YALI TechCamp Ghana

Agenda

Elect Tech: Digital Strategies for Civic Engagement

May 23rd | TechCamp Day 1

• 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking Over Tea & Coffee
• 9:00am - 9:10am - Welcome & What to Expect
  Kuukuwa Manful, TechCamp Host
  Jamie Findlater, TechCamps, U.S. Department of State
• 9:10am - 9:30am - Introductory Remarks
  Daniel Fennell, Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Accra
  Coordinator Macon Phillips
• 9:30am - 10:10am - Icebreaker: Exploring Perspectives Discussion & Brainstorm: Shared tech challenges among CSOs

• YALITechCamp Ghana 2016 - Discussion & Brainstorm: Shared tech challenges among CSOs

  Team Number	NGO Challenges	Trainer/Facilitator
  1	Lack of Knowledge in the Election Process	Kwami Ahiabenu II - Pen Plus Bytes
  2	Reaching Rural/Illiterate Communities	Raindolf Owusu - Oasis Websoft
  3	Crafting Messages Effectively for Your Audience	Ben Dotson - Emily's List
  4	Collecting and Analyzing Data	Fatu Ogwuche - National Electoral Commission

• 10:10am - 11:10am - Speed Geeking - Small Groups move from one station to the next to hear about what’s possible with technology.

• YALITechCamp Ghana 2016 - Speed Geeking

  Team Number	Station	Trainer/Facilitator
  1	Crowdsourcing	Jason Mule - Ushuhidi
  2	Reducing Violence Around Elections	Cyrus Kawalya - iPledgePeaceUganda
  3	Mobile Data Collection	Dickson Ukang'a - ona.io
  4	Twitter and Facebook partnerships to spur citizen engagement	Fatu Ogwuche - National Electoral Commission
  5	Harnessing Radio Tactics for Podcasting	Jamila Fagge - Voice of America
  6	Follow the Money	Hamzat Lawal - Connected Development [CODE] / Follow The Money
  7	Digital Storytelling & Fundraising	Ben Dotson - Emily's List
  8	Polling/Data Collection	Tomas Rakos - Democracy 2.1
  9	No Smoke Resolution Campaign	Karamokho Badiane - Baobab Entrepreneurship
  10	Social Media Monitoring and Reporting	Kwami Ahiabenu II - Pen Plus Bytes
  11	Community Based Radio	AKO Essan Emile - Radio Arc-en-ciel
  12	Visualization & Video	Sandister Tei - Citi FM
  13	Interactive Voice Response	Raindolf Owusu - Oasis Websoft

• 11:10am - 11:20am - Interactive Training Sessions Explained
• 11:20am - 12:30pm - Interactive Training Sessions

• YALITechCamp Ghana 2016 - Interactive Training Sessions

  Team Number	Station	Trainer/Facilitator
  1	Crowdsourcing	Jason Mule - Ushuhidi
  2	Online to Offline Campaigns	Cyrus Kawalya - iPledgePeaceUganda
  3	SMS/IVR	Dickson Ukang'a - ona.io; Raindolf Owusu - Oasis Websoft
  4	Election Monitoring on Social Media	Fatu Ogwuche - National Electoral Commission; Kwami Ahiabenu II - Pen Plus Bytes
  5	Community Radio & Podcasting	Jamila Fagge - Voice of America; AKO Essan Emile - Radio Arc-en-ciel
  6	Advocacy via Social	Hamzat Lawal - Connected Development [CODE] / Follow The Money; Karamokho Badiane - Baobab Entrepreneurship
  7	Digital Storytelling & Fundraising	Ben Dotson - Emily's List; Sandister Tei - Citi FM
  8	Polling/Data Collection	Tomas Rakos - Democracy 2.1

• 12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
• 1:30pm - 2:40pm - Interactive Training #2
• 2:40pm - 3:00pm - Tea & Coffee
• 3:00pm - 3:15pm - Challenge Statements Explained
  Jamie Findlater, TechCamps, U.S. Department of State
  Kuukuwa Manful, TechCamp Host
• 3:15pm - 4:15pm - Challenge Brainstorm

May 24th | TechCamp Day 2

• 8:00am - 9:00am - Networking Over Tea & Coffee + Solutions Sign-Up Time
• 9:00am - 9:15am - Morning Announcements
  Jamie Findlater, TechCamps, U.S. Department of State
  Kuukuwa Manful, TechCamp Host
• 9:15am - 9:30am - Discussion of Challenge Statements Brainstormed on Day 1
• 9:30am - 12:00pm - Small Group Work on Identifying Solutions
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00pm - 1:30pm - YALI Network Event Planning: How we can help?
• 1:30pm - 4:00pm - Small Group Problem Definition Refinement and Action Planning
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm - Final Presentations
• 5:00pm - 5:15pm - TechCamp Closing & Final Survey
• 5:15pm - TechCamp Group Photo!