The Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) working group of the NLP Community of Practice, of which Sara Osman is a co-lead along with Nicola Harford and Stephanie Coker, recently organised a Slack event where participants looked at how various existing AI tools could potentially be used in SBC strategy … [Read more...] about Exploring AI for SBC Strategy Design
Pioneering Social and Behavior Change with Generative AI
This year’s first session of the Generative AI (GenAI) and Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Working Group was organized by co-leads Sarah Osman, Nicola Harford, and Stephanie Coker. At the session we explored the applications and implications of GenAI within social and behavior change … [Read more...] about Pioneering Social and Behavior Change with Generative AI
Protection and Safeguarding Meet Trust and Safety: Insights from TrustCon
In late July, as part of Linda Raftree's work with iMedia, she attended TrustCon, an annual conference that brings together Trust & Safety (T&S) professionals — those who work to maintain safe, respectful, and secure online environments. T&S professionals manage content moderation, … [Read more...] about Protection and Safeguarding Meet Trust and Safety: Insights from TrustCon
Is GenAI really revolutionizing Social and Behaviour Change programming? Insights from 50 practitioners
Predictive algorithms, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and conversational interfaces such as chatbots have been playing an increasingly important role in the deployment of digitally-enabled Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) programmes for the last decade. The release of ChatGPT by OpenAI in … [Read more...] about Is GenAI really revolutionizing Social and Behaviour Change programming? Insights from 50 practitioners
Join us on May 21 for a snapshot of Gen AI-tools for Social and Behaviour Change
On May 21st at 10am ET/ 3pm BST, we’ll be holding a Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Working Group meeting of 2024. (Register here!) Our first event of the year, ‘GenAI and SBC – A Snapshot of Available AI-Powered Technologies for the SBC Community’ is designed especially for SBC … [Read more...] about Join us on May 21 for a snapshot of Gen AI-tools for Social and Behaviour Change
Are Donors Taking the Journalism Crisis Seriously?
Read the latest Report compiled by Mary Myers, an iMedia Associate, and Heather Gilberds. Key Findings: The future of independent journalism is in crisis. Escalating threats are driving a record number of journalists into exile and authoritarians are finding new ways to silence journalism, … [Read more...] about Are Donors Taking the Journalism Crisis Seriously?
Generative AI and SBC workshop on 18 March at the 12th ICT4D conference in Accra
Join us at the ICT4D Conference in Accra, Ghana for a full-day, in person workshop on using Generative AI for Social and Behaviour Change. It is free to attend, even if you are not registered for the conference, and currently there is a cap of 30 people, so register soon! Our colleagues Linda … [Read more...] about Generative AI and SBC workshop on 18 March at the 12th ICT4D conference in Accra
Can We Create Healthy Online Civic Spaces?
Be sure to RSVP quickly! Once we reach our 35- person capacity there will be a waiting list! iMedia Associates are at the San Francisco Bay Technology Salon at 0830-1000PDT/1530-1700BST on 27 September and will be contributing ideas on how to create healthy civic spaces online around the … [Read more...] about Can We Create Healthy Online Civic Spaces?