Dec 17, 2014 | Announcements, Social Impact
Barely one year after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated the Philippines, another Super Typhoon – named Hagupit but known in the Philippines as Ruby – was headed down the same path. The storm did slow down and was categorized as a category 3 typhoon, but it retained...
Sep 18, 2013 | Announcements, engageSPARK Platform, Social Impact, Uncategorized
In case you’ve been wondering, a lot of things have been happening at Opportunity Labs in the last few months! Our team has been working tirelessly on building, refining and iterating our engageSPARK solution, as we continue to get invaluable internal and external...
May 9, 2013 | Announcements, Humanitarian Agencies, Social Impact
“You are not the user.” This is the first lesson a designer is taught in school when learning how to design a product whether it is a toothbrush, a flight navigation system or a simple website. To design an easy-to-use product, a designer must be a user...
Apr 17, 2013 | Announcements, SMS, Social Impact
A small, poor village in Niger has 100 adults, 50 men, and 50 women. Women are the engines of change. They work hard. They save money for their families. They make sure that their children go to school. But – they can’t read. The overall literacy rate in Niger is only...
Apr 4, 2013 | Announcements, engageSPARK Platform, IVR (interactive Voice Response), SMS
engageSPARK is a not-for-profit social business that will empower development organizations such as NGOs and governments to dramatically extend the reach and impact of their pro-poor programs. engageSPARK will be the first solution that enables organizations around...
