Palo Alto -- Ken Banks * Mobile Technology: Empowering the grassroots * Thurs Nov 5

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: allison () stanford edu
Date: November 4, 2009 1:30:07 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Ken Banks * Mobile Technology: Empowering the grassroots *  
Thurs Nov 5
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         Stanford Program on Liberation Technology
                         Presents

         Mobile Technology:Empowering the grassroots

              Ken Banks, Founder, kiwanja.net

Thursday, Nov 5,  2009
4:30-6:00pm
Wallenberg Theater, Bldg 160
Stanford University


Despite the promise, the majority of mobile technology solutions
are only meeting the needs of a small percentage of organizations
who could benefit from them. In his talk, Ken Banks will discuss
how he empowers grassroots NGOs, provide the history and background
to FrontlineSMS, and highlight some of the challenges in developing
mobile tools which work in resource-constrained environments


Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net, devotes himself to the application
of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change
in the developing world, and has spent the last 16 years working
on projects in Africa. Recently, his research resulted in the
development of FrontlineSMS, an award-winning text messaging-based
field communication system designed to empower grassroots non-profit
organizations.  Ken graduated from Sussex University with honours
in Social Anthropology with Development Studies, and was awarded a
Stanford University Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship in 2006, and
named a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow in 2008. In 2009 he was
named a Laureate of the Tech Awards, an international awards program
which honours innovators from around the world who are applying
technology to benefit humanity. Ken's work has been supported by
the MacArthur Foundation and Open Society Institute, and he is the
current recipient of a grant from the Hewlett Foundation

This talk is open to the public.  Everyone is encouraged to attend
and participate.  For further information please contact Kathleen
Barcos <kbarcos () stanford edu>

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