12th GBG Dhaka meet up for Women Entrepreneurs on the Web Workshop #1. Most speaker presentations were without slides

1. 12th GBG Dhaka Meet-up
Women Entrepreneurs
on the Web
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Inner Glo Training Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2. 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
TODAY’SAGENDA

3. Intro to GBG
GBG Managers:
Nash Islam
Salman Hossain

4. 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

5. Our Team
GBG
Managers
Advisor

6. 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

7. GBGs Worldwide
65
GBGs
worldwide
21 GBGs in
South & Southeast Asia
Nearby GBGs include Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia,
Vietnam & Philippines

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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!

12. Some of our Community

13. We need more Women!

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

15. Google+ Hangout
Jana Levene
Emerging Market Development
Google Singapore
Yolyn Ang
Strategic Partner Development Manager
Google Singapore

16. Video:
Women Entrepreneurs
on the Web in India

17. Eeshita Azad
Head of Communication
The Asia Foundation

18. View Prezi via this link

19. Just Desserts
Shahzabeen Alam
Founder

20. Maya apa ki bole?
Dr. Naomi Mirza
Medical Consultant, Maya.com.bd

21. Maya Apa Ki
Bole?
A presentation for GBG Dhaka
1 June, 2013
Dr. Naomi Mirza
Medical Specialist
naomi@maya.com.bd

22. … 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?

23. 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

24. Unique, Useful Insight on Women’s
Information Needs

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

26. 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

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

28. Team Engine
Samira Zuberi Himika
Founder & Managing Director

29. 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)

30. 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………………….

31.
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

32. 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)

33. 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

34. 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

35. 1 Degree Initiative
Shabnaz Rashid Diya
Founder

36. Melonades
Sayeda Jhumur
Media Head

37. TechMania
Taslima Miji
CEO

38. Techmania
Your Digital Partner
A woman-owned venture

39. Techmania is an IT hardware
retail company.
We sell computer hardware and
provide services.

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

41. 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.

42. There were hindrances and
there was also persistence
in me too to fight them

43. 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.

44. Be with Techmania
Thank you

45. Maria May
Program Manager
Social Innovation Lab
BRAC

46. www.brac.net
Taking Bangladesh Online
Maria May
Social Innovation Lab
June 1, 2013

47. www.brac.net
Today, more
android
phones were
activated than
babies born.

48. www.brac.net

49. www.brac.net

50. www.brac.net
Give ‘em what they want!

51. www.brac.net
TV is a powerful tool

52. www.brac.net
Different rules, different risks

53. www.brac.net
Impact Sourcing

54. www.brac.net
Crowdsourcing

55. www.brac.net

56. www.brac.net

57. www.brac.net
Thank you!

58. Sadequa Hassan Sejuti
Managing Director
Future Solutions for Business
Amar Desh Amar Gram

59. Nabila Khurshed
Country Manager
Freelancer.com.bd

60. Women Entrepreneurs
on the Web:
Bangladesh
Kazi Monirul Kabir
Bangladesh Country Consultant
Google Inc.

61. Discussion

62. Refreshments & Networking

63. THANK YOU !!
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