The document discusses how new media and technology can be used to create solutions in communities. It provides examples from Bangladesh of using social media, mobile phones, and internet access points to empower citizens, teachers, and youth. New opportunities are emerging for online freelance work, citizen journalism, and debates on important issues. Challenges remain regarding internet infrastructure, costs, and policies around privacy and online freedom of expression. Overall, the document advocates for harnessing new technologies to benefit communities and build nations.

1. Social Good Summit 2012:
How Can New Media and Technology
Create Solutions in My Community?
Anir Chowdhury
September 24, 2012

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3. Power Shifts in the World
Vertical  Horizontal

4. Power Shifts in the World
Organization/Individual  Community

5. Power Shifts in the World
Exclusive  Inclusive

6. Power Shifts in the World
Office  Home
30,000 freelancers earning 20 million
dollars/year

7. Who are causing these power shifts?
1. Youth
2. Social media

10. Bangladesh Scenario
150.5 mil 28% 72%
95.5 mil
7.7 mil 5%
2.7 mil 2%
63%

11.  7.7 million Desktop Internet Users
 25 mil. can access internet using mobile devices
Internet Usage Tripled in 3 years
Source G&R

12.  2.7 million Bangladesh Facebook Users
 500,000 using mobile devices
Facebook Demographics

13. Education in Rural Areas

14. Empower Teachers and Include Students

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16. Service Delivery to the Poor

17. 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 income
4.5 mil users/month

18. New Employment Opportunities
for the Youth

19. Freelance Outsourcing – Odesk Study
January 2009

20. All countries …
January 2010

21. All countries …
January 2011

22. All countries …
October 2011

23. Excluding Top 3 …
January 2009

24. Excluding Top 3 …
January 2010

25. Excluding Top 3 …
January 2011

26. Excluding Top 3 …
October 2011

27. Non-Dhaka Is As Strong!

28. Empowering the Citizens

29. Internet and Bangla
 Bangla blogging started by somewherein
blog in December 2005
 Now, 20 Bangla blogging platforms and
250,000 bloggers

30. Citizens’ Voice

31. Citizen’s Journalism

32. Debates!
 ‘Innocence of Muslims’
 Blocking of Youtube

33. Policy Issues

34. 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

35. 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

36. Blogging/tweeting/SMSing for good!
 Blogging for adda
 Blogging for cause
 Blogging for nation building

37. “A good hockey
player plays
where the puck
is.
A great hockey
player plays
where the puck is
going to be.”
Wayne Gretzky