By Fergus Knight | Business Development Executive
It's been an eventful winter at Apps for Good, and as we count down to our 2017 App Launch on the 27th of February, we can reflect on the great stories that the impact of our work continues to generate. This year we have six amazing student apps that have been in development since launch:
We are all really proud of the work that the students have put in to make each of these Apps a reality, working with professional development agencies to create some fantastic Apps for Good!
In other news, we are saying goodbye to our Co-CEO Debbie, who will be moving on to new adventures after the launch, with former Apps for Good Head of Communications and new Managing Director Heather Picov taking the helm for an exciting new chapter in our story. The following is a personal message from Debbie:
"Many of you remember our App Launch last February, when we kicked off Apps for Good’s 5th birthday. In her talk, Mohima, one of our first students and now a Council Member, referred to me jokingly as her “Apps for Good mother.” We all laughed, but the last five years have felt like that.
Don’t get me wrong, AFG has never been the work or inspiration of any one person. In the early days, we really weren’t sure what AFG could be. But from dashing up and down the country in my broken down car to meet all our first amazing teachers who gambled on us, to speaking to all the enthusiastic Experts and companies who worked so hard with us to build something that could scale with quality, to finding and growing the most incredible team I’ve worked with, we’ve been able to make AFG what it is today. And for the last few years, I’ve had the absolute pleasure – at times headache and worry-filled pleasure – of leading this great organisation here in the UK. And at that Launch, I did feel like a proud mum welcoming everyone home for a family celebration.
Later that year at our Awards in June, I saw how AFG had grown and established itself in the UK and was thriving, and I realised that, for me, my AFG baby had grown up. And on that day, I knew that while there were still challenges ahead AFG UK was ready to start the next chapter and so was I. So we decided to look for a Managing Director for the UK.
After a long search with a strong external field, the team, Trustees, Iris and I are delighted that the right person for the job is our own Heather Picov. Heather has been part of the senior management team at AFG for four years and brings not only deep knowledge of AFG and commitment to our mission, but also a strong sense of where we can go in the UK. We are at a crucial and exciting phase in AFG UK’s growth, with both challenges and opportunities, and I know that now that Heather and the team have worked to set the vision and next chapter, it’s the right time for me to step back."
Lastly, we have had two great blogs from two of our most high achieving, inspirational and committed students at Apps for Good published in the last few months from Fellows Ellora and Katie.
By Fergus Knight | Business Development Executive
By Fergus Knight | Business Development Executive
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