tag:calagator.org,2005:/events/searchCalagator: Events tagged with: technology for good2012-05-24T15:29:02-07:00tag:calagator.org,2005:Calagator::Event/12504624002012-05-23T15:52:08-07:002012-05-23T15:52:08-07:00Pioneering Mobile Money in AfghanistanThursday, June 7, 2012 from 7-8:30pm at Mercy Corps Action Centerhttp://calagator.org/events/12504624002012-06-07T19:00:00-07:002012-06-07T20:30:00-07:00<div class="vevent">
<h1 class="summary">Pioneering Mobile Money in Afghanistan</h1>
<div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2012-06-07T19:00:00" datetime="2012-06-07T19:00:00">Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 7</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2012-06-07T20:30:00" datetime="2012-06-07T20:30:00">8:30pm</time></div>
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<span class='fn org'>Mercy Corps Action Center</span>
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<div class="street-address">28 SW First Avenue</div>
<span class="locality">Portland</span>
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<span class="postal-code">97204</span>
<div class='country-name'>US<div>
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<p>How do you build a struggling, war-torn economy if money can't change hands? Hear Shainoor Khoja, former director of corporate social responsibility at Roshan, Afghanistan's leading telecommunications firm, talk about how mobile technology moves money and other precious social commodities, like health, education and equal opportunity.</p>
<p>Most Afghans -- nearly 70 percent -- survive on less than $2 a day, so it's no surprise very few have bank accounts. But a substantial number -- about 17 million -- own cell phones. Harnessing Roshan’s technology edge and deep reach into the country’s most remote areas, Khoja and her team have worked to transform basic mobile phone knowledge into financial literacy.</p>
<p>Doors open at 6:30pm.
$10; $5 for students
Tickets: <a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248592">https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248592</a></p>
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<p><a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/Middle East">Middle East</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/banking">banking</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/mobile">mobile</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/poor">poor</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/technology for good">technology for good</a></p>
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45.523 -122.671tag:calagator.org,2005:Calagator::Event/12504624042012-05-24T15:29:02-07:002012-05-24T15:29:02-07:00ThoughtLandia! Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 8:30am through Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 5pm at Ace Hotelhttp://calagator.org/events/12504624042012-06-09T08:30:00-07:002012-06-10T17:00:00-07:00<div class="vevent">
<h1 class="summary">ThoughtLandia! </h1>
<div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2012-06-09T08:30:00" datetime="2012-06-09T08:30:00">Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 8:30am</time> through <time class="dtend dt-end" title="2012-06-10T17:00:00" datetime="2012-06-10T17:00:00">Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 5pm</time></div>
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<span class='fn org'>Ace Hotel</span>
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<div class="street-address">1022 SW Stark Street </div>
<span class="locality">Portland</span>
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<span class="postal-code">97205</span>
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<p>Looking for a new job opportunity? Help keep ThoughtWorks weird!</p>
<p>Join us June 9th and 10th for a 2 day hiring event!</p>
<p>Polyglot programmers, QA's, Interaction and UX Designers join ThoughtWorks June 9th and 10th for your chance to be the next generation of ThoughtLeaders. If you are interested in meeting us, but don't see your exact title here, we would still love to speak with you!</p>
<p>Saturday, June 9th:
9am
interactive sessions about what it's like to be a ThoughtWorker. We'll also discuss the work and patterns that have emerged from the Technology Radar created by luminaries here at ThoughtWorks.</p>
<p>12:30pm:
Jeff Wishie, our Director of ThoughtWorks' Social Impact Program . Jeff, who is hot off his latest trip to East Africa, will be sharing our company's experiences and endeavors towards creating socially-meaningful software. Specifically, he'll describe the efforts we're making with mission-driven clients like UNICEF, Democracy Now!, and the Grameen Foundaiton.</p>
<p>1:30pm:
After lunch, come check out our Open Source Code jam - and for good reason, because for every person that commits code during this session, ThoughtWorks will make a donation to Free Geek Portland! This is the chance to meet up and learn from fellow geeks as well as get your hands dirty in some code for a good cause.</p>
<p>Not technical or interested in code jamming? No worries - we'll still be hosting talks from different ThoughtWorkers and doing interviews throughout the afternoon. We're eager to hear your story and to share ours with you. Come join us and hear what the ThoughtWorks revolution is all about!</p>
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<p><a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/agilepdx">agilepdx</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/developers">developers</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/jobs">jobs</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/open source">open source</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/technology">technology</a>, <a class="p-category" href="/events/tag/technology for good">technology for good</a></p>
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