women entrepreneurs on the web workshop #1 - gbg dhaka's 12th meet up

12th GBG Dhaka Meet-up

Women Entrepreneurs on the Web

Saturday, June 1, 2013 Inner Glo Training Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh

GBG Intro (5 min) GBG Managers – Nash Islam & Salman Hossain

Google+ Hangout (10 min) Jana Levene, Emerging Market Development, Google Singapore

Yolyn Ang, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Google Singapore Video Viewing (3 min) Presentations by Local Women Leaders (50 min) Eeshita Azad, Head of Communication, The Asia Foundation Shahzabeen Alam, Founder, Just Desserts Dr. Naomi Mirza, Medical Consultant, Maya.com.bd Samira Zuberi Himika, Founder & Managing Director, Team Engine Shabnaz Rashid Diya, Founder, 1 Degree Initiative Sayeda Jhumur, Media Head, Melonades Taslima Miki, CEO, TechMania Maria May, Program Manager, Social Innovation Lab, BRAC Sadequa Hassan Sejuti, Managing Director, FSB & Amar Desh Amar Gram Nabila Khurshed, Country Manager Bangladesh, Freelancer.com.bd

Women Entrepreneurs on the Web: Bangladesh (10 min) Kazi Monirul Kabir, Bangladesh Country Consultant, Google

Discussion

T O D

A Y’ S A

G E N

D A

Intro to GBG

GBG Managers: Nash Islam

Salman Hossain

Our Objectives

Increase  adop%on  of  internet  technologies  amongst  Bangladeshi  organiza3ons.      Plan  events  that  appeal  to  a  wide  variety  of  key  audience  segments  –  e-­‐commerce,  marketers,  students,  women,  mappers  &  more    Build  a  community  that  gets  to  know  each  other  by  hos3ng  atleast  1  live  event  per  month    

Our Team GBG  Managers  

Advisor  

Google’s Objective with GBG

Build  a  non-­‐technical  community  run  by  local  volunteers  to  share  knowledge  and  best  prac3ces  for  Google  web  technologies.      The  GBG  is  an  experimental  ini3a3ve  started  in  2012,  and  is  based  on  the  success  of  the  Google  Developer  Groups    worldwide,  where  developers  meet  to  discuss  building  applica3ons  with  Google  products.    See  detailed  informa3on  on  GBG  on  Google’s  official  GBG  page  

GBGs Worldwide

65  GBGs  worldwide    

21 GBGs in South & Southeast Asia Nearby GBGs include Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam & Philippines

GBG Dhaka is ranked #1

According to the GBG Game rankings, GBG Dhaka is the #1 GBG in the world in Q1 2013

Our Events

See  pictures  and  presenta3ons  on  our  Blog,  Google+  &  Facebook  page.    

We’ve organized 11 successful events so far, reaching more than 1000 local digital professionals, entrepreneurs & changemakers. We are a community of technology thought leaders

GBG Dhaka 2013 Event Roadmap

•  Jan  6  –  E-­‐Commerce  Hour  &  Startup  Weekend  Mini  Bootcamp  

•  Feb  1  –  Building  Brands  with  Digital  

•  Feb  16  –  Educa3on  &  Collabora3on  Online  

•  Mar  29  –  Mapping  Bangladesh  

•  April  25  –  GBG  @  PMO  Innova3on  Adda  

•  May  10  –  Mapping  Experts  Meetup  

•  May  21  –  Empowering  Project  Management  with  Web  Tools  

•  June  1  –  Women  on  the  Web  Workshop  #1  

GBG Dhaka 2013 Event Roadmap

At  least  1  event  (hopefully  more!)  in  each  month  

Jun  –  Jul  –  Aug  –  Sep  –  Oct  –  Nov  –  Dec      

Possible  future  events:  

Mapathon,  Apps  for  Social  Good,  Disrup%on  with  Online  Media  

Share  your  ideas  for  event  topics!  

Some of our Community

We need more Women!

We need more Women! Only  10%  of  our  2400+  Facebook  page  followers  are  female  

Google+ Hangout

Jana Levene Emerging Market Development

Google Singapore

Yolyn Ang Strategic Partner Development Manager

Google Singapore

Video: Women Entrepreneurs

on the Web in India

Eeshita Azad

Head of Communication The Asia Foundation

View Prezi via this link

Just Desserts

Shahzabeen Alam Founder

Maya apa ki bole?

Dr. Naomi Mirza Medical Consultant, Maya.com.bd

Maya Apa Ki Bole?

A presentation for GBG Dhaka 1 June, 2013

Dr. Naomi Mirza Medical Specialist

naomi@maya.com.bd

… If it continues, I will be in mental disorder one day. I have a 4 years old son. I am a Hindu woman. How

can I proceed legally?

Q&A forum – responses by experts and community

Mobile App

and SMS service coming

soon

Step 1: User asks question

anonymously on any page of website

Step 2: Experts

respond within 48hrs

Unique, Useful Insight on Women’s Information Needs

Being a Women in Bangladesh is Not Easy Our Mission: 1. Information 2. Community

Maya engages hundreds of women every single day

Growing Community - 1,000+ daily visitors - 2,000+ subscribers

- 7,500+ Facebook fans

Engaged Users - Maya Apa

- Interactive tools - Social features

Offline Impact

- Household influence - Offline distribution

- Partnerships

Get in touch :) naomi@maya.com.bd www.maya.com.bd

Team Engine

Samira Zuberi Himika Founder & Managing Director

BBC  Janala  uses  mobile,  web,  television  and  print  media  to  enable  millions  of  people  in  Bangladesh  to  learn  English  in  a  

simple  and  affordable  way.      

Through  mobile  phone  technology,  and  at  a  cost  of  just  50  paisa  (0.004  UK  pence)  per  minute,  BBC  Janala  provides  daily  three-­‐minute  audio  lessons  to  people  who  wish  to  improve  

their  English  language  skills.    

Before  Deputy  Head  of  Marketing  &  Communications,  

And  Core  member  of  project  concept  team    BBC  World  Service  Trust  (year  2006-­‐2009)  

Now:  a  Campaigner  &  ENTREPRENEUR  !!  •  Realizing  some  ideas  with  my  team  which  most  people/company/

organiza%ons  are  not  doing  because  its  not  their  mandate  !  •  bringing  new  GREAT  campaigns/products/services    •  for  JOY…………………for  SOCIAL  GOOD………………….      

 Year  2013  target:  train  150,000  participants  by  reaching  about  1200  institutions  

Mostly  Direct  ac%vi%es  1.  Year-­‐long    workshops,  advanced  

training,  activities  in  each  institutions  

2.  Useful  information,  resources,  tools    3.  A  dedicated  helpline  4.  Yearly  National  Health  Awards  5.  National  survey  participation    

Technology  as  support  tool  •  Existing  :  

–  Website  –  Help  center  –  Facebook  

MONTH  OF  MAY’13  =  13,740  PARTICIPANTS  TRAINED,  135  INSTITUTIONS  REACHED  IN  DHAKA  

Upcoming:  e  &  m  platform  (to  reach  ANYBODY  having  a  mobile  phone  in  Union  level)  

ALCHEMY  -­‐  5  YEAR  LONG  NATIONWIDE  HEALTHY  LIVING  CAMPAIGN  &  PLATFORM  (Physical  Health,  Mental  Health,  Well  Being,  First  Aid)  

Direct  TG  aging  between  13-­‐35    

a  movement  to  encourage  reading  books,  appreciate  culture,  art  works  and  self-­‐exploration.  Organizations  from  17  Country  has  joined  the  movement  already.      its  free  to  read  .    anybody  having  interest  on  historical  and  cultural  information  or  books/elements  that  inspired  people  and  helped  shape  modern  civilization    FOCUS:    1.  10,000  year  history  of  the  Bengal  region  to  revisit  and  

recognizing  our  ancestral  foot  prints  (both  the  Ancient  and  Modern  Bengal)    

2.  Asia’s  role  in  shaping  the  modern  world.  3.  Major  civilizations  in  both  ancient  and  modern  times.  4.  Countries  with  diverse  and  vibrant  cultures.      

digitizing-­‐archiving-­‐distributing  world  culture  

(Yet  to  be  launched  with  85,000  Public  domain  

books,  images)          

Mostly  technology  and  a  a  %ny  pinch  of  MAGIC  !  

Available  on  Website    

Free  browse  

Contribu3ng  person/country/

organiza3ons  

Digi3za3on  process  

  Read,  knows  and  recognizes  ancestral  roots  and  RESPECT  

WORLD  CULTURE    

Success  

Archiving  process  

Order  and  buy    a  hardcover  or  

paperback  copy  

OCR  +  Text  to  Speech  +  Bangla  Word  inventory  :  development  

Optical  Character  Recognition    

is  the  mechanical  or  Electronic  translation  of  

scanned  images  of  handwritten,  typewritten  or  printed  text  into  machine-­‐encoded  text.  It  is  widely  used  

to  convert  books  and  documents  into  electronic  Piles,  

to  computerize  a  record-­‐keeping  system  in  an  ofPice,  or  to  publish  the  text  on  a  website.  

A  text-­‐to-­‐speech  (TTS)    system  converts  normal  

language  text  into  speech;  other  systems  render  symbolic  

linguis%c  representa%ons  like  phone%c  transcrip%ons  into  

speech.    

Bangla  word  archiving  and  inventory  which  works  as  the  

intelligence  behind    OCR  and  TTS  

Benefits:  Private  sector  +  Government  +  mass  people    

1 Degree Initiative

Shabnaz Rashid Diya Founder

Melonades

Sayeda Jhumur Media Head

TechMania

Taslima Miji CEO

Techmania Your Digital Partner

A woman-owned venture

Techmania is an IT hardware retail company.

We sell computer hardware and provide services.

Very few women are engaged in technology hardware business due to patriarchal perspective of society towards women in

Bangladesh.

Techmania began in mid 2008. In the beginning colleagues and fellow businessmen found it odd as the

venture was headed by a woman who acts like a typical rising and thriving

man.

There were hindrances and there was also persistence

in me too to fight them

Techmania is now a supplier of more than 20 corporate clients. Delivering

right products at fair cost and ensuring great after-sale service are the secrets of Techmania’s success.  

Be with Techmania

Thank you

Maria May

Program Manager Social Innovation Lab

BRAC

www.brac.net

Taking Bangladesh Online

Maria May Social Innovation Lab

June 1, 2013

www.brac.net

Today, more android

phones were activated than babies born.

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Give ‘em what they want!

www.brac.net

TV is a powerful tool

www.brac.net

Different rules, different risks

www.brac.net

Impact Sourcing

www.brac.net

Crowdsourcing

www.brac.net

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Thank you!

Sadequa Hassan Sejuti

Managing Director Future Solutions for Business

Amar Desh Amar Gram

Nabila Khurshed

Country Manager Freelancer.com.bd

Women Entrepreneurs on the Web: Bangladesh

Kazi Monirul Kabir Bangladesh Country Consultant

Google Inc.

Discussion

Refreshments & Networking

THANK YOU !!

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