Wireless mobile activism track participant information

Wireless and mobile technologies can transform the communication possibilities for communities that have been traditionally cut off from the wired telecoms networks that control people’s access to telephones, faxes and the internet. This track will look at how community wireless and mobile networks offer cheap and accessible communication for your advocacy strategies.

Trainers

• Lilian Chamorro Colombia
• Fatima Bhyat South Africa
• Cheekay Cinco Philippines

• Brenda Burrell Zimbabwe

What is the track about?

• Mobile technologies that we can use for advocacy and activism
• Strategies for movement building using mobile technologies
• What the possibilities are of using mobile technologies as a campaigning medium
• What the tools, resources & applications are for mobile technologies
• Implementation and how to

• Innovative uses of wireless networks

What topics will the track cover?

• Interesting case studies e.g. Kubatana, Kruger National Park…
• Overview about Wi-Fi networks and basic concepts
• Hardware options/requirements, basic configuration of routers and access points
• Software options
• What you need to know about Privacy/policy, & security issues and how to overcome them
• Examples and best practices of using SMS for mobile activism
• Freedom Fone – Building audio for dialup radio
• Frontline SMS — Open Source bulk sms software
• Mobile for Advocacy Toolkit

• Hands on sessions covering some of those topics

By the end I will know how to

• Set up a basic wireless network
• Integrate mobile technologies in my communication and campaign strategies

• Construct a mobile activism strategy for my movement/group

What level is the track aimed at?

• Campaigning interest/background

• Technology – basic PC & mobile phone comfort

What Methodology will the track use?

• Presentations with examples and some basic concepts
• Hands on exercises

• Organise a flash mob at the FTX Hub