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Zack Brisson at World Summit on Information Society Forum
On May 16, Reboot Co-Founder and Principal Zack Brisson will be a featured presenter at the World Summit on Information Society Forum in Geneva. As part of a World Bank panel, Zack will present Reboot’s work on how ICTs are changing post-revolution Tunisia. Check out a live webcast of the presentation (from 10:15am-noon EST) here.
Catch Mollie Ruskin at Wanted Design Fair
On Sunday, May 20, Creative Lead Mollie Ruskin will be presenting at the Wanted Design Fair on Reboot’s work with Safe Horizon and desigNYC to improve outreach to human trafficking survivors. RSVP for the presentation here.
Testing Assumptions: More Closely Approximating the Truth
“By overcoming initial assumptions about populations viewed as low-literacy, and recognizing that they – like the rest of us – are eager to embrace new tools, we revealed new opportunities and challenges for LifeSpring [a maternal health hospital in Hyderabad, India].”
New Core77 Post by Panthea Lee
Core77 posted Panthea Lee’s sixth entry in her series The Messy Art of Saving the World, on how we uncovered surprising, hidden challenges facing Sudanese teachers, and found new ways to support them. Read more here.
Reboot Co-Founder Panthea Lee Captains Jury for Core77 Design Awards
Reboot Co-Founder and Principal Panthea Lee will be captaining the jury in the Service Design category for the 2012 Core77 Design Awards. Read an interview with Panthea about the awards here.
Reboot @ NYU: Revolutions, People Politics & Change
On Friday, April 13th, Reboot Principal Zack Brisson will join experts, practitioners and students to present our recent publication on post-revolutionary social change in the MENA region. RSVP for the event or find out more details here.
Tunisia: From Revolutions to Institutions
“The opportunities and setbacks faced by the new Tunisian government as it seeks to provide the health care, economic development, justice processes, and other services demanded by its people will tell us much about the future of governance in a world that grows more complex every day.”
Catch Reboot at ICTD 2012
Reboot principal Zack Brisson will be presenting in two sessions at ICTD 2012. On March 15, Zack will be presenting Reboot’s findings on the role of ICTs in Tunisia with colleagues from the World Bank, and co-hosting a session with Grameen Foundation on user-centered design in ICTD projects. Find out more about the conference here.
Welcome to our Director of Programs
We’re thrilled to announce the addition of Beth Dunlap to our team. Beth has extensive experience developing and implementing programs for USAID and the International Organization for Migration, and has joined as Reboot’s new Director of Programs. Welcome aboard!
Reboot @ MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Reboot will be speaking at MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media on March 22 on the role of technology and design in international development. Event details will be updated closer to the date.