Presentation delivered at Sri Lanka's 1st social good hackathon, held on 27 August 2015 in Colombo. Read more https://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/code4good-using-icts-for-social-good-in-sri-lanka/
19. Instead of identifying the worst schools in a region and explaining why they
were failing, set out to find the schools that are improving and ask how
their teachers and students excelled despite poverty and other challenges.
Instead of reporting on the problems in the schools, cover the
solutions.
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29. reframe public discourse
• Capture organic solutions that work
• Capture hyperlocal innovation
• Celebrate creative individuals, communities
and institutions
• Showcase Sri Lankan inventions
• Help in replication across the country
• Channel content to relevant line ministries
• At macro-level, showcase a country that’s
resilient, innovative, hard-working
30. –Steve Jobs
“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith
in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give
them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.”