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 nicholas carl martin educator , technologist founder and president of techchange
nick martin -lrb- educator -rrb-

nicholas carl martin is an american technologist , entrepreneur , and educator best known for founding the international organization techchange : the institute for technology and social change .
martin has delivered a number of speeches at the united nations , the us state department , and usaid on the role of technology for international development , online learning & capacity building and m-learning .
his work with techchange has been profiled by the new york times , fast company , forbes , and the economist .
martin has also contributed numerous pieces on elearning , m-learning , and mhealth to the chronicle of higher education , stanford social innovation review , the guardian , dowser.org and more .
nick is a poptech social innovation fellow , an ariane de rothschild fellow , and an international youth foundation global fellow .
he was also the runner-up for the 2014 society for international development 's rice award which honors an outstanding young innovator in the field international development under the age of 32 .
martin graduated from swarthmore college with honors and holds a ba in english literature and education .
martin also earned an ma in peace education from the university for peace .
prior to founding techchange , martin started an award-winning conflict resolution and technology program for dc elementary schools called dcpeace .
as of november 2013 , nick is also an adjunct faculty member at george washington university .
he is the son of william flynn martin , former us deputy secretary of energy .
