Emer Beamer @ Games for Change

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These are the slides Emer used at the Games for Change conference in NY, in the panel called International Aid Programs, Social Media, Gaming and Mobile…The New Frontier you can see a video of the whole panel here http://gamesforchange.org/festival2011/video/ Games for Change 8th Annual Festival, New York City, June 20-22, 2011 #G4C2011 @G4C

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Is there a revolution going on?

Team, working in 22 countries

Co-design, In South Nigeria

With co-design we bring our tech and design knowledge coupled with inspirational example, we work with local activists and NGOs who know their issue and context, together we make great products

A slow revolution

a playful informed homegrownyet slow revolution

a mobile revolution

Mobile phones are the most commonly used communication devices used on our planet.

More than 5 billion people have access to a mobile phone which makes it bigger

than

TV (1.6 billion) Internet (1.7 billion)Radio (3.9 billion)

Support systems for the slow revolution

How can we from the Games for Change community engage with this

slow revolution

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A slow and sustained revolution