Data into Action

#dataintoaction Data into Action! Nick Grossman, OpenPlans | @nickgrossman Future of News and Civic Media @ MIT - 6/17/10 openplans.org

Today 1. A little about us 2. What data needs in order to be actionable 3. What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites 4. Bridging the Civic Divide 5. An announcement!

1 2 3 4 5 About OpenPlans OpenPlans informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software. Open Source Open Government Journalism covering GIS software applications & strategy urban policy Since 1999

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1 2 3 4 5 What data needs in order to be actionable

HYPOTHESIS: Data on it’s own isn’t enough

DATA ACTION

Magic! DATA ACTION

Governments? DATA ACTION

QR Codes = Platform for Action + DC Circulator Bus

Civic Hackers? DATA ACTION

Journalists? DATA ACTION

Nonproﬁts & Interest Groups? DATA ACTION

Layers of meaning & actionability Acting Interpreting PARTICIPATION & COLLABORATION TRANSPARENCY Serving Producing

1 2 3 4 5 What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites

HYPOTHESIS: We will see a convergence of automated “data sites” and social “action sites”

NEW PROJECT: Transportation Feedback Portals + 6 Pilot Projects in 2010-2011 Transparency - Participation - Data - Community Building

1 2 3 4 5 Bridging the Civic Divide

It’s hard to learn a city

It’s hard to learn a city Hi, I’m new here. BOSTON

Hierarchy of data needs & civic actions Advocating Volunteering Connecting Voting Taxes Daycare School Shopping & Eating Babysitting Heat & Power Garbage Transportation BOSTON

HYPOTHESIS: Piggybacking higher-level civic tasks on personal tasks will enable engagement

Hierarchy of data needs & civic activities Advocating Volunteering Connecting Voting Taxes Daycare School Shopping & Eating Babysitting Heat & Power Garbage Transportation BOSTON

Things I didn’t talk about just now: (but would love to later) • How cities can share code, apps & policies • Contracting for open source • Infrastructure for real-time transit info • Cities that “work like the web”

1 2 3 4 5 An announcement

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Thanks! OpenPlans: http://openplans.org Nick Grossman: nick@openplans.org @nickgrossman #dataintoaction delicious.com/tag/dataintoaction

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Data into Action

by Nick Grossman on Jun 17, 2010

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