Josh Nesbit
- Speaker PopTech 2010
- Fellow 2009 Social Innovation Fellows
- Fellow PopTech 2009
- Speaker PopTech 2013
Videos
Josh Nesbit: Mobile healthcare
Patrick Meier & Josh Nesbit: The Haiti 4636 story
PeaceTXT goes international
Raj Panjabi and Josh Nesbit: Making an impact
PopTech's Impact Fund in Action
Archived blog posts
PopTech goes to Austin #SXSW
We came, we saw, we spent time with PopTech friends…and we made a bunch of new ones. SXSW – you treated us well! We just got back from Austin and our minds are buzzing with everything we saw and heard. And now, a recap of some of what we did. Read more »
Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 1000
Earlier today, Fast Company introduced its Most Creative People in Business 1000. We’re sifting through and we’re excited to see many members of the PopTech network included. Read more »
The new Forbes '30 under 30' list features a series of PopTech Fellows
A number of members of the PopTech community have been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list of people who are changing the world.…
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Banks' new book chronicles innovations from gritty fieldwork
As part of a fellows program several years ago, social innovation pioneer Ken Banks found himself at Stanford University where he was surrounded by young students studying social entrepreneurship. When Banks asked them about the focus of their academic work, those students responded that they were trying to learn the skills they needed to go out and change the world for the better.
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At PopTech: Impact Fund will assist remote health care effort
Josh Nesbit, a PopTech Social Innovation Fellow in 2009, pioneered the use of mobile phones for health care in a remote region of Malawi. Raj Panjabi was a PopTech Social Innovation Fellow the next year, in 2010. He co-founded Last Mile Health, which forges innovative partnerships between rural health centers and their surrounding communities. …
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This week in PopTech: Cloud forests, think tanks and live performances
There’s always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week’s highlights follows.Read more »
This week in PopTech: Lung on a chip and robot in the wild
There’s always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week’s highlights follows.
Donald Ingber’s (PopTech 2010) ‘lung on a chip’ invention, which can mimic the boundary between the lung’s air sacs and its capillaries, was Read more »
This week in PopTech: Out of this world
There’s always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week’s highlights follows.
Photographer Colin Rich continues to delight our curiosities about the sky above with his DIY camera-balloons, one of which he launched at PopTech 2010. Well, Rich and&Read more »
In conversation: PopTech Social Innovation Fellows Josh Nesbit and Mark Rembert on finding the right communication channels
Taylor Stuckert, Josh Nesbit and Mark Rembert in Wilmington, OH
About a month ago, Josh Nesbit, Medic Mobile founder, made a visit to Wilmington, OH to spend some time with Energize Clinton County founders Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert and learn more about what they’re up to in the town they’ve committed to revitalizing. Since his …
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This week in PopTech: Big stories, big news
There’s always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week’s highlights follows.
The unveiling of annual valentines from renowned typographer Marian Bantjes (PopTech 2008) is always a treat. This year is no exception.
Kevin Starr demands impact
When Kevin Starr talks about philanthropy and his work with the Mulago Foundation, he keeps it simple and straight-forward. As the foundation’s director, Starr is looking to fund the best scalable solutions to the biggest problems in the poorest places. No fancy mission statements or long grant proposals are necessary. As he described during his PopTech talk, he’s seen too much …
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A look back at Haiti and Mission 4636 with Josh Nesbit and Patrick Meier
On the first anniversary of the massive earthquake in Haiti, we are highlighting one of the most successful collaborative efforts that emerged from the devastation. Patrick Meier, director of crisis mapping at Ushahidi and Josh Nesbit, executive director of Medic Mobile (formerly FrontlineSMS: Medic) took to the PopTech stage to describe how the various …
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PopTech Accelerator unveils PeaceTXT initiative
As part of its ongoing commitment to fostering breakthrough social innovation and collaboration, PopTech unveiled Friday a new Accelerator initiative, PeaceTXT — a multidisciplinary project to explore the potential of mobile technology to amplify a proven approach to reducing violence.
A collaborative effort among CeaseFire, FrontlineSMS: Medic…
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This Week in PopTech: "Smart" Energy Grid, an Arctic Bunker and the Edge of Change
Happenings:
Want to know more about connectomes or programmable bacteria? See what happened when we brought together four speakers, a performer, and a lively and engaged audience for a salon on Science, Living Systems, and the Edge of Change in Washington, DC.
READ: Eco IQ’s, Violas, Mammoths, and Genes that “Seek and Destroy”
LOOK: Images on …Read more »
Recap of the PopTech Social Mapping Salon
Yesterday, PopTech convened a salon and workshop in Chicago on social mapping and social change.
During the day, workshop participants—including leading thinkers in mobile, geolocative services, social good, and philanthropy—discussed how their respective systems of organizing information and intervening in their local communities might fit together.
The day began at …
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Link List for February 12-16
A few articles from the past week:
“The World’s Cheapest Cell Phone” by Andrew Price on GOOD
“Vodafone has made what it’s describing as the “world’s cheapest phone.” The Vodafone 150 will sell for less than $15…This is good news. By providing people in the developing world with access to banking and healthcare services, Read more »
PopTech 2009: Videos and Images
Thank you to everyone for a wonderful PopTech 2009: America Reimagined conference.
Below are videos from the conference; you can find beautiful images of each speaker by Kris Krüg from Thursday and Friday on his personal site.
More images are in the PopTech Flickr account, the PopTech 2009 Flickr set, and the PopTech 2009 Flickr group …
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