Crowdsourcing Tech for Social good and Crisis Response

Heather Leson, Melanie Gorka and David BlackFebruary 26, 2011 Podcamp Toronto

Crisis Commons is a global network ofvolunteers who use creative problem solving and open technologies to help people and communities in times and places of crisis.Crisis Commons members organize response events called CrisisCamps.

Applied Social Media

Code, test tools, translate, map, wiki, Twitter,Facebook, communicate, collaborate, plan,coordinate, iterate, brainstorm, research,analyze, report, broker relationships, createcontent, videos, pictures, slideshare, anddocument

90 days8 countries50 events+2000 volunteers

CrisisCamp Paris

CrisisCamp Argentina

CrisisCamp Bogota

Team Canada

 Sahana Foundation Ushahidi, Swift River and Crowdmap OpenStreetMap Frontline SMS Crisismappers Random Hacks of Kindness Humanity Road Geeks without Bounds HFOSS and more

Random Hacks of Kindness 1.0June 2010 - 5 countries500 volunteers RhoK Sydney, Australia

Nairobi to Montreal via Sydney and LondonOvoo + Skype + Twitter + IRC +Wiki + Email= 2 hours

CrisisCamp PakistanAugust – September 2010

Mobile phones are global.What if you read a text message (SMS) and couldhelp your neighbour?+ Text message + short code+ Report+ Read, search, document and categorize+ Map

Pakreport.org

CrisisCamp London (UK) for Pakistan Floods

Global CrisisCamp MarathonSeptember 4 – 5, 201024 hoursCrisisCamps:Toronto Silicon Valley Sydney Bangkok LondonDozens of virtual volunteers collaborating with theCrisisMappers , Sahana, OpenStreetMap and otherteams.

CrisisCamp Sydney

Random Hacks of Kindness 2.0(RHoK)December 201010 countries, 21 cities1000 volunteers

RHoK Chicago

RHoK Toronto /Open Data Hackathon with CrisisCamp Toronto

So what does it all mean?4 days995 reports (verified and mapped)82,121 unique visitorsFrom 65 countries100s of local volunteersGlobal volunteers and observers

Heather@textontechs.comMelanie.gorka@gmail.comrdavidblack@gmail.com@crisiscampto@crisiscamp@crisiscommonsCrisiscommons.orgPhotos by:heatherleson, Brian Chick, Cynthia Gould, Mariella,Ratzilla, Tolmie Macrae, Deborah Shaddon, Spike,Luis Aguilar

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