This document summarizes an event about using technology and civic engagement to address global issues. It discusses TechCamp, an initiative that brings people together to solve problems through hackathons and training. Examples are given of projects from TechCamps, such as pollution mapping and conflict mediation. The document raises questions about how ideas from TechCamps can be further developed and how citizen diplomats can be better supported. Resources for civic tech programs are provided.

1. Civil Engagement from the Dorm to Dakar
#dorm2dakar

2. Bios
Eric Nelson
Director, Office of eDiplomacy
@eDipAtState
Kara Andrade
Ph.D student, American University & co-founder HablaCentro Informatics
@newmaya

3. How the US Embassy Tweeted to Clear Bejing’s Air
Source: Wired Magazine

4. Bids

5. Question
What is your experience with attending
similar events such as: hackathons,
TechCamps, and Barcamps?

6. Question
Did you feel the event and your participation made a lasting difference?

7. What is TechCamp?

8. Speed Geeking & Problem Sharing

9. 80 Minute Trainings

10. Problem Solving

11. And then sometimes we have…

12. Growing Network
Facebook Groups

13. TechCamp Wiki
wiki.techcampglobal.org

14. TechCamp Tech Solutions
Crowdfunding or Fundraising
Digital Storytelling
Gaming
Internal Collaboration Tools
Innovation Education Tools
Mapping
Mobile Apps
Open Data or Open Government

15. Question
What does it take for the seed of an idea
born at a TechCamp to grow or take root?

16. Projects
International Organization- Multilateral Moneyball
Guangzhou- Pollution Mapping
Chief Economist- Research in Farsi
#VSFSatState

17. Projects
(DRL/SHR) Security and Human Rights Strategy and Policy
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Mediation

18. Question
How could State radically improve the
experience of being a “citizen diplomat”?

19. Question
What’s Next?

20. Brainstorm Questions
1. What technology solutions come to mind that we could advance at TechCamps?
2. What partners might we be able to tap for training/solutions, dissemination and
follow up?
3. What platforms, i.e. Github, LinkedIn, etc., could be used to better link civil
society with techies, fellows with Washington, applicants with projects?

21. Resources
Virtual Student Foreign Service:
Presidential Innovation Fellows:
Virtual Fellows:
Diplomacy Lab:
Franklin Fellows:
TechCamp:
U.S. Digital Service:
state.gov/vsfs
whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows
state.gov/vfp
diplomacylab.org
careers.state.gov
TechCampGlobal.org
whitehouse.gov

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