{UAH} FW: Should your organization be microtasking?

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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 17:05:42 -0500
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Subject: Should your organization be microtasking?

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To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add info@devex.com to your address book. Sept. 13, 2016 WHAT TO KNOW NOW What is microtasking? By Jenny Lei Ravelo @JennyLeiRavelo The term "microtasking" is often associated with crowdsourcing, which involves both the use of technology and a large number of people. But there's a difference, according to Alix Dunn, executive director at The Engine Room, a U.S.-registered charity helping organization navigate the use of data and technology.     Photo by: Laura Billings / CC BY-NC   Crowdsourcing is more about data collection — for example, when citizens take pictures of potholes across the city and send that to the government agency in charge of keeping roads safe for motorists and pedestrians. A number of nonprofit organizations use the concept in various ways. When it launched in 2007, for example, Ushahidi used crowdsourced information to keep track of and map election-related violence in Kenya. Microtasking, meanwhile, is a much more tightly managed process, Dunn said. Unlike crowdsourcing, organizations conducting microtasking already have the data — large amounts of it — but need the assistance of a large number of people to process it. Still confused? That's understandable. The line between the two isn't well defined. Patrick Meier, an expert and consultant on humanitarian technology and innovation, and the brain behind the iRevolutions blog, referred to microtasking as "smart crowdsourcing" in one of his blog posts. Simply put, he said it's the "process of taking a large task and breaking it down into a series of smaller tasks." Here's how to decide if microtasking is right for your organization.   + Read more DEVIQ What will be hotly debated at #UNGA71?   By Devex @devex       The 71st regular session of the U.N. General Assembly begins at U.N. headquarters in New York today. What politically charged topic is the most likely to have everyone talking? Weigh in with our Twitter poll. Your answer not an option? Tweet it to us @Devex. SPOTLIGHT ON How mobile dating apps can help fight HIV   By Jenny Lei Ravelo @JennyLeiRavelo       Photo by: freestocks.org Health experts have raised concerns about mobile dating apps like Grindr and Tinder, linking them to rising HIV cases. But public health workers and HIV advocates have found a way to use the online dating tools to their advantage. + Read more IN THE NEWS Women and girls can't wait 100 years for global goal results   By Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen @ABAlbrectsen       Photo by: Albert González Farran / United Nations / CC BY-NC-ND A year after committing to the global goals, Plan International CEO Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen struggles to see evidence that enough is being been done to ensure promises for women and girls will be met. Find out why — and what she says needs to be done about it. + Read more THE WEEK AHEAD Welcome to New York #globaldev Week 2016   By Devex Editor   An eventful week awaits world leaders, civil society members, development professionals and other prominent personalities in the city that never sleeps. Aside from the standard lineup of major annual gatherings, the U.N. Summit for Refugees and Migrants and U.S. President Barack Obama's Leaders' Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis are also on everyone's calendar.     Photo by: Naotake Murayama / CC BY   To help you pick your way through the frenzy of events — from the 71st U.N. General Assembly to the Social Good Summit and other meetings in between — we have compiled them in a list. + Opening of 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday Sept. 13. U.N. General Assembly + Social Good Summit Sunday Sept. 18. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. + United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants Monday Sept. 19. United Nations headquarters + The Concordia Summit Monday Sept. 19 - Tuesday Sept. 20. Grand Hyatt + Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Monday Sept. 19 - Wednesday Sept. 21. TBC + Leaders' Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis Tuesday, Sept. 20. United Nations General Assembly Hall Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Email us at news@devex.com. Doing Good - Development community buzz, innovation & lifestyle. Copyright 2016 Unauthorized commercial reapplication, reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is prohibited. Manage your newsletter subscriptions |  Read the latest Devex News |  RSS Feed Connect with us Devex is the media platform for the global development community. Corporate Headquarters: 1341 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA Main +1.202.249.9222  |  Fax +1.202.318.2456   www.devex.com

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