David South Consulting Online for Seven Years | November 2017

When it first launched in 2010, the David South Consulting (davidsouthconsulting.com) website was beautiful but sparse. Designed by one of Iceland's top graphic designers and illustrators, Solveig Rolfsdottir, it was basically an online CV (curriculum vitae). 

A lot has happened since: the new global magazine Southern Innovator was launched, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) came to an end in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched, and the UN adopted an innovation and South-South agenda, and so did many other countries, including China. And the content of the website has expanded to reflect this. The entire archive of the influential United Nations e-newsletter Development Challenges, South-South Solutions can be found here, as well as many resources chronicling the international development journey from the late 1990s.   

We even moved to a new studio and headquarters next to a bird sanctuary and nature reserve (matching our green words with green actions)!

The front page of the David South Consulting website.   

About David South Consulting.

Services at David South Consulting. 

David South Consulting had an Alexa rank of 7,243,014 in 2017.

David South Consulting international clients.

Practice Zones and HQ and Studio for David South Consulting.© David South Consulting 2017

Southern Innovator on the UNOSSC Website | November 2017

Southern Innovator among the South-South publications available from the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

Southern Innovator among the South-South publications available from the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

All five issues of Southern Innovator available from the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

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Information Accelerates Crisis Recovery and Development | 1997

The United Nations Information Shop (UN Info Shop) was established by UNDP Mongolia in 1997 and was managed by the UNDP Mongolia Communications Office. Context is everything. At this time, Mongolia was still recovering from the chaotic and turbulent transition from Communism to free markets and democracy begun at the start of the 1990s, called by some "one of the biggest peacetime economic collapses ever" (Mongolia's Economic Reforms: Background, Content and Prospects, Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide, 1994). There was a thirst for information: access to the Internet was still limited and access to mobile phones was just the preserve of the rich. As a legacy of the past, information, especially that about the outside world and the country’s true economic and social conditions, was restricted. During the years of Communism, even simple travel from one place to the next was strictly regulated. 

While today we can take it for granted that the Internet, and mobile and smart phones, deliver the world’s information in seconds, this just was not the case in the late 1990s in Mongolia. 

The UN Info Shop quickly became a crucial resource for students (many schools and universities were nearby) and it became a first stop for many wishing to access the Internet. It also substantially raised the profile of the UN in the country as the public could, for the first time, enter the UN building and discover what the UN was doing in the country. They could also visit the UNDP Mongolia Communications Office and meet its team. 

P. Dagmidmaa reads the Human Development Report Mongolia 1997 in the UN Info Shop.

An announcement in the Blue Sky Bulletin about the launch of the new journal Cooperation South.

The UNDP Mongolia Communications Office Team 1998 outside the UN Info Shop in the capital, Ulaanbaatar: David South, Bayasgalan and Bayarmaa.Many initiatives grew from the talented and dynamic UNDP Mongolia Communications Office team. Here are links to some of them: 

Ger: Mongolia's First Web Magazine 

Mongolian AIDS Bulletin

UN/UNDP Mongolia Development Web Portal 

Case Study: UN + UNDP Mongolia | 1997-1999

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Shortlisted for Infographics Storytelling Book | 2014

"Close, but no cigar" some might say, but we were genuinely flattered to be shortlisted in 2014 for inclusion in the book Visual Storytelling: Infographic Design in News published by Images Publishing in Shanghai, China. It is a lovely book to look at and the quality of infographics chosen for the book is high so it must have been a tough call. It was further proof Southern Innovator was getting known around the world and gaining respect for its content and design. The excellent work done by our graphic designer and illustrator Solveig Rolfsdottir speaks for itself.

Have a look at our other infographics here: http://www.davidsouthconsulting.com/case-studies/infographics-2005-2014.html

The proof flats for inclusion in Visual Storytelling: Infographic Design in News.

Visual Storytelling: Infographic Design in News published by Images Publishing.

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Southern Innovator Scale-up | 2017

Pitch + Vision

Team Biographies

Funding Phases

Phase 1

Design Specifications for Southern Innovator Magazine 1.0

Southern Innovator (2007-2017)

Editor-in-Chief: Cosmas Gitta

Editor and Writer: David South

Consultant: David South

Magazine

Editor-in-Chief: Cosmas Gitta

Editor and Writer: David South

Consultant: David South

Managing Editor: Audette Bruce

Copy Editor: Barbara Brewka

Circulation Manager: Amanda Armoogam

Published: 2011 to 2015

Electronic issues: ISSN 2222-9280

Issue 3: ISSN 2227-0523  

Issue 4: ISBN 978-0-9920217-0-2

Issue 5: ISBN 978-0-9920217-1-9

Font: Akkurat

Format: 60 pages full colour

Paper: Paper from responsible sources www.fsc.org and Nordic Ecolabelled Printer 141825

Energy: 100% renewable sources

Produced according to the UN Global Compact unglobalcompact.org

Countries: Canada/Iceland/United Kingdom/USA

Development Team (2010-2011)

Editor-in-Chief: Cosmas Gitta

Editor and Writer: David South

Managing Editor: Audette Bruce

Copy Editor: Barbara Brewka

Graphic Designer and Illustrator: Sólveig Rolfsdóttir 

Design and Layout: Sólveig Rolfsdóttir and Eva Hronn Gudnadóttir

Commissioned by: United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)

Contracted by: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) unops.org

Implemented by: David South Consulting (United Nations Global Marketplace Vendor 375229) and solla.net

Website (www.southerninnovator.org)

Archive: www.southerninnovator.com 

Launched: 2011 

Location: New York, New York, USA

Web Design: Carina Figurasin

Content: David South

E-Newsletter (2006-2014)

Launched: 2006

Location: New York, New York, USA

Editor-in-Chief: Cosmas Gitta

Researcher and Writer: David South

Consultant: David South

Social Media and Social Sharing (2007-present)

Location: London, UK

Head: David South

Phase 2

High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, Nineteenth Session, New York, 16-19 May 2016.

In 2016, the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation urged the UNOSSC to re-start funding the publication of Southern Innovator Magazine and the influential e-newsletter Development Challenges, South-South Solutions.

Phase 3

Back Issues 

Impact 

Testimonials 

"What a tremendous magazine your team has produced! It's a terrific tour de force of what is interesting, cutting edge and relevant in the global mobile/ICT space... Really looking forward to what you produce in issues #2 and #3. This is great, engaging, relevant and topical stuff." Rose Shuman, Founder & CEO, Open Mind and Question Box

"Question Box was featured in Southern Innovator, a new publication of UNDP that profiles some of the most innovative ideas coming out of the global South. We were pleased to see many friends in the sector profiled as well, such as Ushahidi, Medic Mobile, and TxtEagle. Take a look at the magazine, as it is a great primer on ICT and mobile innovation from around the globe." Question Box News. 

"Looks great. Congratulations. It’s Brill’s Content for the 21st century!" Conan Tobias, Managing Editor, Canadian Business

What they are saying about SI on Twitter: From @CapacityPlus Nice job RT @ActevisCGroup: RT @UNDP: Great looking informative @SouthSouth1 mag on South-South Innovation; @UNDP Great looking informative @SouthSouth1 mag on South-South Innovation; @JeannineLemaire Graphically beautiful & informative @UNDP Southern Innovator mag on South-South Innov. 

And on Pinterest:

Peggy Lee • 1 year ago 

"Beautiful, inspiring magazine from UNDP on South-South innovation. Heart is pumping adrenaline and admiration just reading it"

“@SouthSouth1 is one of the best sources out there for news and info on #solutions to #SouthSouth challenges.” Adam Rogers, Assistant Director, Regional Representative, Europe, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)

"I liked your latest Southern innovator! Always inspiring." Joana Breidenbach, betterplace.org, Berlin, Germany

"Thank you David - Your insight into the issues facing us a[s] [a] "global Village" is made real in the detail of your article - 10 out of 10 from the moladi team." Moladi, South Africa (http://www.moladi.net/index.htm)

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