James Powell

Person of the people, creative pragmatist, UNICEF Innovation: emergencies, children with disabilities, education, water and sanitation. Views are my own.

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@BillGates busted the myth that product innovation has to take forever at #GrandChallenges22 saying “we learned we can get products out faster than ever before. We treated everything as an emergency. Business as usual don’t hold us back. “ re Covid-19 response.

[James Powell @jas_pow]

This is excellent @UNICEFinnovate work coming out of our @UNICEFEthiopia office dramatically improving our ability to find water amidst drought and saving lives. @siwi_www #WorldWaterWeek2022

[UNICEF Ethiopia @UNICEFEthiopia]

Do you know the link between groundwater & climate resilience?💧
Find out how an innovative project developed by @UNICEFinnovate and funded by @eu_echo is about to change the lives of thousands of children in #Ethiopia!
#WorldWaterWeek
@EUinEthiopia @ECHO_CESAfrica @UNICEFAfrica

[UNICEF Ethiopia @UNICEFEthiopia]

Do you know the link between groundwater & climate resilience?💧
Find out how an innovative project developed by @UNICEFinnovate and funded by @eu_echo is about to change the lives of thousands of children in #Ethiopia!
#WorldWaterWeek
@EUinEthiopia @ECHO_CESAfrica @UNICEFAfrica

[Jean-Martin Bauer @CreoleBauer]

.@SeverinArsene @LaudesMartial

[UNICEF Innovation @UNICEFinnovate]

📢 JOB ALERT! We are looking for a Blockchain Product Manager to help us explore+prototype #blockchain & drive product development+implementation of new features for Project Connect and @Gigaconnect.

Read more and apply: https://t.co/LATm9AxF2I #jobopportunities #hiring

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@thefatoublog @cb_unicef @hirahur @carolbarebo

[Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) @iascch]

REMINDER!🔉

Don't forget to join our briefing today on the IASC Guidance on Data Responsibility, which is a first of its kind!

This briefing will be an opportunity to discuss digital dilemmas & challenges, as well as opportunities & solutions around data responsibility.

[James Powell @jas_pow]

A colleague sent me this today. Am I the only one left? Is anybody else out there or am I a castaway living alone on a two space punctuation island?

https://t.co/qmoQGIcvYY

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@elliot_mcbride Well that sounds like a load of hassle, but I'm sure with both in your locker you'll get that gig. Good luck dude.

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@elliot_mcbride Why did you switch out of interest? And was it worth it?

[James Powell @jas_pow]

One of the better articles I've seen on UReport - acknowledges some of the challenges in bridging digital and real worlds. This effort specific to NE Nigeria makes me feel the more local the platform the better. #VoiceMatters congrats @MiriamObibi @thefatoublog

[Miriam @MiriamObibi]

This article written by @thefatoublog and I, highlights the importance of digital tools like U-Report in emergencies, giving the affected population a chance to be heard and inform how we humanitarian actors respond. Republished on Forbes @Ureport24x7_

https://t.co/IkuZp1VYay

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@Accone @nytimes I hope not! 😂😂

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@chrisfabian @Gigaconnect @UNICEF @ITU @sunitagrote Thanks for all you've done for @UNICEFinnovate Chris, ur leadership helped put it on the map and u took quite a few blows in the process. Still standing, looking forward to ur Giga adventures.

[James Powell @jas_pow]

As world education day approaches we in Innovation are happy to be supporting our education teams deliver on this radical initiative with offline learning solutions to prevent those without internet access being left behind #ReimagineEducation @UNICEFinnovate @UNICEFSupply

[Robert Jenkins @RobertG_Jenkins]

The Learning Passport collaboration between @Microsoft + @unicef will provide quality digital learning opportunities & skills development to 30 million children by 2025!

This key partnership will enable us all to #ReimagineEducation https://t.co/Vo9IwNXCrk

[James Powell @jas_pow]

@MohamedFall @UNICEF @EUinSouthSudan @UN_SouthSudan @unicefssudan @eu_echo @UNICEF_EU @UNICEFEducation @RobertG_Jenkins @EduCannotWait @yveswillemot @GPforEducation @GlobalEdCluster Great news. For children aged 12+, or those 6+ in high risk areas, we in @UNICEFSupply can advise on locally produced children's masks to prevent transmission. Just let us know.

[James Powell @jas_pow]

Incredibly moving film from UNICEF's #UpRooted campaign
https://t.co/2JpMqWMndx #EndViolence

[Sophie Chavanel @SophieChavanel]

À la recherche d’un/une jeune community manager basé(e) à Kinshasa pour gérer la communauté @RdcUreport https://t.co/1eClxPaUmj #Congo #243 #job

[James Powell @jas_pow]

Fantastic initiative, great to see @UNICEFinnovate move on this

[UNICEF Innovation @UNICEFinnovate]

📢FUNDING OPPORTUNITY!

We are looking to support startups building technology to end online child exploitation & abuse. #SafeOnline

Learn more and apply by 20 Dec: https://t.co/s7veiBNrbA

@GPtoEndViolence @Gigaconnect

[James Powell @jas_pow]

Straight forward and practical steps to follow when making language accessible for people with disabilities when innovating @UNICEFinnovate

[David Banes @DaveBanesAccess]

“Language — The Final Frontier for Accessibility” by @DaveBanesAccess
https://t.co/TZi5kELczy

[James Powell @jas_pow]

Excellent article by @Accone on the deficit of trust imbued by surveillance culture at work.

[Tanya Accone @Accone]

Surveillance management is not the answer. Managers struggling for a sense of control over individual contributors stems from a supervisory insecurity with a default worldview that “work happens when I can see it.” But that was never the truth.
https://t.co/c1mbLxygpH