{"140311":{"#nid":"140311","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Best on Using Technology for Social Good","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was dissatisfied in just being strictly a nerd and a geek and was interested in trying to apply that ... knowledge to challenges like poverty,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Best\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E and The School of Interactive Computing. Best has advised the governments of Ghana and other West African countries on their national IT policies, looking at how they can best tap opportunities presented by technologies like mobile phones. \u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/NLVU8J\u0022\u003EGlobal Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u0026nbsp;July 14, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-07-16 10:09:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:48","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"EXPO 2020","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NLVU8J","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12489","name":"developing countries"},{"id":"9947","name":"Ghana"},{"id":"1093","name":"Mike Best"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}