It pays to put audience at the centre of design
Posted on: August 13, 2014
By: Harpreet Kaur
Categories: Innovation, Research |Tags: Bihar, Gupshup Potli, mHealth, Usability research
The ‘Gupshup Potli‘ usability testing reminded me of my first day as part of the Shaping Demands and Practices project team at BBC Media Action. It was my first meeting with our donors – the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) – reviewing achievements and discussing how we could increase the reach of our project’s […]
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Posted on: August 20, 2013
By: Siddhartha Swarup
Categories: Innovation, Research, Strategy |Tags: Ek Teen Do, Khirki Mehendiwali, Kilkari, mHealth, Mobile Academy, Mobile Kunji
How did the education system get it so wrong? Remember those multiple-choice tests where we had to pick one right answer? From the day we join school we are taught that there is always one right answer to a problem. Fortunately, life teaches us otherwise. Get married or not? One child or two? Job or […]
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