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Imagine a tool where you have text and a computer automatically highlights key themes. No need to do complex coding, no word counts that are used to explore the text -- just keywords and phrases identified. This is exactly what...

Data visualization requires more than design skills. You need both technical and critical thinking skills to create the best visuals for your audience. It is important to match your visualization to your viewer’s information needs. You should always be asking...

Image Source: AidData How do you analyze data you collect from surveys and interviews? One way to analyze data is through data visualizations. Data visualization turns numbers and letters into aesthetically pleasing visuals, making it easy to recognize patterns and...

Meet Jennifer, she took her first TechChange course on Technology for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in October and is now facilitating multiple TechChange courses. Drawn by our teaching model, after completing her course, she wanted to become involved as a...

Did you see Facebook’s Safety Check feature recently? Did you use it? Following the recent earthquake in Nepal, Facebook activated “Safety Check“, a feature that helps friends and relatives quickly find out whether their loved ones are safe. Safety Check...

Technology has been known to facilitate anonymous harassment online, but in India a non-profit organization is using mobile apps to fight harassment on the streets. I came across Safecity in my Mobile Phones for International Development course, and since I plan...

It may be difficult to see the relevance of 3D Printing beyond maker labs, but its potential to help in international development, and especially humanitarian response should be explored further. In 2013 alone, there were more than 334 natural disasters...

Photo credit: myAgro The current financial model of banks cannot address what development experts call the “triple whammy” of poor peoples’ lives - they struggle with low savings, uncertainty of cash flows, and the inability to access formal financial instruments....

Photo credit: Lokesh Todi On Saturday morning, I woke up to numerous messages on whatsapp and facebook from my friends in India asking me if my family was safe. After listening to a voicemail from a Nepali friend based in...

By Samita Thapa and Sara Pitcairn The possibilities for 3D printing are endless. While this may scare some of us, the potential for innovation is exactly what excites us here at TechChange! Imagine being able to quickly manufacture reconstruction materials...