Hacking the New Volunteer

hacking the new volunteer : open source + social media + humanitarian response Heather Leson Steve Kalaydjian 10.23.2010

Unconferences are full
of great ideas.

What if you built one?

Crisis Commons is that idea
Transparency Camp 2.0 - January 2009

Gov 2.0 - March 2009
CrisisCamp Ignite - June 2009

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) - November 2009

Sydney Australia

CrisisCommons is a global network of volunteers who use creative problem solving and open technologies to help people and communities in times and places of crisis. We embrace innovation and open systems.

A knowledge collective. Collaborating. Crowdsourcing.

Bogota, Colombia

ALL OPEN SOURCE KEEN
Volunteer Technical Communities:

Sahana Disaster Management
OpenStreetMap
Frontline SMS
Ushahidi (Swift River, Crowdmap)
CrisisMappers
Random Hacks of Kindness
Geeks without Bounds

Washington DC

What if the UN and the World Bank worked with Open Source supporting communities? What if the Canadian Red Cross did too? And the Non-Government Organizations? (NGOs) And Governments? What if all the Volunteer Technical communities collaborated?

Calgary Canada Calgary, Canada

CrisisCamp is a hybrid of:
Hackathon
Unconference
BarCamp
A new volunteer technical community using open source software, crowdsourcing, diverse skills and innovation to make a difference.

Who volunteered?

Paris, France

2010 Responses
Earthquake in Haiti - January 12, 2010

Earthquake in Chile - February 27, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill - May 2010

Pakistan Floods - July 2010

Toronto Canada

How I found CrisisCamp How CrisisCamps grew: Sharing and telling our story while volunteering Media coverage (Toronto Star, CBC, CNN) Jan 15, 2010 - 6 CrisisCamps Today - 2000+ volunteers in 15 countries

Applied Social Media

Two project case examples: Haitian earthquake - RSS Feed Aggregator Chilean earthquake - Ushahidi Social Media & Open Source for Social Good

Part 1: The Ushahidi report Ushahidi Chile Instance

What worked with CrisisCamp?
What didn't work?

Homework What?

You + Social Media + Open Source tools

Learn and file some http://www.zombiereports.com/

How can you help Open Source for Social Good? 1. Help a Volunteer Technical Community: http://crisiscommons.org/blog/2010/09/30/dispatch-iccm10-training-session/ 2. Join us for Random Hacks of Kindness 2.0 Toronto - December 4/5, 2010: http://www.rhok.org

What role do you think open source can play in your community for social good? How can new Internet volunteers be engaged? How about task turking and social issues gaming? some questions for you .....

Thank you @crisiscamp @crisiscommons @crisiscampto Heather@textontechs.com SteveKalaydjian@me.com

Photo credits Darlene Parker (Calgary), Luis Hernandez Aguilar (Bogota), pzao (Washington), camaraderiecoworking (Toronto), Luc Legay (Paris), rediguana (Sydney)

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