The document discusses the importance of open data in enhancing community engagement, featuring presentations from experts such as Jay Nath and Damian Thorman. It defines open data, provides examples from government and community sources, and highlights the collaborative power of data as a civic asset. Additionally, it mentions initiatives like the 'Apps for Communities' challenge aimed at fostering civic innovation through technology.

1. Catalyzing Civic Innovation:
Using Data to Increase Community Engagement
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Co-presented with the National Civic League
Twitter hashtags:
#opendata #gov2 @zerodivideorg

2. Today’s Agenda
Introduction:
• Tina Lee, Director of Innovation & Learning, ZeroDivide
Presentations:
• Jay Nath, Director of Innovation, City and County of S.F.
• Damian Thorman, National Program Director, Knight Foundation
Questions & Answers – 25 minutes
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3. Open Data: What does it mean?
“Data”
• Standardized
• Machine readable
• Collected in a systematic way over time
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4. Open Data: What does it mean?
Examples of government data:
• Census data
• Economic data
• Environmental data
• Health data
• Transit data (planes, trains, buses)
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5. Open Data: What does it mean?
Examples of community data:
• Client data (non-profit services)
• User-generated data (reviews, personal behavior, etc.)
• Location data (mapping, check-ins)
• Financial/performance data
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6. Open Data: What does it mean?
“Open”
• Freely available
• Accessible
• Can be used without restriction from copyright, patent law
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7. Jay Nath
Title: Director of Innovation, City & County of San Francisco
Email: Jay.Nath@sfgov.org
Twitter: @Jay_Nath
Website: www.sfgov.org
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8. DOD Launches GPS
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9. Open Data Advocate?

10. President Obama Issues Open
Gov Directive

11. Data.Gov

12. Sharing Local Data

13. Voting Patterns

14. Next Bus

15. Bike Accidents

16. Community Data

18. Today

19. How did we get here?

20. Power of Standards

21. Power of the Community
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Tech Community
104
City Staff
102
City Innovators

22. Power of Collaboration

24. Data is a Community Asset

25. Architecture of Participation

26. Creating a new community of
Civic Corps

28. Summer of Smart
• Over 500 attendees
• Nearly 10,000 hours of civic engagement
• 26 apps and proposals

30. Damian Thorman
Title:
• National Program Director, The Knight Foundation
• Project Lead for Knight on ‘Apps for Communities’ Challenge
Email: thorman@knightfoundation.org
Twitter: @dthorman, @communityapps
Website: http://appsforcommunities.challenge.gov
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31. Apps
for
Communi-es
h0p://appsforcommuni-es.challenge.gov/

32. Tech
for
Engagement
www.techforengagement.org

33. Questions & Answers
Please type your question in the “chat” box on your screen.
Thank you!
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34. Please be in touch…and thank you!
Tina Lee:
tina@zerodivide.org http://twitter.com/zdtina
Jay Nath:
jay.nath@sfgov.org http://twitter.com/Jay_Nath
Damian Thorman:
thorman@knightfoundation.org http://twitter.com/dthorman
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35. On the Web: www.zerodivide.org
On Twitter: @zerodivideorg