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

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January 2011

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October 2011

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January 2011

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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