Dr. Heeks is the director of the Institute of Development Policy and Management in the University of Manchester. They are dedicated to the study of management in social development.

Silvia Cadena is the organiser behind Wi-LAC, a network, of wireless technology for development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Their work is dedicated to the design, implementation and deployment of community wireless networks using afforddable components and creating sustainable models for rural community access to the Internet.

This is a brief audio summary of the content we have on our website this month, including the audio interview with Dr. Richard Heeks, the audio interview with Ms. Silvia Cadena, and the videos from the Robotics classroom at the Omar Dengo Foundation.

Margarita Salas
Sula Batsu Costa Rica
Researcher of Women, ICT and social economy models
http://www.sulabatsu.com

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Dr. Richard Heeks
Institute for Development Policy and Management
University of Manchester
http://www.womenictenterprise.org/

(Note: This is an edit from a previous GK3 Online Interactions feature)

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Kirsten Jordan
Online Community Partnership Coordinator
Taking IT Global : http://takingitglobal.org/

In this interview, Ben Rigby talks about the idea behind Mobile Voter, an initiative to engage youth on political action through the use of mobile media. He talks about their experience launching a voter registration campaign with different non-profits in the United States. He also talks about Gen 2.0, a book they're working on.

This is the summary of our website content for July.

Background music iis open content made available by Phantastika Kontrabanda

Riff Fullan, from Helvetas, talks about his experience during the sessions, including the one he moderated on the Future of Knowledge Management.