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May 20, 2013

Reboot in Tech President

Reboot in Tech President

“Is open government working?” Panthea Lee asks in her latest post for Tech President’s Back Channel. To answer that question, “we need to move beyond measuring outputs and toward understanding experiences.”


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May 16, 2013

Reboot in The Atlantic

Reboot in The Atlantic

“Following Pakistan’s May 11 general elections, the first in which political parties were allowed to field candidates in the region, residents across FATA face severe constraints accessing reliable information on the issues and events that most affect their lives,” Panthea Lee writes in this piece on information and empowerment in Pakistan’s tribal areas.


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May 14, 2013

Reboot Featured in Wakefield

Reboot Featured in Wakefield

Jennifer Thibault was featured in Wakefield Design Story “Swell Morocco” where she discussed the process behind logo craft and her design for an elementary school in Morocco.


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May 13, 2013

Welcome to Our Communications Intern

Welcome to Our Communications Intern

We’re very excited to have Vicki Sotiros join our growing family. Vicki will support Reboot’s communications, contributing to editorial, social media, and outreach. She comes to Reboot from a diverse background spanning public relations, graphic design, and design research. We’re thrilled to have her!


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May 6, 2013

Personal Democracy Forum Picks Reboot

Personal Democracy Forum Picks Reboot

We’re thrilled to announce that Kate Krontiris will be joining TurboVote‘s Katy Peters on the PDF main stage during the 2013 conference on June 6-7. They’ll be talking about how to reform voting from the ground up through the 8,000 local offices that administer elections in the US.


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May 2, 2013

Tech President Talks Reboot and TurboVote

Tech President Talks Reboot and TurboVote

Tech President wrote about TurboVote’s journey with Reboot to help change the future of voting in America. “Out of that research is going to come the specifics of the tool that we’re going to build for election,” TurboVote’s Seth Flaxman says of Reboot’s work with his organization.


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May 1, 2013

Reboot Featured in Caixin

Reboot Featured in Caixin

Patrick Ainslie was featured on Caixin’s podcast this week. Titled “The Underground World of Migrant Remittances“, he discussed opportunities for inclusive financial services targeting China’s migrant workers.


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April 22, 2013

Reboot at General Assembly

Reboot at General Assembly

Mollie Ruskin and Ethan Wilkes will be at General Assembly this evening. They’ll be teaching a class on how design research can be used to address social challenges as part of a General Assembly business course.


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April 10, 2013

Reboot at Robin Hood Foundation

Reboot at Robin Hood Foundation

Ethan Wilkes is joining Robin Hood Foundation’s Innovation Workshop today. The Robin Hood Foundation is bringing together a group of grantees with the best and brightest to explore how mobile technology, open data and the social web can help fight poverty in New York City.


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April 5, 2013

Reboot at Columbia Business School

Reboot at Columbia Business School

Ethan Wilkes is speaking at Columbia Business School‘s annual “China Business Conference” today. He’ll be joining a panel to discuss social media’s role in modern Chinese society.