Jay Larson

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Jay has a wealth of entrepreneurial experience, having established for-profit…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Somo Graphic

    Advisor

    Somo

    - 4 years 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

    Working with a) senior leadership to help define a strategic vision, b) management to improve processes and better apply technology, c) entrepreneurs/beneficiaries to better understand their businesses and how to acquire customers. Also reviewing business plans and judging pitch competitions.

  • Tutor

    ROCK: Reaching Out with Compassion in Kibera

    - 5 years 4 months

    Education

    Tutoring STEM subjects to secondary school scholarship recipients and primary school students.

  • Teacher

    Veachear New Vision School & Orphanage

    - 4 months

    Education

    Volunteer teaching and exploring the local small-business scene near Angkor Wat.

Publications

  • Reimagine What You Already Know: Toward New Solutions to Longstanding Problems

    Palgrave Macmillan

    "Digital Kenya: An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making" chapter 5. Edited by Professor Bitange Ndemo, former PS of ICT of Kenya, and Tim Weiss, Stanford researcher.

    Knowledge and technology can combine to change societies dramatically, creating opportunities that were previously unthinkable. Many African nations now stand at the threshold of revolutionary changes based on information communication technologies (ICTs). Instead of painstakingly developing traditional banking…

    "Digital Kenya: An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making" chapter 5. Edited by Professor Bitange Ndemo, former PS of ICT of Kenya, and Tim Weiss, Stanford researcher.

    Knowledge and technology can combine to change societies dramatically, creating opportunities that were previously unthinkable. Many African nations now stand at the threshold of revolutionary changes based on information communication technologies (ICTs). Instead of painstakingly developing traditional banking, education, and other sectors—with decades of wasted human lives and opportunities—introducing mobile technology has put completely new solutions into the hands of a new generation. Some of the key elements of these new solutions are in education, the backbone for innovation and economic development. Although innovators are seeking new ways to educate the next generation, the problem of delivering adequate educational services to those without the means to afford expensive private schools is still a critical problem. We suggest that education must be reimagined, very nearly from the ground up. Once people take education out of the four walls of the traditional classroom into homes, libraries, internet cafés, and city streets, a completely new learning experience is imaginable—an experience that innovators need to harness now in order to transform the way in which education is delivered in Africa. Students in the “digital” school will decide what, where, and when to learn. We need these digital models to start reimagining education in Africa. We offer reimaginings of several elements in the education sector, including school management, the classroom, the learning experience, and certification.

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Projects

  • Eyasys: Digital educational content research for health clinics and schools in Kenya

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    Performing in-depth secondary research into the state of technology and eLearning content for health and primary school education in Kenya.

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Honors & Awards

  • Nominet Trust: NT100 2016

    Nominet Trust

    The Nominet Trust 100 celebrates the people and organisations who are using digital technology to change the world for the better. Each year, it brings together 100 of the world's most inspiring examples of social innovation, where digital technologies have been used to tackle a significant social challenge.

    http://www.socialtech.org.uk/projects/tunapanda-institute/

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Full professional proficiency

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