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Women’s Empowerment through Mobile Technology

Day 1. Women’s Empowerment through Mobile Technology. Who am I?. Independent Entrepreneur Artist Arts advocate Filmmaker & App designer s alty snack studios Tonette Time. Stinky Maps & The Book of Answers. Who are you? & What are your goals?. Individual

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Women’s Empowerment through Mobile Technology

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  1. Day 1 Women’s Empowerment through Mobile Technology

  2. Who am I? • Independent Entrepreneur • Artist • Arts advocate • Filmmaker & App designer • salty snack studios • Tonette Time

  3. Stinky Maps & The Book of Answers

  4. Who are you? & What are your goals? • Individual • Mother, Daughter, Wife, Sister • Organizer • Do you (your organization) have a website? • Do you have a blog? • Do you have a social network site? • Do you have a web application? • Do you have a mobile application?

  5. Plan for the week Demonstrate basic mobile tech Show apps for personal, work and community use Introduce apps to empower individual and community Give tips to coordinate making an app

  6. What is Powder Puff? • Definition:a traditionally male activity or event done or played by women • Example: Powder–puffFootball

  7. What is it when women command technology? • I call it Geek Puff! • It’s more than just mimicking boys/men. • Bring women’s concerns to technology. • See www.GeekPuff.com

  8. iPod Touch Device Case Cable Charger Headphones

  9. Get started Taps Swipes Pinching Home button

  10. Tips & Tricks Video • Scroll to top • Domain Resolution • Domain Suffix Insertion • Hyperlink Options • Hot Corners • Quick Punctuation • Force Quit Apps

  11. Personalize • Settings • Wifi ON or OFF? • Contact Information • Enter your name, address, email, organization’s URL and Skype username • Camera • Take picture of yourself and add to your contact info

  12. What is an App? What does that mean?

  13. What is a Desktop Application? • softwareinstalled on a single computer (laptop or a desktop) and used to perform specific tasks • EX: Photoshop, GIMP & Word

  14. What is a Web Application? • an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet • www.ipaidabribe.org • WATCH VIDEO

  15. What is an SMS Application? • Short Message Service (Texting) • Transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone, fax machine and/or IP address. • Messages must be no longer than 160 alpha-numeric characters and contain no images or graphics.

  16. M-PESA • Mobile Money Transfer service • An SMS App • WATCH VIDEO • By Innovation.Org

  17. What is a Mobile Application? Also called an “App” Software that can run on a mobile devicethat will allow the device to perform specific tasks that are typically restricted to a desktop computer. Everything on your iPod Touch is an App.

  18. What is Crowdsourcing? • See CrowdSourcing.org • WATCH VIDEO • Ushahidi • Swahili for “Witness” • WATCH USHAHIDI VIDEO

  19. Why use mobile technology?

  20. It’s Everywhere It’s Personal • On your person, convenient and intimate. • “Half of India’s homes have cellphones, but not toilets”

  21. More phones than toothbrushes!

  22. Top 7 Ways Mobile Device is a Tool • Banking • Activism • Report Violence Mobile Active • Education • Watch Video • Mxit Website • MoMath by Nokia • Watch Video

  23. Top 7 Ways Mobile Device is a Tool, cont. • 4. Entertainment • 5. Disaster Management • Refugees United • Simple: Profile & Search • 7 languages

  24. Top 7 Ways Mobile Device is a Tool, cont. more. • 6. Agriculture • iCow • WATCH VIDEO • 7. Health • Tackle Counterfeit Medicine in Africa

  25. iPeriod App Breast exam reminders Family planning Track symptoms Private/password protected

  26. Any other reason to use Mobile Technology?

  27. Bump App A Virtual Business Card. Watch video demo.

  28. “A phone without a phone”

  29. Using Mobile Technology Personal Professional For doing good

  30. Social Networks & Micro-Blogging Apps How is Micro-Blogging different from Social Networks?

  31. MOBILE Social Networking & Microblogging • Brief, fast and powerful by design • Immediate • Show others what you are seeing and doing in the moment • See and hear what others are doing right away • Get Answers • Wherever you are • Whenever you need them

  32. Facebook • Personal, Professional OR BOTH • Driven by Who you know • Event Promotion • Product Promotion

  33. Linked In Professional & Social Who you know Who your colleagues know

  34. Twitter • What you know • Lightweight • 140 characters or less

  35. Blogger App Post to a blog from your mobile device Tonette Time Cambodia Blogging Summit

  36. Micro-Blogging Apps more Tumblr Posterous Cowbird Pinterest

  37. Homework on iPod Touch before next class do this: • Take Pictures • Set up Facebook accounts • Find Reading Materials

  38. Geek Puff Inspiration The Bionic Woman See More Hear Further Be Faster Geek Puff is cheaper than surgery and more fun!

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