like
- How can mobile crowdsourcing provide knowledge and skills to achieve tasks previously not possible?
- How can Twitter be used quickly mobilize a group of supporters to rally your cause?
- Can geo caching be used to increase tourism to your community?
- How can Facebook be used to fund your nonprofit?
- Can SMS be used to improve healthcare by providing timely intervention messages to patients?
- How do you engage new volunteers to form lasting relationships for your organization?
- Can mobile phones be used to capture current environmental information?
- Why should local media embrace citizen journalism?
- How can social networks reform our government returning power to the people?
- [Add sessions you'd like to see]
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- Twitter, Flickr, blog, etc tags for Mobile Tech for Social Change Barcamps is #m4change
