Recommended
Recommended
More Related Content
Viewers also liked
Viewers also liked (14)
More from OpenAccessPHL
More from OpenAccessPHL (13)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
EveryBlock - Paul Wright, Director of Local Media for Comcast
- 1. 1 December 5, 2014 @everyblock Paul E. Wright Director, Local Media Development, Comcast GM, EveryBlock @chead95
- 2. 2 Content and Collaboration for Strong Community
- 3. 3 What is EveryBlock? Location Information Delivery
- 4. Location 4
- 5. Information – Open Data Value 5
- 7. Any Source, Any Person - Community Participation Value 7
- 8. Custom Locations & Feeds – Access/Inclusion Value 8
- 9. Feed Network – Civic Tech Growth Value 9
- 10. 10
- 11. GOALS: More Collaboration, More Partners • Over 600 Feeds • Open Data 11 • Initial – Crime, 311 • Next – L&I, Transit, Streets • Initial Outreach Categories • Tech & Innovation • Civic & Community • City Government • University
- 12. 12 Thank You!
Editor's Notes
- Quick History of EveryBlock Combined personal and professional passions
- PERSONALIZED, INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Interactive, crowd-sourced, personal platform Location Information Delivery History 2007 – 2009: Knight Foundation grant 2009 – 2013: MSNBC/NBC ownership 2013 – Present: Comcast LMD relaunch
- We view EVERYBLOCK AS A PLATFORM, a SERVICE, not just a website Everything that is in it, can come out for the benefit of Any community groups, local or neighborhood websites, Governnment websites, etc. And we have made it easy to do so. EMAIL OPEN RATE
- Community Engagement with groups - Connect community leaders, neighbors and civic tech creators around common interests Everyblock helps build relationships with community based organizations by: Connect civic leaders and emerging tech leaders around common interests Provide an additional outlet for local outreach around events and fund-raisers Encourage direct communication with neighbors, whether to solicit feedback from and/or share updates on issues of importance Good PR for the company
- Custom Location let anyone set up any boundaries to meet their community needs Working with Keyspots, Rec Centers, Free Library to ensure access to community info and tools
- DEDICATION TO COLLABORATION
- Example of simple integrations Available for all Wordpress via Repository Dedication to Collaboration Help any groups who have location, community, civic engagement as part of model
- Represents Early Outreach and Content Why I wanted to present – want more viewpoints, use cases Open to new thoughts on collaboration Want others to think of use cases and we will see what is possible