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Submitting guest blogs is open to Global Washington’s members of the Atlas level and above. We value a diversity of opinions on a broad range of subjects of interest to the global health and development community.
Blog article submissions should be 500-1500 words. Photos, graphs, videos, and other art that supports the main themes are strongly encouraged.
You may not be the best writer, and that’s okay. We can help you shape and edit your contribution. The most important thing is that it furthers an important conversation in your field, and that it is relatively jargon-free. Anyone without a background in global development should still be able to engage with your ideas.
If you include statistics or reference current research, please hyperlink your sources in the text, wherever possible.
Have an idea of what you’d like to write about? Let’s continue the conversation! Email comms@globalWA.org and put “Blog Idea” in the subject line.
Posted on June 25, 2015
By Kaitlin Marshall
On June 24, Global Washington members gathered to meet Kentaro Toyama and discuss his new book, Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology. An award-winning computer scientist and co-founder of Microsoft Research India, Toyama spent more than a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health and global poverty before coming to a radical conclusion. “Even in an age of amazing technology, social progress depends on human changes that gadgets can’t deliver,” says Toyama. This conclusion is the crux of his book, in which he argues that technology is not the solution to society’s greatest ills. Continue Reading
Posted on June 15, 2015
By Lev Klarnet
On June 9th, Global Washington hosted a panel discussion on the use of innovative technologies by social entrepreneurs. Panelists included: Ali Arjomand, Director of Analysis and Evaluation at Global Good; Beth Kolko, co-founder and CEO of Shift Labs; and Laura McLaughlin, Director of MSR Global Health. The discussion was moderated by Chris Coward, Principal Research Scientist and Director of the Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School. Humanosphere sponsored the event. Continue Reading
Posted on June 8, 2015
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