What do we use at work? This series of posts interviews the Ushahidi staff about their methods of working and the tools they use. The profile of a different employee will be posted twice a week until we make our way through most or all of the staff!
We went into the first deployment of Ushahidi (Kenya 2008) with eyes wide shut. We had some ideas about an open platform for crowdsourcing via mobiles and the web, but we had no real clue what would happen. When we launched, we blogged it. That was all. Yet it went national and international.
Why did it work?
The annual Ushahidi team retreat took in place in Miami over Easter weekend in April 2011. It was a powerful event with all the members of the Ushahidi core teams present (with the exception of the iHub) staying in one house, meeting with facilitators, recapping the events over the last year and planning events that could take place over the next 12 months.
Yesterday Ushahidi won the Kenya ICT Award for “Social Equity and Poverty Reduction“, which we’re extremely grateful for. None of us were able to attend the conference in Kenya due to the whole team being at our big annual meeting.
Have you ever wondered about the different mHealth software applications that you hear about in the ICT4D conversations? Would you like to better understand how each works, and which one would work the best for you?
What do we use at work? This series of posts interviews the Ushahidi staff about their methods of working and the tools they use. The profile of a different employee will be posted twice a week until we make our way through most or all of the staff!
What do we use at work? This series of posts interviews the Ushahidi staff about their methods of working and the tools they use. A profile of a different employee will be posted twice a week until we make our way through most or all of the staff!
