Amplifying Literacy with Cliff Schmidt

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Cliff Schmidt, is the Executive Director of Amplio Network, a Seattle-based nonprofit that provides inclusive digital technology to help governments and global development organizations widen their reach and impact in rural, remote, off-grid communities. Amplio, formerly known as Literacy Bridge launched in Ghana in 2007 and has since grown to serve communities in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia. Check out how Amplio's Talking Book technology - an easy to use, rugged, tool designed with real users in mind, is unlocking invaluable access to knowledge sharing.

Where to find Cliff and Amplio?

• Amplio
• Amplio informational video
• On Facebook
• On LinkedIn

What’s Cliff watching and reading?

• 13th
  
• How to Be An AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi

Other topics of interest—

• Clinton Global Initiative
• Microsoft Integral Fellows
• More on Submarines