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GIS Trainings!

Exciting events are coming in the next few weeks! In cooperation with MEss (Monitoring & Evaluation Student Society), we are going to have trainings and a brownbag lunch on GIS, which was the most requested training topic. The trainings are tailored those … Continue reading

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A Whole Day of Events with NMTF

Dear NMTFers, We hope to see everyone tomorrow! NMTF is going to have a kickoff meeting, WordPress training and HAPPY HOUR – all in one day! Free food and drinks will be served. Come to the Kickoff Meeting to discuss … Continue reading

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NMTF Kickoff & Happy Valentine’s day!

Dear NMTFers, We really want to get together with you. Finally, the chance has arrived! We are going to have a kickoff meeting to chat with our new and old friends next Thursday. Free food and drinks will be served. … Continue reading

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New Media and ICT Classes at SIPA for Spring 2013

Dear NMTFers,   We hope you all had great new years and break from the fall semester! The new NMTF board is looking forward to building on the great work of the previous board.  To help you kick off the new … Continue reading

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So Long 2012, Hello 2013!

Updated on 1/22/13 to reflect a change in leadership. Happy New Year everyone! In case you have not seen it elsewhere, there is a new board in place for 2013, made up of talented and passionate students. They are: Jesper … Continue reading

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The mWater Approach

One NMTF member, 2nd year MPA-DP student Catilin Rackish, wrote up a summary of a digital brownbag we did with mWater early in the semester. We are sharing it here and are always open to sharing your reactions/posts on our site! … Continue reading

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Customizing and Sharing Google Maps

Now that the semester has finished, you may have some “free” time to play with your mapping and web-design skills. While we have discussed the 2012 Election maps and held trainings for TileMill and Crowdmap in the past, the best-known internet mapping … Continue reading

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Photos of Innovating Mobile Technology for Development

Here are some of the photos from our first pitch competition! You can find them here as well.

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Mobile Data Collection without the Hassle: Episurveyor Training November 20th

Are you interested in mobile data collection, but worried all of the services out there are too confusing to configure? Do you have a winter break research project coming up where you need to collect data quickly and easily? Have … Continue reading

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Creating Your Own Free Columbia Website

Well, “Free” in that we pay tens of thousands of dollars to attend here…. but still, each Columbia student already has a personal Columbia University web space available to her/him! That’s right, you can host your own site, display files … Continue reading

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