Social Good Summit 2012: How Can New Media and Technology Create Solutions in My Community? Anir Chowdhury September 24, 2012
Dec 18, 2014
Social Good Summit 2012: How Can New Media and Technology Create Solutions in My Community?
Anir Chowdhury
September 24, 2012
Who is NOT on facebook?
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500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
1,465,060
2,252,920
Facebook users, 000s, 2011
Power Shifts in the WorldVertical Horizontal
Power Shifts in the WorldOrganization/Individual Community
Power Shifts in the WorldExclusive Inclusive
Power Shifts in the WorldOffice Home
30,000 freelancers earning 20 million dollars/year
Who are causing these power shifts?
1.Youth
2.Social media
Bangladesh Scenario
150.5 mil 28% 72%
95.5 mil
7.7 mil 5%
2.7 mil 2%
63%
7.7 million Desktop Internet Users 25 mil. can access internet using mobile
devices
Internet Usage Tripled in 3 years
Source G&R
2.7 million Bangladesh Facebook Users 500,000 using mobile devices
Facebook Demographics
Education in Rural Areas
Empower Teachers and Include Students
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Content Development by Teachers!
Service Delivery to the Poor
Preventing Digital Divide: Citizens Access Points in 4,545 UPs
Birth and death registration
Examination results
Government forms download
Job information Visa application
and tracking Digital
photography Computer
training
Mobile banking
Life insurance
English training
Payments for government services
Tax collection
Remittance9,090 ICT entrepreneurs$500,000 income4.5 mil users/month
New Employment Opportunities for the Youth
Freelance Outsourcing – Odesk Study
January 2009
All countries …
January 2010
All countries …
January 2011
All countries …
October 2011
Excluding Top 3 …
January 2009
Excluding Top 3 …
January 2010
Excluding Top 3 …
January 2011
Excluding Top 3 …
October 2011
Non-Dhaka Is As Strong!
Empowering the Citizens
Internet and Bangla
Bangla blogging started by somewherein blog in December 2005
Now, 20 Bangla blogging platforms and 250,000 bloggers
Citizens’ Voice
Citizen’s Journalism
Debates!
‘Innocence of Muslims’Blocking of Youtube
Policy Issues
Connecting …
Internet cost: 27,000/Mbps (2009) 8,000 (2012) Trickle down? Quality of Service
Broadband: 128Kbps (2009) 1Mbps (2012) ‘Fraud-band’ prevention? Broadband infrastructure
Enabling …
Bangla on mobile: Nokia proprietary All mobiles Mandatory for bar phones as of Feb 21,
2012 Smart phones coming Tablets for 25,000 government officers
Cyberlaws Cybercrime Privacy Freedom of expression
Blogging/tweeting/SMSing for good!
Blogging for addaBlogging for causeBlogging for nation building
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is.
A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
Wayne Gretzky