October 1st, 2008
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(Cross-posted on my fellowship blog - How International Values Shape Communications Technologies)
Slide 1: The ideas in this presentation will form the core of my first fellowship paper. So, if you understand micro-finance, or ICT4D, better than I do, do share your feedback with me. I’ll be grateful.
Slide 2: I see the development process as an hourglass. At the top of the ‘development hourglass’ are the more privileged societies and the challenge here is to build engagement in the development process. At the bottom of the ‘development hourglass’ are the less privileged societies and the challenge here is to enable access to the development process. The challenge in the middle of the ‘development hourglass’ is to connect the top with the bottom via an institutional infrastructure and enable flow, a role that has been traditionally performed by development aid agencies.
Slide 3: Technology can be a vital enabler in the technology hourglass. Web 2.0 and mobile 2.0 tools can help create engagement in the more privileged societies. Community telecenters and mobile phones can help enable access in the less privileged societies. Enterprise ICT and enterprise 2.0 solutions can help the institutions in the middle connect the top to the bottom in a more effective and efficient manner.
October 1st, 2008 |
Posted in Flat or Not, Social Change 2.0
| Tagged with Adoption, Bank Andara, CGAP, Change-blogging, Community Telecenter, Development Hourglass, Disruption, Enterprise 2.0, GSMA, ICT, ICT4D, Innovation, Kiva, Mercy Corps, Meta-MFI, MFI, Micro Finance Institution, Micro Philanthropy, Micro-finance, Mifos, Mobile Money Transfers, Mobile Payments, Mobile-2.0, SM4SC, Unitus, Web-2.0 |
March 10th, 2008
Quick Summary: I was quoted yesterday in Indian daily Hindustan Times’ article on how Indian corporates are embracing blogging and social networking as collaborative tools.
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I was quoted yesterday in Indian daily Hindustan Times’ article on how Indian corporates are embracing blogging and social networking as collaborative tools –
Some, like Gaurav Mishra, the Indica brand head, use their personal brand – created over years of blogging – to promote the brand they work for. “My blog benefits because my real-life experience gives credibility to my posts, and my offline avatar benefits because my online presence makes it possible to meet and build an impression on people who wouldn’t have known of me otherwise.” Lately, Mishra has promoted a new ad campaign for his brand on his blog and Facebook account.
A serious concern for employers could be what their employees say publicly on such sites. Says Mishra, “I ensure that my entire web presence is squeaky clean so that even if I put it on my resume, it can hold up to close scrutiny.”
March 10th, 2008 |
Posted in Internet, Noteworthy, Press, Social Media, Trendspotting
| Tagged with Blogging, Cognizant, Collaborative Tools, Corporate-Blogging, CXO Blogging, Employee Blogging, Enterprise 2.0, Hindustan-Times, Joji Gill, K Ananth Krishnan, Mahesh Murthy, Microsoft India, Pinstorm, Santhosh D’Souza, Sidharth Rao, Social-Networking, Sukumar Rajagopal, Sun, TCS, Webchutney |
