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We help people & organizations make systems & services more accessible, resilient & responsive using inclusive tech like SMS, voice, radio, and humans

Joined October 2012
We're closing for good, today. Thanks so much for being part of our community. Check out final new resources, on disseminating content on basic phones, and an outline specification workshop. And don't forget to sign up for Betterbox.tech! buff.ly/2DBBnlw
What happened, part II: five operational lessons learned for nonprofit CEOs, by @techladylaura buff.ly/2BKo2di #SocEnt #ict4d #civictech #nonprofit
Get free office space in downtown DC and be part of a growing Open Gov movement! Apply to be an @OpenGovHub Community Catalyst! buff.ly/2CmwnkI
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What happened: the reasons for our closure, from our CEO, @techladylaura. Part 1 of 2 is now out. buff.ly/2z8xy82
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Betterbox: help make tech better for social change: youtu.be/f_1SPndAr_I?a via @YouTube
I added a video to a @YouTube playlist youtu.be/f_1SPndAr_I?a Betterbox: help make tech better for social change
We're on the @ICT_Works blog today calling for a culture of evidence-informed action in tech for social change buff.ly/2iyhbbV #merltech
ICYMI, Yemen's last remaining humanitarian lifellines have now been closed for over a week. Thousands will starve to death. buff.ly/2z6jrS7
Funding for Humanitarian Innovation. Apply now - up to £50,000 for problem recognition, advanced seed-funded projects or diffusion of your #innovative idea @the_hif buff.ly/2AInKPP
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Adapting participatory video for Kenyan activists buff.ly/2zGBgEi
Exciting to see from @CDACN that all four of their #disasterpreparedness labs are up and running! buff.ly/2AE7y2Q #commisaid
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Thursday Webinar: How to Do Research with Adolescents Living in LMICs buff.ly/2yzJZ9W
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ICYMI: Our evaluation of @sigmah, an open-source project management tool for humanitarians buff.ly/2yIwg50
How we built an awesome work culture that kept people coming to work when we couldn't pay them, by @katgatewood buff.ly/2yIcvuk
Agile methodologies + human-centred design + evidence and evaluation = SIMLab's secret sauce. buff.ly/2zHiMXb
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We're closing, just as soon as we can pay our staff. Help us: buff.ly/2m9Lomf, hire them: buff.ly/2m2NDYl
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New research: infrastructure and lack of resources mean that we may never realize our #responsibledata aspirations buff.ly/2zJ8TrW …
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Help improve the evidence base of tech for social change work - our context analysis framework is open for consulta… simlab.org/resources/context…
How do you evaluate a tech platform? We reflect on the process of evaluating @sigmah for @GroupeURD buff.ly/2kIpXHR #merltech
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