Social media in Local Government a few examples - and ways aheadIngrid Koehler
This is an incomplete presentation - there are more examples that we know about, but just haven't put in yet. Feel free to drop some in the comments though.
Presentation to Management: Venturing into the realm of social media Feb25VMiecznikowski
This presentation was delivered to an extended management team meeting (audience included managers, supervisors, directors and general managers) in a municipal government. The objective was to gain buy in for adopting social media within the organization.
Social media in Local Government a few examples - and ways aheadIngrid Koehler
This is an incomplete presentation - there are more examples that we know about, but just haven't put in yet. Feel free to drop some in the comments though.
Presentation to Management: Venturing into the realm of social media Feb25VMiecznikowski
This presentation was delivered to an extended management team meeting (audience included managers, supervisors, directors and general managers) in a municipal government. The objective was to gain buy in for adopting social media within the organization.
This digital looks at the digital divide in Canada. Who has access to the internet/broadband and who is currently connected? It also looks at the benefits of reducing the digital divide in the nation.
The Impact of Social TV and Audience Participation on National Cultural Polic...University of Sydney
Presentation for the International Association of Media and Communication Researchers (IAMCR), which looks at the role of cultural intermediation within the policy context, specifically Brevini's (2013) PSB 2.0.
Invited presentation for plenary session 1: Leveraging a Never Ending Technological Revolution as part of the 4th GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop: Concepts, Technologies, Systems and Users of the Next GEOSS, Norfolk, VA, held on March 24-26, 2015. http://www.gstss.org/2015_Norfolk_4th/program.php
Governments would get bigger bang for taxpayer
buck by instead spending more on upgrading existing infrastructure,
and on social infrastructure such as aged care and mental health care.
Leveraging A Wiki To Enhance Virtual Collaboration In The Emergency DomainConnie White
In a crisis situation, critical success factors include good preparedness, the availability of
trustworthy information and reliable people, and the responders' ability to improvise with the available, functioning tools. Wikis can be used as collaborative group support systems to support these activities, especially for communities of practice that must operate as high reliability organizations. The advantages of using a wiki are especially beneficial in volatile environments, such as those in the emergency domain, where critical real-time decision making is required. An international wiki - emergenciWiki.org - has been created and is being used by both practitioners and academics. The conclusions include that wiki features and functionality, which are important for safetycritical work, should add a minimum of bureaucratic overhead while helping to establish trust and a sense of purpose and community among the users, strengthening each individual user's accountability for their actions, or easing the evaluation of information reliability. (*note emergenciWiki.org project is over)
Data! Action! Data journalism issues to watch in the next 10 yearsPaul Bradshaw
Keynote at the Nordic data journalism conference #NODA16 - an outline of issues facing data journalism which journalists and academics need to focus on in the next decade.
Virtual Operations Support Teams - The Basics
Social media and social networking are rapidly growing forms of communication and social media is becoming an integral part of disaster response. It's shaping how crises are communicated and responses are coordinated and Emergency Managers need to consider the ongoing resource implications of engaging in social media.
Emergency Managers need to ensure that staff receive appropriate training in both the use of the social media tools and policies associated with their use. Emergency Managers will also have to make sure staff have enough time to validate social media content, push quality and timely information, monitor, moderate, respond to comments, archive and communicate actionable intelligence to decision makers.
What resources does your agency have to commit to the effort?
An innovative solution regarding these resourcing challenges is the development of a Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST).
Virtual Operations Support (VOS) for emergency management and disaster recovery makes use of new communication technologies and social media tools (free and paid for dependent on VOST).
A team of trained agents provide support via the internet to those on-site who may otherwise be overwhelmed by the volume of data generated during a disaster.
VOS Teams (VOST) are activated to perform specific functions in support of affected organizations & jurisdictions. Each VOST has a Team Leader that reports directly to the affected organization/ jurisdiction.
Additional VOSTs may be established and activated to coordinate the work and maintain an effective span of control.
Disclaimer: This presentation is a conceptual description and may vary and be subject to change as per emergency management agency requirements.
Presentation by Caroline Milligan ( @Caz_Milligan ) and Scott Reuter ( @sct_r )
This digital looks at the digital divide in Canada. Who has access to the internet/broadband and who is currently connected? It also looks at the benefits of reducing the digital divide in the nation.
The Impact of Social TV and Audience Participation on National Cultural Polic...University of Sydney
Presentation for the International Association of Media and Communication Researchers (IAMCR), which looks at the role of cultural intermediation within the policy context, specifically Brevini's (2013) PSB 2.0.
Invited presentation for plenary session 1: Leveraging a Never Ending Technological Revolution as part of the 4th GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop: Concepts, Technologies, Systems and Users of the Next GEOSS, Norfolk, VA, held on March 24-26, 2015. http://www.gstss.org/2015_Norfolk_4th/program.php
Governments would get bigger bang for taxpayer
buck by instead spending more on upgrading existing infrastructure,
and on social infrastructure such as aged care and mental health care.
Leveraging A Wiki To Enhance Virtual Collaboration In The Emergency DomainConnie White
In a crisis situation, critical success factors include good preparedness, the availability of
trustworthy information and reliable people, and the responders' ability to improvise with the available, functioning tools. Wikis can be used as collaborative group support systems to support these activities, especially for communities of practice that must operate as high reliability organizations. The advantages of using a wiki are especially beneficial in volatile environments, such as those in the emergency domain, where critical real-time decision making is required. An international wiki - emergenciWiki.org - has been created and is being used by both practitioners and academics. The conclusions include that wiki features and functionality, which are important for safetycritical work, should add a minimum of bureaucratic overhead while helping to establish trust and a sense of purpose and community among the users, strengthening each individual user's accountability for their actions, or easing the evaluation of information reliability. (*note emergenciWiki.org project is over)
Data! Action! Data journalism issues to watch in the next 10 yearsPaul Bradshaw
Keynote at the Nordic data journalism conference #NODA16 - an outline of issues facing data journalism which journalists and academics need to focus on in the next decade.
Virtual Operations Support Teams - The Basics
Social media and social networking are rapidly growing forms of communication and social media is becoming an integral part of disaster response. It's shaping how crises are communicated and responses are coordinated and Emergency Managers need to consider the ongoing resource implications of engaging in social media.
Emergency Managers need to ensure that staff receive appropriate training in both the use of the social media tools and policies associated with their use. Emergency Managers will also have to make sure staff have enough time to validate social media content, push quality and timely information, monitor, moderate, respond to comments, archive and communicate actionable intelligence to decision makers.
What resources does your agency have to commit to the effort?
An innovative solution regarding these resourcing challenges is the development of a Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST).
Virtual Operations Support (VOS) for emergency management and disaster recovery makes use of new communication technologies and social media tools (free and paid for dependent on VOST).
A team of trained agents provide support via the internet to those on-site who may otherwise be overwhelmed by the volume of data generated during a disaster.
VOS Teams (VOST) are activated to perform specific functions in support of affected organizations & jurisdictions. Each VOST has a Team Leader that reports directly to the affected organization/ jurisdiction.
Additional VOSTs may be established and activated to coordinate the work and maintain an effective span of control.
Disclaimer: This presentation is a conceptual description and may vary and be subject to change as per emergency management agency requirements.
Presentation by Caroline Milligan ( @Caz_Milligan ) and Scott Reuter ( @sct_r )
This is a brochure for the game ElectroHex, a unique and innovative game platform aimed at YA who love strategy and arcade games. The game was created by myself and a few amazing and talented people under Cedar Design Group, a game company that I was part of.
DESIGN OF A SECURE DISASTER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM USING THE SMARTPHONE BASED BE...csandit
The number of disaster occurrences around the world based on the climate changes due to the global warming has been indicating an increase. To prevent and cope with such disaster, a number of researches have been actively conducted to combine the user location service as well as the sensor network technology into the expanded IoT to detect the disaster at early stages. However, due to the appearance of the new technologies, the scope of the security threat to the pre-existing system has been expanding. In this thesis, the D-SASS using the beacon to provide the notification service to the disaster-involved region and the safe service to the users is proposed. The LEA Algorithm is applied to the proposed system to design the beacon protocol collected from the smartphone to safely receive the notification information as well as to provide the confidentiality during the data transfer between smartphone and notification server.
A STUDY ON LEA AND SEED ALGORITHMS FOR DATA PROTECTION OF SMARTPHONE BASED DI...IJNSA Journal
The number of disaster occurrences around the world based on the climate changes due to the global
warming has been indicating an increase. To prevent and cope with such disaster, a number of researches
have been actively conducted to combine the user location service as well as the sensor network
technology into the expanded IoT to detect the disaster at early stages. However, due to the appearance of
the new technologies, the scope of the security threat to the pre-existing system has been expanding. In this
thesis, the D-SASS using the beacon to provide the notification service to the disaster-involved area and
the safe service to the users is proposed. The LEA Algorithm is applied to the proposed system to design
the beacon protocol collected from the smartphone to safely receive the notification information. In
addition, for data protection of a notification system, LEA and SEED algorithms were applied, and a
comparative analysis was conducted.
This presentation discusses macro technology trends in disaster management and provides an overview of digital volunteerism. In addition, examples of digital volunteer groups and technologies are provided.
Project's website: http://www.floodserv-project.eu/
This project has received funding from the European Union' s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693599
FLOOD-serv Brochure Updated (English)
FLOOD- serv is a project funded under the Topic INSO-1--2015 ICT-enabled open government of the EU HORIZON 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015 for Societal Challenge 6 (Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies). The aim of the project is to provide a complete solution for floods awareness, response actions and education regarding flood risks.
This material reflects only the author’s view and the Research Executive Agency (REA) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
http://www.floodserv-project.eu/
I want to use this medium to emphasize the need for the collaborative efforts needed in using data for development and better lives of humanity. Data literacy is key in facilitating good governance and government accountability. Private sectors, public sectors and civil societies including private sectors should share data and ensure there is functional integrated national data system.
Korea-Australia-New Zealand Broadband Summit 2011: Digital FuturesCollabforge
The KANZ Broadband Summit provides a unique opportunity for industry, research and policy representatives from Australia, Korea and New Zealand to share insights into trends and challenges in our increasing digital future.
Dr Mark Elliott is the founder of Collabforge, an innovative consultancy responsible for a number of cutting-edge digital government initiatives within Australia and abroad. These include the City of Melbourne's Future Melbourne, a multi award winning world-first ‘City plan that anyone can edit’, as well as wePlan Parks Victoria, which leverages social media for the first time to ‘Help guide the future of Victoria’s parks’, and the Southern California Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning Wiki, comprising a new approach to public involvement in transportation planning.
New Technologies in Humanitarian Emergencies and ConflictsDr. Chris Stout
By Diane Coyle and Patrick Meier
About the UN Foundation and The Vodafone Foundation Partnership
The United Nations Foundation & Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership is a leading public-private alliance
using technology programs to strengthen the UN’s humanitarian efforts worldwide. Created in October 2005 with
a £10 million commitment from The Vodafone Foundation matched by £5 million from the UN Foundation.
The Technology Partnership has three core areas of focus: (1) to strengthen communications in humanitarian
emergencies though capacity building and support for disaster response missions that connect disaster relief
workers and affected families; (2) to support the development of mobile health (mHealth) programs that tackle
critical public health challenges and improve public health systems, decision-making and, ultimately, patient
outcomes; and (3) to promote research and innovation using technology as a tool for international development.
The UN Foundation and The Vodafone Foundation are among the founding partners of the mHealth Alliance.
More information about the Technology Partnership can be found at: www.unfoundation.org/vodafone.
The overall objective of FLOOD-serv is to provide a pro-active and personalized citizen-centric public service application that will encourage citizens’ involvement and will the involvement of the citizen and will harness the collaborative power of ICT networks (networks of people, knowledge and sensors) to raise awareness on flood risks and enable collective risk mitigation solutions and response actions.
Networks for Citizen Consultation and Citizen Sourcing of Expertise: Explor...@cristobalcobo
"New ICTs + New Media = New Democracy? Communications policy and public life in the age of broadband"
Experts’ workshop
New America Foundation, 1899 L St NW, Washington, DC
September 20-22, 2011
www.americanthinktank.net
Cristobal Cobo, Ph.D
Research Fellow
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
Slándáil | Empowering Emergency Services through Social Media
Slándáil is a European project that is investigating the use of digital media in times of natural disaster and is equipping disaster management personnel with software services for harnessing social media for better disaster response.
We are in four countries, namely: Ireland, Northern Ireland (UK), Germany, and Italy. The aim is for the project to help increase the security of citizens and groups living in areas affected by natural disasters through increasing the effectiveness and response time of disaster management teams.
http://slandail.eu/
info@slandail.eu
https://www.facebook.com/slandail
https://twitter.com/slandailfp7
Slándáil is a three-year project, funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement No. 607691 (“Slandail”)
We analyzed data on 959 movies and users of Douban and Maoyan to determine the effects of these platforms on box office revenue. We theorized two modes of digital marketing, namely broadcasting and electronic word of mouth (eWOM), and used polynomial regression and random forest models to measure their effects.
Given that enforcement efficacy is determined by credibility and agility of regulatory regimes, we compared three antitrust regimes actively reigning in big tech in 2020-2021—the United States (US), the European Union (EU), and China—and assessed their regime impacts with the random effects model.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...
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1. Deployment of Disaster Information Distribution System and Service Model by NGO Exemplar Platforms 21 st Century Foundation Association of Digital Culture Taiwan Chinese Taipei May 10-12, 2010
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4. Worst hit in Taiwan by Typhoon Morakot Disaster info map flood mud slide evacuation caution Power failure Typhoon Morakot caused severe damage to the southern part of Taiwan with record breaking rainfall of 2,900 millimeters (114 inches) in 3 days .
5. ADCT ‘s cooperation with emergency operation centers
I am yuntsai chou, deputy director of 21st Century Foundation, a policy think tank from Chinese Taipei, and Gene Hong from ADCT. We are very delighted to present this project proposal to you.
Indeed, this project is developed based on our experience in T M. Let me start with this case first and then project scope and expected benefits.
As you can see in this graph, the southern part of Taiwan was the most hit area by TM, rainfall reached 114 inches in three days, causing a mudslide where 300 people buried, and thousands homeless. During the disaster, government was devoted into first-hand rescue mission, and not much information released to the public, and it made the whole society chaotic, and demanding more disaster information.