The document discusses the use of smart technology and the internet to enhance global health initiatives, highlighting the importance of online tools for knowledge sharing, project management, and community engagement. It provides examples of social media platforms, communal libraries, and interactive tools that can facilitate collaboration in health projects. The presentation emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt to new technologies and understand user needs to successfully implement these solutions.

1. Using Smart Technology to Improve Global Health Initiatives Suzanne Rainey Angela Milton Joe Pringle July 29, 2008 Presented at SID/W

2. Agenda Introductions Overview Examples Discussion: How can we and our communities benefit from these tools? What are you doing at your organization now? Where are the gaps/challenges? Looking forward.

3. Welcome to…. SID/W Global Health Internet Olympics 2008! Stretch your mind! Test your limits!

4. How Many Do We Have Today? Bloggers? LinkedIn? Facebook? Tweeters? Online community managers? Web masters? Twittervision

5. Overview

7. Growth of Internet Users

8. Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion -- equivalent to half the global population -- on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched Reuters, Nov 29, 2007 Cellphone usage in Africa is growing almost twice as fast as any other region…152 million in 2006.

9. “ As online communities spread across the world, Wikipedia's knowledge-sharing can free us from poverty and ignorance.” Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia

10. How is this relevant to you? You need to: Run successful projects Facilitate knowledge sharing Build capacity Influence policy makers Connect with co-workers and lots of other people Demonstrate progress and success Online tools aren’t THE solution, but they’re often part of the most effective solutions in global health.

11. The Internet is a Big Tool Box How do we USE it to improve health? Syntax CMS

12. Examples

13. Blogs: Center for Global Development

14. Advance Market Commitments (GAVI)

15. Christine Gorman (TIME) globalhealthreport. blogspot.com/

16. Communal Libraries

17. Communal Libraries / Repositories Population and Health Infoshare - phishare.org

18. Communal Libraries / Repositories PSP-One Resource Center and Project Database – psp-one.com

19. The Power of Communal Creation World Bank: World Development Report – www.worldbank.org/wdr

20. Social Media Tools

21. Social Networks

22. Social Media Tools – You Tube The Davos Question: http://www.davosconversation.org "What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?"

24. Ashoka’s Changemakers “ Open sourcing social solutions.”

25. DailyStrength.org “… the largest, most comprehensive health network of people sharing their advice, treatment experiences, and support.”

26. Create Your Own Social Network Ning.com

27. Interaction & Collaboration Online Tools to help people: understand data, manage knowledge, and collaborate with each other

28. Interaction Online - Data Mapping Tools Gapminder.org

29. Interaction Online – Data Mapping Hs2020.org

30. New Breed Tools for Internal Collaboration Better, cheaper, easier…

31. Pick the right tool for your needs Project management Discussions / Groups Data Web Office Basecamp Yahoo groups ProjectSpaces Social Text Near Time File management Google groups Zoho Project Google SS Central Desktop Zoho Creator Liquid Planner 4Shared DabbleDB

32. Data Management – Google Spreadsheets

33. Project Management - ProjectSpaces

34. File management – Scribd

35. Wikis - Socialtext

36. Discussions and e-mail lists – Google Groups

37. A New Reality (as seen on CNN)

38. Adoption and use People will only use it if: A) they want to B) they have to

39. Approach to selecting the right tool Survey or interview users Understand what they want to share Prioritize “scenarios” Pilot test

40. Pay attention to the people part Explain why you are using the tool Define expectations for participating Help them get started

41. Discussion How can the community benefit from these tools? What are you already doing? What are challenges do you face, or foresee in adopting new technologies? Thanks! [email_address] [email_address]