TechCamp:Almaty Agenda
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Agenda for Tech Forum Central Asia - Day 1 (Friday, June 15)
Youth Empowerment
8:00-9:00 Registration, networking, coffee & tea
9:00-9:05 Welcome & Logistics Info: Aliya Pistayeva, Alumni Board, Embassy Astana & Noel Dickover, Department of State
9:05-9:15 Welcome to Tech Forum Central Asia: Ambassador Fairfax, U.S. Embassy Astana
9:15-9:20 What is a TechCamp and Why Do I Care?: Hanny Kusumawati, Coinachance
9:20-10:00 Ice breaking Exercise: Aliya Pistayeva, Alumni Board, Embassy Astana & Noel Dickover, Department of State
10:00-11:00 Fast-paced Project Presentations (Case Studies)
Topic Presenter 1: Getting Funding by Telling Stories Hanny Kusumawati, Coinachance 2: Tackling the Topic of Sectarian Violence in Northern Nigeria Samantha Barry, BBC 3: Using Video for Online Education Story Ken Harvey, KIMEP 4: Grassroots Organizing for Advocacy in Health Care Sean Knox, Wind Up Bird 5: Helping the Illiterate Access Humanitarian Aid During the Pakistan Flood Jim Williams, Popular Engagement Policy 6: Relief4Pakistan: Crowdfunding for Pakistani Flood Kalsoom Lakhani, Invest2Innovate 7: Mapping the Famine in the Horn of Africa Nate Smith, Development Seed 8: Working with Journalists in Uzbekistan to Communicate Safely Tolkun Umaraliev, RFERL 9: Stop Stockouts: Using SMS for Advocacy Case Study Chris Albon, FrontlineSMS 10: Facebook Story Elizabeth Linder, Facebook 11: InternetNecessario: Using Information for Advocacy Susannah Vila, The Engine Room 12: Reporting Corruption and Rights Violations in Bishkek using Video Aibek Baratov, Social Media Activist 13: Blogging Story Daren Krape, HTC 14: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation - Social Media Branding Story Ong Hock Chuan, Maverick 15: Digital Storytelling Empowering Grassroots Organizations in Pakistan Nighat Dad, Take Back the Tech 16: Yvision: Citizen Journalist Covering Social Unrest in Kazakhstan Stas Ignatov, Yvision
11:00-11:30 Morning break
11:30-11:40 Plenary Session
12:10-13:30 Interactive Training Stations
Topic Presenter 1: Using Facebook for Engagement and Outreach Elizabeth Linder, Facebook 2: Creating Low Cost Video for Education Purposes Ken Harvey, KIMEP 3: Crowdfunding for Your Social Ventures Kalsoom Lakhani, Invest2Innovate & Hanny Kusumawati, Coin-a-chance 4: Connecting Grassroots to Digital Organizing Sean Knox, Wind Up Bird 5: Finding Out What Works in Low Tech and Low Literacy Communities Jim Williams, Popular Engagement Policy 6: Multi-Platform Storytelling Samantha Barry, BBC 7: Use of FrontlineSMS for Collaboration Chris Albon, FrontlineSMS 8: Creating Custom Maps and Using Data to Tell Stories Nate Smith, Development Seed 9: How to Interact Safely Online Tolkun Umaraliev, RFERL 10: Citizens Using Video to Improve Services in Local Government Aibek Baratov, Social Media Activist 12: Social Media Strategy Before You Get to Platforms Ong Hock Chuan, Maverick 13: Data Visualition for Advocacy Susannah Vila, The Engine Room 14: Blogging for Social Good Darren Krape, HTC & Stas Ignatov, Yvision
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-14:40 Plenary Session
14:40-15:30 Small Group Topical Breakout Discussions
Topic Facilitator 1: Civic Engagement in Central Asia Aibek Baratov, Social Media Activist 2: Advocacy and Awareness Susannah Vila, The Engine Room 3: Entrepreneurship: Dare to Dream Kalsoom Lakhani, Invest2Innovate 4: Getting the next dime – fundraising Alena Popova, OpenProject Foundation 5: NGO Operations and Sustainability Nate Smith, Development Seed 6: NGO Volunteeers Hanny Kusumawati, Coineachance 7: Becoming a Leader Elizabeth Linder, Facebook 8: How to build your personal network Daren Krape, HTC 9: Digital Divide Issues Chris Albon, FrontlineSMS & Jim Williams, Popular Engagement Policy 10: Grassroots Organizing and Team Building Options Sean Knox, Wind Up Bird 11: Women's Empowerment Nighat Dad, Take Back the Tech 12: Scaling Your Organization Stas Ignatov, Yvision 13: Branding and Positioning Your Organization Ong Hock Chuan, Maverick 14: Journalism in Central Asia Samantha Barry, BBC & Tolkun Umaraliev, RFERL
15:30-15:50 Afternoon break
15:50-16:00 Plenary Session
16:00-16:50 Small Group Work on Brainstorming Problems
Topic Facilitator 1: Mobile Options Chris Albon, FrontlineSMS 2: Low Cost Video for Education and Civic Engagement Options Ken Harvey, KIMEP & Aibek Baratov, Social Media Activist 3: Low Tech and Low Literacy Communities Issues Jim Williams, Popular Engagement Policy 4: Incorporating Facebook Elizabeth Linder, Facebook 5: Mapping Options Nate Smith, Development Seed 6: Multi-Platform Storytelling Samantha Barry, BBC and Aibek Baratov, PF “Youth Cultural Center” 7: Crowdsoucing Options Hanny Kusumawati, Coin-a-chance 8: On the ground organizing problems Greg Ferenstein, Mashable 9: Data Visualition for Advocacy Susannah Vila, The Engine Room 10: Social Media Strategy Options Ong Hock Chuan, Maverick 11: Crowdfunding Options Kalsoom Lakhani, Invest2Innovate 12: Online Safety Issues Tolkun Umaraliev, RFERL 13: Online Organizing and Team Building Options Sean Knox, Wind Up Bird 14: Blogging for Social Good Darren Krape, HTC
16:50-17:30 Presenting the Results of the Brainstorming Session
Agenda for Tech Forum Central Asia – Day 2 (Saturday, June 16)
8:00-9:30 Networking, coffee & tea (Problem Solution Sign-up Time)
9:30 -10:00 Opening Plenary Aliya Pistayeva, Alumni Board, Embassy Astana & Angela Baker, State Department This plenary will have a CSO from each problem statement to be worked to speak to its importance and tell the participants why they want to solve it.
10:00-10:50 Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions Participants break out into problems identified from the brainstorming session, and fill in a problem-solution template.
Topic #1: How can we help disabled school children who cannot attend public schools keep up with school curriculum? #2: How can universities in Kyrgyzstan convey information about their departments, faculties, and specialties to students via SMS service (purpose is to help students choose the right program to study). #3: How can you create a video portal on civic control to monitor violations from government organizations and employees? #4: How can we address juvenile suicide cases in Kazakhstan using video technology? #5: How can we use social networking to help prospective parents to adopt children from orphanages across Turkmenistan? #6: How can we use social media to raise youth awareness about HIV, STD and drug abuse, including sharing information about upcoming events?#7: How can we raise awareness about global social networks for people who are living in low-income neighborhoods, with poor connectivity? #8: How do we increase trust between potential investors/donors and recipients by using social platforms? #9: How can we visualize accessibility concerns for disabled persons in Almaty? #10: How do we use online tools to reduce discrimination against central Asian people in Russia? #11: How can I create a platform to match donors with organizations in need of funds in central Asia? #12: How can we improve central Asian language versions of Wikipedia? #13: How can I organize a community of alumni using a blog?#14: How do we create a central, sustainable platform to connect volunteers with new opportunities from NGOs?#15: What can I do in order to protect my personal information in files on my computer? #16: How can we implement online safety courses for school children?#17: How do I foster an active, online alumni group of people who have studied abroad? #18: How can we use online tools to find, identify and recruit new women who work in technology to an existing Afghan women tech community?#19: How do I raise funds (both inside and outside the country) in a country where there are no electronic transfers?#20: How do we improve social media engagement to address audience fatigue among activists? (Combined w/#21) #21: How do you create a crowdsourcing platform for fact checking mainstream media in Central Asia? (Combined w/#20) #22: How can crowdsourcing help to increase trust and transparency to mobilize support for a social good cause? #23: How can an online map help people research the availability of services my organization offers in order to make our face to face and telephone interactions more productive? #24: How can we create a cheap online/offline system targeted at isolated communities with little electricity to encourage people to know about and protect their rights? #25: How can we identify safe, appropriate city locations for an outdoor, portable public library that meet local needs including the fair distribution of resources?
10:50-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:20 Interactive Training Stations
Topic Presenter 1: Using Facebook for Engagement and Outreach Elizabeth Linder, Facebook 2: Creating Low Cost Video for Education Purposes Ken Harvey, KIMEP 3: Crowdfunding for Your Social Ventures Kalsoom Lakhani, Invest2Innovate 4: Connecting Grassroots to Digital Organizing Sean Knox, Wind Up Bird 5: Finding Out What Works in Low Tech and Low Literacy Communities Jim Williams, Popular Engagement Policy 6: Multi-Platform Storytelling Samantha Barry, BBC 7: Use of FrontlineSMS for Collaboration Chris Albon, FrontlineSMS 8: Creating Custom Maps and Using Data to Tell Stories Nate Smith, Development Seed 9: How to Interact Safely Online Tolkun Umaraliev, RFERL 10: Citizens Using Video to Improve Services in Local Government Aibek Baratov, Social Media Activist 11: Using Crowdsourcing for Social Activism Hanny Kusumawati, Coin-a-chance 12: Social Media Strategy Before You Get to Platforms Ong Hock Chuan, Maverick 13: Data Visualition for Advocacy Susannah Vila, The Engine Room 14: Blogging for Social Good Darren Krape, HTC
12:20-13:20 Lunch
13:20-13:30 Plenary and Announcements
13:30-14:30 Small Group Problem Definition Refinement and Action Planning: Same as morning session, but now they are working on follow-on Action Plans.
14:30-15:00 Final Interactive Q&A with trainers: Unstructured training Q&A time - allows for last chance questions or actions.
15:00-15:20 Afternoon Break
15:20-16:00 Final Presentations
16:00-16:15 Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements
16:15 TechCamp Almaty Photo
