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YALI TechCamp Pretoria

Digital Strategies for Grassroots Organizing

Communications Campaigns & Advocacy Good Governance & Transparency Human Rights
Pretoria, South Africa View Map
October 21-22, 2015

Participants from

Botswana; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Ghana; Kenya; Mali; Nigeria; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda; Zimbabwe

Description

YALI TechCamp Pretoria: Digital Strategies for Grassroots Organizing connected young leaders to innovative techniques and digital tools for conducting outreach campaigns on climate change, elections, and human rights. By bringing together technology experts with the YALI Network, TechCamp Pretoria helped future leaders of Africa strengthen and grow their community organizations in order to unleash the potential of their communities for change.

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Agenda

Tuesday, October 20 | Pre-TechCamp

  • 2:00pm - Afternoon: Venue walk-through (organizers, MCs, Video/Photography Team)
  • 6:30pm - Tech-trainer meeting with organizers – at Protea Hotel Fire & Ice!

Wednesday, October 21 | TechCamp Day 1

  • 8:00am - 9:00am - Registration, networking, tea / coffee
  • 9:00am - 9:10am - Overview of TechCamp - Bonolo Nomathansanqa & Jamie Findlater
  • 9:10am - 9:25am - Welcome Remarks - Macon Phillips, Coordinator, International Information Programs
  • 9:25am - 9:40am - What is YALI? - Lindsey Boyle, International Information Programs
  • 9:40am - 10:00am - Icebreaker: Agree or Disagree
  • 10:00am - 11:00am - Fast-paced Project Presentations: “Speed-Geeking” Sessions

  • YALI TechCamp Pretoria 2015 - Speed Geeking Sessions

    Team NumberTopicTech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
    1Low Cost, High Quality VideosEmmanuel Etim - Refined Creative;
    Adebayo Okeowo - Centre for Human Rights
    2Visual and Graphic Storytelling on Social Media
    		Tara McMahon - Climate Action Campaign;
    Matlotleng Matlou - Excelsior Afrika Consulting
    3SMS for Advocacy and CampaignsAlex Pitkin - Frontline SMS;
    Percy Morapedi Koji - Mandela Washington Fellow, The Democratic Alliance
    4Building an Online Movement through Social Media and BloggingMaureen McCarty - Human Rights Campaign;
    Emilar Vushe - Association for Progressive Communications
    5Online to Offline OrganizingAisha Satterwhite - Blue State Digital
    6Mapping through Open Source Data CollectionJess Shorland - Ushahidi
    7Innovation Through ConnectivityJames Devine - Project Isizwe
    8Using mobile to reach rural communitiesHlanganani Gumbi - KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Democratic Alliance;
    Edzai Conilias Zvobwo - The Math Genius
    9Using Community Radio for Public OutreachFranklin Huizies - Radio KC
  • 11:00am - 11:30am -  Tea / Coffee break
  • 11:30am - 1:00pm - Interactive Training Sessions 1

  • YALI TechCamp Pretoria 2015 - Interactive Training Sessions

    Team NumberTopicTech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
    1Low Cost, High Quality VideosEmmanuel Etim - Refined Creative;
    Adebayo Okeowo - Centre for Human Rights
    2Visual and Graphic Storytelling on Social Media
    		Tara McMahon - Climate Action Campaign;
    Matlotleng Matlou - Excelsior Afrika Consulting
    3SMS for Advocacy and CampaignsAlex Pitkin - Frontline SMS;
    Percy Morapedi Koji - Mandela Washington Fellow, The Democratic Alliance
    4Building an Online Movement through Social Media and BloggingMaureen McCarty - Human Rights Campaign;
    Emilar Vushe - Association for Progressive Communications
    5Online to Offline OrganizingAisha Satterwhite - Blue State Digital
    6Mapping through Open Source Data CollectionJess Shorland - Ushahidi
    7Innovation Through ConnectivityJames Devine - Project Isizwe
    8Using mobile to reach rural communitiesHlanganani Gumbi - KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Democratic Alliance;
    Edzai Conilias Zvobwo - The Math Genius
    9Using Community Radio for Public OutreachFranklin Huizies - Radio KC
  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Lunch with Mandela Washington Fellows
  • 2:00pm - 3:15pm - Interactive Training Sessions 2
  • 3:15pm - 3:35pm - Tea / Coffee Break
  • 3:35pm - 3:45pm - Discussion: How Might We? - Bonolo Nomathansanqa & Jamie Findlater
  • 3:45pm - 4:45pm - A particular technological tool/concept is paired with a specific challenge/issue:

  • YALI TechCamp Pretoria 2015 - Challenges that can be solved by….

    Team NumberTopicTech-Trainer/s and Organization/s
    1Low Cost, High Quality VideosEmmanuel Etim - Refined Creative;
    Adebayo Okeowo - Centre for Human Rights
    2Visual and Graphic Storytelling on Social Media
    		Tara McMahon - Climate Action Campaign;
    Matlotleng Matlou - Excelsior Afrika Consulting
    3SMS for Advocacy and CampaignsAlex Pitkin - Frontline SMS;
    Percy Morapedi Koji - Mandela Washington Fellow, The Democratic Alliance
    4Building an Online Movement through Social Media and BloggingMaureen McCarty - Human Rights Campaign;
    Emilar Vushe - Association for Progressive Communications
    5Online to Offline OrganizingAisha Satterwhite - Blue State Digital
    6Mapping through Open Source Data CollectionJess Shorland - Ushahidi
    7Innovation Through ConnectivityJames Devine - Project Isizwe
    8Using mobile to reach rural communitiesHlanganani Gumbi - KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Democratic Alliance;
    Edzai Conilias Zvobwo - The Math Genius
    9Using Community Radio for Public OutreachFranklin Huizies - Radio KC
  • 4:45pm - 5:00pm - Brief announcements: Setting the tone for Day 2 - Bonolo Nomathansanqa & Jamie Findlater
  • 5:00pm - Tech-trainer meeting/discussion with organizers
  • 7:00pm - Reception/Dinner at Protea Hotel Fire & Ice!

Thursday, October 22 | TechCamp Day 2

  • 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking, coffee & tea (Solution Sign-up Time)
  • 9:00am - 9:30am - Discussion of problem statements/challenges brainstormed on Day 1 - Bonolo Nomathansanqa & Jamie Findlater
  • 9:30am - 11:45am - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions
  • 11:45am - 1:15pm - Policy Lunch Breakouts with Subject Matter Experts
    • Climate Change
    • Elections/Good Governance
    • Human Rights
  • 1:15pm - 1:30pm - Plenary / Instructions and Announcements (if required)
  • 1:30pm - 3:15pm - Small Group Problem Definition Refinement and Action Planning
  • 3:15pm - 3:30pm - Tea / Coffee break
  • 3:30pm - 4:45pm - Final Presentations – Groups present the outcomes
  • 4:45pm - 5:00pm - Participant Survey
  • 5:00pm - 5:25pm - Closing Remarks:
    • Percy Morapedi Koji, Head of Youth Development at Afrika Leadership Development Institute
    • Elizabeth McKay, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Pretoria
  • 5:25pm - 5:30pm - TechCamp Group Photo with all participants
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