Final draft of a presentation to be given to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation on September 8, 2010 by CrisisCommons, CrisisCamp Co-Founders Heather Blanchard, Noel Dickover and Andrew Turner.
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Harnessing Volunteer Tech for Crisis Response
1. Sloan Seminar
**DRAFT**
Harnessing Volunteer Technology Communities to Build
Capacity in Crisis Response and Global Development
September 8, 2010
Presented by
Heather Blanchard
Noel Dickover
Andrew Turner
3. CrisisCommons
• Convener of communities across
competition and organizational
challenges
• Leverages collaborative systems, open
environments
• Translates needs from CROs to the
VTCs and the public
• Provides technical assistance and
opportunity for creative problem solving Diversified Global Network
• Catalyst for a new knowledge base
based on captured lessons learned
• Leverages partnerships and networks
4. From Idea to Community
Evolution of an Idea Catalyst for Partnerships
• January 2009 - Transparency Camp • June - First Ignite Session at the World
Bank; Interest in Building Capacity
• March 2009 - Gov 2.0 Camp
• August - USAID Afghanistan Election
• June 2009 - CrisisCamp DC Monitoring
• Participants: MIT Media Labs, GWU, • September - Google, Yahoo and
Google,Yahoo, Microsoft, UN Microsoft form informal partnership
Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, Apps called Random Hacks of Kindness
for Democracy, Homeland Security,
DoD, World Bank, Development Seed, • October - CrisisCamp Philadelphia
GeoCommons, Open Street Map,
Sahana, Ushahidi, CrisisMappers • November - Random Hacks of Kindness
hosts first Hackathon
6. CrisisCamp Haiti Columbia
• Call to action;
global footprint
• Low barrier to entry; replicable
United Kingdom
• Recognized by CROs and VTCs
• 50 events, 10 countries
• 1,500+ highly skilled volunteers Canada
• Focus on mapping, missing
persons, language and search
France
7. Highlights
Innovation - Problem Solving - Mapping
• Tradui Mobile
Translation App
• Long Distance Wi-Fi
• Open Street Map
8. Sloan
Investment
• Convening of the First
International CrisisCongress
• Convening of Stakeholder
Roundtables
• Expert Engagement
• Development and Validation
of the Problem Definition
10. What We Learned
• Pervasive competition within all
stakeholder groups
• Vendor based technology
relationships
• Inadequate technology infrastructure
and digital literacy
• Lack of formal coordination role
• Need for long term relationships,
and project management
• Little understanding of technology
ecosystem; tools
11. What is Needed?
• Objective technical assistance,
support for creative problem solving
• Long term support for CrisisCamp and
VTCs, including project management
• Amplification of grassroots innovation,
collaborative systems
• Translation of needs; development of
lessons learned and research-based
approaches
• Stewardship of the new knowledge base,
translate into research opportunities
• Formal partnerships and resources
• Legal protection; Security and Privacy
13. Our Role
We Leverage Expertise, Communities and Resources
VTCs
CROs CrisisCommons The Public
Affiliated Affiliated Responder Un-Affiliated Response
Response Connectivity to Resources Spontaneous Effort
Source of Affiliated Requirements New Efforts
Leverage Under Utilized; Unknown Resources Unknown Resources
Research Based Approach; Recognized Knowledge Base
Academia
Private Sector
Under-Leveraged Resources
14. What We Propose
Community Projects Lab Council Fellows
Connecting and Leveraging the Ecosystem to Build Capacity
Through a Commons-Based Approach
15. Research Based
Approach
• Multi-disciplinary research agenda Behavior
• Research gaps, crisis analysis Mapping
Data
• International technical standards, best Language
practices, standards of care
• Open tools and data sets Incubator
• New knowledge base; unique insights
Lab
16. Timing is Right
• CROs have asked for our help
• New acceptance of collaborative tools
• Growing VTC communities, Crisis
Crowd
• Public has capability, desire to assist
• Capability to matrix private sector,
academia resources
17. Path Ahead for 2011
• Transform good will to formal
relationships
• Facilitate needs from
stakeholders to inform
development of CrisisCommons
• Facilitate research agenda
• Continue support of CrisisCamp
• Report on the continuing
evolution of the ecosystem