Sean Blaschke's guest appearances

Sean Blaschke

Terms Of Reference Podcast

Aid, Evolved

Nithya Ramanathan

Kevin Starr

Ken Banks

Karen Levy

Miki Agrawal

Dag Hammarskjold

Chris Blattman

Claire Wasserman

Paul Niehaus

Krista Donaldson

Carne Ross

Femi Kuti

Alessandra Pigni

Sue Miller

David Roach

OwlTail

Sean Blaschke from UNICEF’s Technology for Development (T4D) team has spent the past 15 years working on technology for global development in Africa, first as part of UNICEF’s headquarters in New York and then later as part of its first ever Country Office T4D program in Uganda. In this episode of Aid, Evolved, we hear from Sean the story of how he and a small team relocated from UNICEF’s headquarters in New York to launch the first T4D program of its kind in Kampala, Uganda. Sean shares some of the initial struggles and early failures, the lessons learned, and the long journey needed to take a more holistic approach to building sustainable technology systems.   To find out more, access the show notes at AidEvolved.com   Let us know what you think on Twitter (@AidEvolved) or by email (hello@AidEvolved.com)

Sean Blaschke from UNICEF’s Technology for Development (T4D) team has spent the past 15 years working on technology for global development in Africa, first as part of UNICEF’s headquarters in New York and then later as part of its first ever Country Office T4D program in Uganda. In this episode of Aid, Evolved, we hear from Sean the story of how he and a small team relocated from UNICEF’s headquarters in New York to launch the first T4D program of its kind in Kampala, Uganda. Sean shares some of the initial struggles and early failures, the lessons learned, and the long journey needed to take a more holistic approach to building sustainable technology systems. To find out more, access the show notes at <a href="https://www.aidevolved.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AidEvolved.com</a> Let us know what you think on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/aidevolved" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AidEvolved</a>) or by email (<a href="mailto:hello@AidEvolved.com">hello@AidEvolved.com</a>)

Digital Health Systems Strengthening with Sean Blaschke of UNICEF

Would you agree with me that it is easy to become overwhelmed - in general? If I'm honest, which I always try to be, it actually pains me that this reality is, well, a reality. But, the truth of the matter is we are all a part of this brave new world where information, opinions, new ideas and old obligations are hurtling at us with both unprecedented speed and in abundant volume. So what, then, do you do, when its you're job to coordinate the implementation of innovation - of new solutions to old problems? With the wrong person or team in place, it could quickly become a case study in watching people go crazy as they attempt to absorb all the information about shiny new objects, while effectively staying the course to roll out the technology or process that has been developed for the needs at hand. This is exactly what my guest for the 136th episode of the Terms of Reference Podcast does day in and day out. Sean Blaschke is the ICT4D coordinator for UNICEF in Uganda and, as you'll hear in just a second, he has essentially an unlimited amount of stories about how implementing new practices can go wrong - but also what happens when you get it right.

Would you agree with me that it is easy to become overwhelmed - in general? If I'm honest, which I always try to be, it actually pains me that this reality is, well, a reality. But, the truth of the matter is we are all a part of this brave new world where information, opinions, new ideas and old obligations are hurtling at us with both unprecedented speed and in abundant volume. So what, then, do you do, when its you're job to coordinate the implementation of innovation - of new solutions to old problems? With the wrong person or team in place, it could quickly become a case study in watching people go crazy as they attempt to absorb all the information about shiny new objects, while effectively staying the course to roll out the technology or process that has been developed for the needs at hand. This is exactly what my guest for the 136th episode of the Terms of Reference Podcast does day in and day out. Sean Blaschke is the ICT4D coordinator for UNICEF in Uganda and, as you'll hear in just a second, he has essentially an unlimited amount of stories about how implementing new practices can go wrong - but also what happens when you get it right.

TOR136: Coordinating ICT4D at UNICEF with Sean Blaschke