Three Months Later: Checking In With Our Pivot for Impact Leaders
Three months after Pivot for Impact, we checked back in with Selective Phase leaders. The pivot is underway, and it looks different for everyone.
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Evolving the Digital Engine: How CARE and TechChange Are Scaling the VSLA
After a platform overhaul that added interactive modules and automated reporting, CARE and TechChange are now translating the VSLA training suite into Spanish, French, and Arabic to reach community trainers worldwide.
Beyond the Silos: A More Connected Future for Higher Education Data
DataKind and TechChange are hosting the virtual kickoff of GUIDE, a collaborative effort exploring what a shared, open data foundation could unlock for higher education. Join the September 17 event to help shape the vision.
Building the Structured Foundation AI Assistants Need With the Relational Database Model
In current discussions around the opportunities of leveraging AI assistants for data analysis, we often encounter the same argument: in humanitarian or international development organizations, an AI…
Digital Disbursements That Deliver: Closing the Last-Mile Gap for NGOs
As global humanitarian and development organizations continue to shift toward digital-first operations, one persistent challenge remains: how to efficiently, securely, and compliantly deliver funds to the people who need…
From Vision to Action: GDHF 2025 Showed How Collaboration Is Shaping Digital Health's Future
The Global Digital Health Forum (GDHF) isn’t just a conference; it’s a community. Each year, technologists, health workers, policymakers, and innovators gather with one goal: to shape a more…
Social Impact Accelerator to Fuel Organizations with "Endless" Potential
According to InterAction’s polling of CEOs from various International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) 50% were actively working on implementing a new business model for their organization. And that figure is…
Bridging the Climate-Health Data Gap for More Resilient Health Systems
When floods or heatwaves strike, local health workers on the frontlines often lack timely and contextually relevant data and information to help inform response. Climate change is reshaping the…
An Update on a Recent Security Incident and Our Commitment to Your Trust
At TechChange, the trust of our community is the foundation of everything we do. It is in that spirit of transparency that we are sharing details about a recent…
Improving Data Quality in Global Health
Data collected by frontline health workers (FHWs) is essential to a robust healthcare delivery system, as is the quality of the data. Missed vaccinations, inadequate maternal care, delayed disease…
Learning Cohort Meets IRL: Virtual Course Alumni Convene at the Global Digital Health Forum
I’ve facilitated many deliveries of the Digital Health: Planning National Systems (DH:PNS) course since its creation in 2020, from fully synchronous to blended, from Chile to Egypt. But up…
Locally-Led Tech and Policy Innovations Take Center Stage at GDHF 2024
Anyone who knows me is aware that connecting awesome social impact professionals to one another is one of my favorite things about working in this space. So I was…
Compassion, Evolution, and Authenticity: Two Impact Coaches on Gratitude
With Thanksgiving this week, we here at TechChange wanted to share some thoughts on gratitude. To keep things interesting, we decided to ask some of the most inspiring people…
Preparing for a conference abroad
One of the most exciting aspects of working at an international social enterprise like TechChange is having the opportunity to support amazing events in a wide variety of…
The Next Decade of USAID's Digital Policy
What are the implications of the USAID Digital Policy for implementing partners? Can the newly refreshed Digital Principles offer guidance? How can implementing partners engage with these frameworks in meaningful ways?…
Climate Finance, an Integral Part of Disaster Risk Reduction
Right now, the 24th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. This global multilateral decision-making forum on climate change brings together nearly every country in…
Climate + Data + Health Track at GDHF 2024
Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and changes in disease patterns are all consequences of global warming with grave impacts on human health. To meet these rapidly worsening challenges, health professionals…
TechChange Platform Improvements in 2024
Much like the lifelong learners that our signature TechChange platform supports, we never stop learning and working to improve our offerings. This year our development team has added numerous capabilities…
Marc Mitchell Scholarship for Global Digital Health Forum Awarded to DOTOH Founder
From her work in clinical care and public health in both Benin and the United States, to consulting for the United Nations Fund for Population and Oxfam, Dr.…
ECO-MAMA Innovator Wins 2024 Marc Mitchell Scholarship for Global Digital Health Forum
Growing up hours from the nearest hospital in rural Rwanda, Joie Sophia Umuhoza saw first-hand how difficult it was for women and girls to get medical care, and the dangerous…
New Digital Health Site, and Upcoming Opportunities for Digital Health Practitioners
Digital Health: Planning National Systems is the world's most comprehensive digital health course for national planners in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Developed with resources from the World Health…
The Flexibility of TechChange Courses- An Update from IFAD Year Three
At TechChange, you hear us talking a lot about how we create courses across the spectrum of learning modalities–synchronous, blended, and self-paced (or asynchronous). But what is one thing we don't…
Online Training of Trainers- Dispatch from CARE VSLA
A well-done Training of Trainers (TOT) is an effective way to boost the relevance, sustainability, and long-term impact of international development training programs. But in-person they are often high-touch, costly endeavors that…
Clarity, Validation, and Support: Spotlight on Three Impact Coaches
After five years as a certified coach, facilitator, and community builder, I'm delighted to be a part of TechChange's newest Talent initiative: Impact Coach. This incredible offering pairs social impact professionals…