Sep 5, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
The promise of the mobile phone lays in its capacity to keep people connected and engaged in various forms of dialogue. At engageSPARK our goal is to leverage this medium of communication to promote a dialogue that ultimately betters the social and economic status of...
Aug 28, 2013 | Businesses, Social Impact, Uncategorized
Over the last few months, two new developments have arisen regarding social enterprise legal forms. First, Delaware has passed new legislation enabling organizations to incorporate as a Benefit Corporation – what some have called “historic Benefit Corporation...
Aug 21, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
Over the last decade or so the use of ICTs (information, communications, and technology – social media, internet, and mobile phones) have actively shaped conflicts, as witnessed in Tunisia and Egypt. Citizen engagement or just passive participation by the virtue of...
Aug 14, 2013 | Social Impact
As mHealth campaigns increase in number around the world the need for careful planning and reviewing results becomes ever emphasized. Although a campaign may work brilliantly in one region it may also flounder and fail in another. Local situations and cultures need to...
Aug 7, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
Currently, there are as many mobile-cellular subscriptions in the world as there are people, with more than half of the users in the Asia-Pacific region – 3.5 billion of the 6.8 billion total subscriptions (ICT Facts and Figures by International...
Jul 31, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
In July 2013 the Indian telegram service was ended. As surprising as it is to hear that telegrams have survived at all into the 21st century, in India, they were deeply woven into society. For 163 years Indians have used telegrams to announce births, deaths, and job...
