Unreasonable Institute Pitchfest
Last Monday, I had the pleasure of attending the Unreasonable Institute Pitchfest at the Hub (right across the street from DDD’s San Francisco office!). To be honest, when I first scanned the profiles of the 19 ventures being pitched and the problems they were aiming to fix, I had a glass-half-empty moment. Urban homelessness, lack [...]
Digital Divide Data Helps Researchers Capture an Unprecedented Opportunity to Study State Health Insurance Users
We’re thrilled to share our new case study on a project this year working with a group of researchers from the Oregon Health Study (OHS), a multimillion-dollar effort to capitalize on a unique research opportunity.
DDD Celebrates Launch of Dutch Royal Library Newspaper Archive
This past month, the Royal Dutch Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) launched its new website, of searchable, digital archives of historic newspapers. DDD processed many of these pages by performing quality assurance services for project lead Content Conversion Specialists.
Opening Space Empowers Staff to Talk about How We Work
At our annual management retreat, Open Space gave our managers the opportunity to raise concerns and make suggestions about how DDD can improve how we do business and better achieve our social mission. The chance to speak up to propose topics, to talk with peers about the issues that concern them most, and to report back to the full group was enormously empowering, and inspired all of us to action.
Experiential Learning in Hong Kong
While I was still in Thailand for the Global Social Venture Symposium, I told Mai Siriphongpanh, our COO in DDD, about my experience as a guest speaker at the Symposium. She congratulated me on my achievement, as she knew that I was really not comfortable with public speaking. Then she told me that she had a new challenge for me: To represent Laos and DDD at the GIFT Institute’s Young Leadership Program in Hong Kong.
DDD welcomes Dr. Koji Osawa to our Board of Directors!
DDD is thrilled to announce the addition of Koji Osawa to our board of directors. A Co-founder and Managing Principal of Global Catalyst Partners, Dr. Osawa has long been involved with DDD. In 2001, Dr. Osawa championed a seed investment to start Digital Divide Data from the Global Catalyst Foundation (The Global Catalyst Foundation is a private [...]
Board Meeting Reflections
“This is the best board meeting I’ve ever been too,” proclaimed one of our hardest-to-impress board members. That’s what we aim for!
Please Meet Odai, Thipkesone, Thongsouk and Addy
Odai, Thipkesone, Thongsouk, and Addy work as data-entry operators in our office in Vientiane, Laos. I asked them about their lives before and after they joined DDD.
Is Social Entrepreneurship The Next Big Thing?
A key contribution to the social entrepreneurship movement is David Bornstein’s How to Change the World. Now, Bornstein has founded and launched a new website, www.dowser.org, which aims to showcase more stories of change happening around the world right now.
DDD Battambang Has A New Office
On the first day in the new office building, April 5, 2010, there were 110 people working there. It was a very exciting moment to see everyone working together in a larger and more widely accessible office environment. Our management – from the General Manager to team leaders – all began as data entry operators and worked hard to develop a stronger team and expand our program to accommodate more disadvantaged people in Battambang and elsewhere in Cambodia.
