UNICEF Product Innovation: Driving Innovation for Development and Emergency Response
This Meeting's HighlightsProgram: UNICEF Product Innovation: Driving Innovation for Development and Emergency Response
Speaker: Jessica TribbeMeeting for the week of January 4th to January 10th, 2016
Is this your first time to visit us? If so, welcome to our meeting!Each Monday our week’s meeting is posted early in the morning, U.S. Pacific Time. These meetings are designed so that you can read and watch what we post anytime during the week. The entire meeting takes about 45 minutes to complete, with the video conference recording of the program being the bulk of the time.Note that you can easily read this meeting with your favorite device, so feel free to take our meeting on the go with you; read it while on public transit, waiting in line for coffee, or even at the park! Please also make sure to complete the attendance form at the bottom and leave a comment. Enjoy!
Greetings
Message from the President
Welcome! Have you messed up writing a check date yet? Do you still use checks? :)However clear you may be on it being a new year, we're glad you're with us for our weekly gathering of the inspiring and intriguing, focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education as they relate to service.How did 2015 end for you? Did you handle any promises you made to yourself at the beginning of the year? Did you decide that such promises could be rolled over into 2016? Did you give up on resolutions completely?It is our hope that you resolve to find cool and interesting ways to help others whenever possible, and also that you will find ideas for doing exactly that whenever you visit our young eclub. This month, we'll celebrate our 1st birthday, so by being here today, you're part of what I call the extended launch!So, start the new year with a leap forward to make something great happen before someone or something inside of you incorrectly convinces you that you can't!Rotarian guests, we ask that you consider contributing something - whatever for you is the regular cost of a Rotary meal, perhaps - to the efforts of our club. Please choose one of the options below:
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To pay via Google Wallet or PayPal, you'll need to log in to your account with those companies.Those of you who prefer a more traditional approach can mail a check made out to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley to our treasurer: ℅ Allen Thompson, 13500 Cascade Ct., Bakersfield CA 93314.Non-Rotarian guests, there is no need for a donation from you. As we see it, your job is to simply enjoy what you read and watch, though at the end we do ask that you let us know you were here and also leave a comment letting us know what you think. This club is loaded with folks who love sharing ideas, and we look forward to your sharing yours!
The Power of Images
We believe that there is power in imagery, and that a great photo can inspire in its own unique way.
This week's photo is from our new Camera Czar Wannabe, Rushton!"As one door closes, another opens."From Rushton: "I took this photo one morning on the campus of Santa Clara University. I particularly enjoyed the shadow of the bell, and the California history vibes that it added to the picture."
The Power of Ideas
Ideas inspire, and we love drawing on the thoughts of people now and of the distant past to see what they spark for us.
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.- unknown
Making History
One problem that Rotary has been dealing with aggressively is the horrendous disease that is polio. For over thirty years, we have worked to immunize children in every corner of the planet. This two-minute video, part of plenty of Rotary-specific content in our first meeting of the year, captures that story powerfully.
Your donation to the Rotary Foundation will help finish the job!
Member Reminders
Members, have you paid your dues yet? You should have received a notice from Treasurer Allen in the last couple of weeks, but if not, feel free to head to our dues page and add a bit for The Rotary Foundation (no amount is too small - our goal is that every member take part!).
Events & Projects
This section of our meeting is where you learn about both recent and upcoming events and projects our club is leading or supporting. We welcome guests to all of our events and service projects listed here.
Upcoming Events:
Did you miss our past events? Come join us for any of our upcoming events! Guests, you are welcome too!All times are in Pacific Time (San Francisco, CA, USA time!)
Lunchtime Online Social on Wednesday, Jan 6th, at noon
As per the recent email, this Wednesday, January 6th, at noon, we'll have a Google Hangout social for any looking to connect. The topic will be revealed when we meet. :) Feel free to bring your lunch to your laptop! President Rushton will send out a link to everyone late that morning.
For all y'all outside of California, times for you are 1p in Utah; 3p in Quebec, Ontario, and Michigan; 10p in Cape Town; 11p in Nairobi; and 5a in Tokyo. Nate, I'm guessing you won't be getting up that early from the tatami to join in, but if you can't sleep...
Hiking Adventures at Point Reyes on Sun. January 24th, at 10a
Our eClub is taking a wilderness explorers’ adventure into Point Reyes on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 10 AM. Pack your own picnic lunch, and prepare for a nice 5-7 mile hike! We may also do a pit stop at the world famous Tomales Bay Oyster Company’s oyster stand. Details such as the exact meeting location will be available by mid-January. Keep your calendar marked! All members and guests are welcome. Free to attend.
Those of you outside of California: we are considering having a half-hour online get-together starting that morning at 6a (7a in Utah; 9a in Quebec, Ontario, and Michigan; 4p in Cape Town; 5p in Nairobi; and 11p in Tokyo). Would you be up for it? (Pun intended for California folks.)
Sexy Salad Potluck & Wine in Livermore on Sun. February 21st, at noon
Come enjoy the local extension of Napa Valley in Livermore. We will be having a salad potluck at the awarding winning Retzlaff Vineyard Winery in Livermore on Sunday, February 21, 2016, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. There will be live music and wine. This is a sexy salad potluck! Sexy salad is a way for communities to come together and give gratitude for good food and for good company. Members and guests should bring an ingredient to contribute to the salad. For example: you could bring a bowl of cranberries, a bowl of sliced steak, a bowl of cherry tomatoes, etc. We will be providing organic assorted greens, the salad dressing, along with plates and utensils. All members and guests are welcome to attend; this event is also friendly for anyone under 21 as well! (Though those not 21 or older can’t have wine, of course.)
Nightlife Exploration at the California Science Academy in San Francisco on Thursday, March 24th, at 7p
Come with our club to explore the amazing exhibits and experiences at the planetarium during the evening for California Science Academy’s Nightlife program! We will be meeting at the California Science Academy in San Francisco on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 7 PM for an exciting night of science adventures! Open to all members and guests. Tickets will be available for purchase. More details coming in early March.
More Socials!
You can sure expect more socials to be coming up in 2016! Members, if you are interested in helping plan socials, please reach out to President-Elect Mitty or leave a comment on this meeting. We would love to get you more involved with the social planning!
The World of Rotary
We are part of the Rotary International family, with over 1.2 million members in over 180 countries around the world. Rotary’s reach is global. Here we tell our members and guests about Rotary’s initiatives and events.
There is perhaps no better way to start the Rotary year than to review for our newer Rotarians two of the key pieces of Rotary:The Motto of Rotary:"Service Above Self"The Mission Statement of Rotary:"The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders."And also for The Rotary Foundation...The Motto of The Rotary Foundation:"Doing Good in the World"The Mission Statement of The Rotary Foundation:"The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty."Veteran Rotarians, did you know all four of the above?
Rotary fountain by Corwin I from Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Service Survey
One piece of being a Rotarian is finding ways – both big and small – to help others. Our members report the good deeds they do and the good efforts in which they participate, not in order to brag, but to remind us of the many possibilities there are for using what we have for those in need.
Time to share what members have been up to for the last month, and your job as you read the items is to find a cool idea you can try out or develop for yourself!
Richard Knaggs reports that his team at Parklands donated two prefabricated classrooms, that Parklands used previously but in excellent condition, to Inkwenkwezi Secondary School.
From Paul Mosso: "My grandmother opens her home for friends that are elderly that either do not have family any longer, or family that is not accessible during the holiday season. My wife and I cooked for four of my grandmother's friends so they would have a good meal and people to be with during the day and wouldn't be home alone. One of the guests lost her husband that week."
John Lozano organized a CISV junior branch event, and made cookies and blankets for a local shelter for the holidays.
Rushton Hurley visited classes to encourage students and share ideas with teachers (Santa Cruz and Los Gatos).
François Tessier, recovering from his Sri Lankan trip, helped a Sri Lankan fellow put together a fundraising campaign to finance a group of poor kids (in Sri Lanka) to attend a musical camp during Christmas holidays. He also worked on needed documentation to register the NGO he founded, The Ayubowan Foundation, along with editing video images gathered in the Sri Lankan health mission with the goal to produce a fundraising video for a second mission. Separately, he helped and coached a hard drug addict in his rehabilitation.
Chris Cochrane continued work started in October mentoring students on video production.
Nate Gildart collaborated to organize bands for a music fundraiser for Hope International Development Agency - Japan. The purpose was/is to continue raising funds for a clean water project in an Ethiopian village. He also played Santa for a nursery school on Christmas morning. They couldn't find one, so his brother-in-law asked him to help out at the last minute. "The 3-5 year olds were literally jumping up and down, and a few thanked me 'for the gifts' I had left the night before. Totally cute."
Martin Fox did pro-bono mentoring and nonprofit board work advising young entrepreneurs in the USA, Europe, and Africa. He also spent four hours resolving a legal issue that was wreaking havoc within a very cool nonprofit organization and across their local community. From Martin: "I must admit, putting out that fire felt really, really good."
Manju Ramachandran collected and distributed coats and shoes ICC collected to low-income seniors in various shelters in East Side San Jose. She also helped backstage at the Western Ballet Nutcracker Show in Mt View, and coordinted and provided food for Teachers Lunch at a Mountain View middle school.
Gene Tognetti has been doing some mentoring for three different edtech startups. One company is Balefire Labs, which is doing great work reviewing apps for education. They're deciding on next steps to broaden the reach of the company to make it more visible. He helped Grili, a startup providing some cool ways for college students to support/tutor each other in courses they're taking, and Kickup, which provides a professional development platform for schools and school districts to better understand and manage PD. He also attended the Intel Education Accelerator meeting, where edtech startups shared the work they are doing.
Allen Thompson reports that he and Molly visited with patients at San Joaquin Community Hospital. Last weekend, he took part in decorating the Rotary float for the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.
Members whose stories aren't here to inspire us - let's make it happen this month. We know you've been out there doing great things! If you've been up to something service-cool lately that didn't make it into the above, let us know about it using this link that graces every meeting:
The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Service Survey
Happy Dollars
Every week we enjoy sharing little (and large) pieces of good news that our members share with us, tossing in a few dollars to help with the club's efforts along the way. What's a piece of good news you can share? Even $1 is fine for the donation to what President-elect Mitty calls "The Good Karma Jar."
Happy dollars from last week:
From member Linda Tangren ($20):"Lots of Happy events occurring, so time to share and celebrate. Appointed to Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council in December. Granddaughter turns 17 on January 4th. Survived a houseful of family for Winter Break."
From member Rushton Hurley ($5):"Jazzed about the upcoming Point Reyes hike!"
Birthdays
This week begins with the 4th, which is the birthday of Richard Knaags, our only member in the southern hemisphere! Richard, you may remember the news on your birthday twelve years ago, when NASA's Mars Rover Spirit successfully landed on the Red Planet.May your birthday for you and this week for everyone be one of discovering new things!
NASA Mars Rover by NASA/JPL/Cornell University, Maas Digital LLC (public domain)
The Tidbit
Every week, we feature a new tech tidbit or life hack to make something easier, more convenient, or more fun!
President-elect Mitty found this gem via BuzzFeed. It's a piece that isn't only a good hack, it's also a well-edited video that's fun to watch. Style points to any member who starts tying her or his shoes this way!
Great find Mitty!
A Little Humor
We believe laughter is like medicine. Here are a few opportunities to groan as your year kicks into gear:
I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
May you find something each day this week at which to chuckle!
Selected Comments from Last Week
We invite our members and guests to let us know each week what they thought of the meeting and program, and we hope you'll leave a comment at the end of the meeting today, too!
Last week's program, "Crowdsourcing Education for One Billion People," generated plenty of good thoughts, including the ultimate compliment from member Martin Fox, who is the CEO of the Game Changer Network. Here are some of the comments left in the meeting:
Member Martin Fox (Utah, USA)Love it Tariq. That's a game changer and I can't wait to learn more. There may be options to tie-in with some of the NGOs I work with.
Member Manju Ramachandran (California, USA)What a great program! I was thinking back to the group that sets up tents after natural disasters [ShelterBox]. Wouldn't it be cool to reach out to them and bring the Rumie program into those communities once the basics of shelter are taken care of? I'm sure there could be some synergy between both organizations and a hand-off process. Something to think about :) Thank you for your work!!
Member Heather Shaw (California, USA)Great ideas for helping people in tough situations without seeking the almighty dollar. Also luv that even in our small group the contributions to the cause and sharing of ideas are plentiful.
Guest Brian Liddicoat (California, USA)Although it's clear that the easy money has been made in this area, I'm nevertheless constructive on this initiative, even cautiously optimistic. This clearly represents a very promising, capacity-building, non-donor-focused logic model for community-driven action that can precisely target key stakeholders.
Member Nate Gildart (Tokyo, Japan)Tariq, thank you and I'm so impressed with your innovation on several levels: the approach to efficiency, leveraging contributions from educators, and future thinking; i.e., building a movement. I'm very interested in Rumie and will make an effort to add some content (with proper citation). We have a few projects at school that could likely contribute to the content if I can manage to pool the resources. Best of luck, and I'm also keen to hear how Rumie grows. Yvonne, love the Tidbit!
Member Tzviatko Chiderov (Illinois, USA / Dubai, UAE / Nairobi, Kenya) Wow, there is so much good stuff here. First, Yvonne, this must be my favorite Tidbit so far :) thanks! Tariq, what you're doing with tech innovation, crowdsourcing of material, the 100% model, and focus on where education is most needed, yet most difficult to obtain is just amazing. Thank you for your passion and hard work on this, and good luck with your efforts.
Member Mark Dohn (Michigan, USA)Tariq, I appreciate how you have rethought the question of how we educate. As a guy who works in education, I’m looking forward to contributing and sharing the news about LearnCloud and Rumie. Rushton Hurley - now that I’m in several middle schools, I think there should be some videos being created for NextVista.org as well!
Member Gene Tognetti (California, USA)Tariq - wonderful to catch up with you again and hear the Rumie message! I'm in awe of what Rumie is doing and I do look forward to getting an update as you move closer and closer to 1 billion learners. I'll cross post this to www.ccedtech.com so readers there can get the latest. Awesome!
Member Mitty Chang (California, USA)Sweet inspirational video with that "Move" topic! I definitely want to add a short video project like that to my list of things to do. And thanks, Yvonne, for that Tidbit. Always good to see the dinosaur game. :DTariq, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to our Rotary Club! I'm blown away by your passion and the mission of Rumie. Bringing education through tablet technology for at-need children is amazing. Hearing about LearnCloud is even more inspiring. I just created a LearnCloud account and will be adding some more content to it! Definitely love the crowdsourcing idea here! (I also love the 100% model animation on the front page of your website. Super clever.) I also have some other ideas for Rumie that I would love to connect with you by email on. I'll see if Rushton can connect us.Thanks so much for everything you are doing for future generations.Members and guests, if you asked someone what he or she thinks of something, and that person responded by simply turning and walking away, you would probably be a bit bummed. We'll be bummed if you don't leave a comment at the end of the meeting today, too!
The Program
The capstone for every Rotary meeting is the program, a message designed to inform and inspire by someone making something interesting happen somewhere. As an eclub, we are able to reach anywhere on the planet (where there is a good connection to the internet) to share the fascinating work of fascinating people.
This week, our speaker is Jessica Tribbe, an American living in Denmark working with UNICEF. What does she do for UNICEF? She is part of the Innovation Unit.UNICEF's mandate is to ensure the rights and well-being of the children of the world, with a particular focus on those most vulnerable and hard to reach. In 2014, UNICEF procured nearly $3 billion USD in supplies to support the implementation of programmes in 190 countries. These supplies range from vaccines and medicines, to school supplies, to water treatment and basic hygiene products. The UNICEF Innovation Unit aims to develop new products or improve existing products that will support UNICEF programmes and, ultimately, improve the lives of children.Jessica describes in this program how the Innovation Unit aims to communicate the unique needs and requirements for low-resources settings and emergency contexts to the private sector and academia. She will discuss some of the challenges, and opportunities, in developing fit-for-purpose products for complex markets.Jessica is currently a consultant for UNICEF's Product Innovation team, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She focuses on driving development of product innovations in water and sanitation, and on building internal processes for innovation within the organization. While working for UNICEF, Jessica has worked in both Kenya and Uganda, where she tested new products with local communities and governments. Jessica received her Master of Public Affairs from Sciences Po in Paris. She previously worked on both mHealth and women's empowerment projects in India, as well as national-level political campaigns in the U.S. She is originally from the great state of Ohio, and the proud daughter of a long-time Rotary Club member.Members and guests, welcome Jessica!
Learn more about the Innovation Unit at the UNICEF website.
Upcoming Programs
Now that you have completed watching this week’s program and meeting, here are some programs that you can expect in the coming weeks.
• Week of Jan 11th: Doing Good in Fiji• Week of Jan 18th: The Revolution in Education
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