This document summarizes the rise of volunteer technology communities for crisis response and global development. It discusses how communities like CrisisCamp and Random Hacks of Kindness have helped respond to crises by harnessing volunteers with technical skills. The document outlines key events from 2009-2011 that increased acceptance of these communities. It proposes that CrisisCommons can further build capacity by formally connecting volunteer communities, humanitarian organizations, the private sector, and academia to facilitate resource sharing and innovative solutions.
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCamp and CrisisCommons presents to the European community the history of CrisisCamp and the concept of developing a global CrisisCommons
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.
Telligent - APAN - How Governments are Harnessing the Value of Community and ...Telligent
Following the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, US Southern Command was charged with coordinating the Department of Defense response in support of the US Agency for International Development, involving the relief efforts of military, government, and non-government organizations. A swift decision was made that the All Partners Access Network (APAN) would be the central communication hub throughout the response. Built on Telligent Community, APAN was launched the next day - a full 10 months ahead of schedule. This use of community technology in Haiti saved lives and transformed disaster relief forever.
Join Telligent founder and CTO Rob Howard for a 60-minute webinar to learn how community and collaboration technologies were leveraged to coordinate the relief efforts of more than 300 different organizations. Howard will also show you how you can harness community technologies to collaborate across business units, autonomous organizations, global locations and time zones, and facilitate efficient exchange of critical information.
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCamp and CrisisCommons presents to the European community the history of CrisisCamp and the concept of developing a global CrisisCommons
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.
Telligent - APAN - How Governments are Harnessing the Value of Community and ...Telligent
Following the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, US Southern Command was charged with coordinating the Department of Defense response in support of the US Agency for International Development, involving the relief efforts of military, government, and non-government organizations. A swift decision was made that the All Partners Access Network (APAN) would be the central communication hub throughout the response. Built on Telligent Community, APAN was launched the next day - a full 10 months ahead of schedule. This use of community technology in Haiti saved lives and transformed disaster relief forever.
Join Telligent founder and CTO Rob Howard for a 60-minute webinar to learn how community and collaboration technologies were leveraged to coordinate the relief efforts of more than 300 different organizations. Howard will also show you how you can harness community technologies to collaborate across business units, autonomous organizations, global locations and time zones, and facilitate efficient exchange of critical information.
Great presentation on how to build virtual community, by David Hinds, performed for Social Media Club South Florida in January 2009.... posted here by me just to be able to share it with some friends.
I'm not the author... even If I would love to be :-)
Collaborative mapping is the crucial need in any rescue and relief operation. Our recent experience lead us to focus the research on the development of a unique platform [web and mobile] that allows different levels of geolocated information sharing, on a “user permissions” base [anonymus user, registered user level 1, ….]. Our approach is to use the solutions that are free and open [such as Google Maps, Google Earth, Google 3d, Ushahidi, OpenStreetMap, or Android apps for route tracking] and to develop a stable tool through the integration of diverse solutions ensuring a high level of sharing and collaboration among different players.
Web and mobile emergency networks to real-time information and geodata management.
Authors: DI LOLLI - LANFRANCO - LOMBARDO - RAPISARDI
VVF TAS Torino | Università di Torino | NatRisk | Open Resilience
Kansallisen ennakointiverkoston kutsuvierasseminaari julkisen sektorin tulevaisuuden haasteista.
Videomateriaali tilaisuudesta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTT53ecrdc
April 2015 GAETSS Newsletter Big Ideas for a Disruptive FutureDavid Wortley
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing & Social Media
Are we Creating God in our own Likeness?
Welcome to the GAETSS April 2015 E-Newsletter. In this issue I continue the theme of looking at the impact of disruptive technologies on business and society.
• Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing & Social Media – Implications for Mankind’s Future
• What’s the Big Idea – Societal Fission or Fusion?
• IORMA Interview with Pandora Mather-Lees
• Can Technology Innovation build Community Social and Economic Wealth?
• Featured Upcoming Events
o April 18-20 Emerging Infotech 2015 – Shenzhen, China
o April 27-30 Bangkok International Digital Content – Bangkok, Thailand
o June 4 Connected Life Conference – Oxford University, UK
• Featured Recent Events
o Westminster Health Forum Review
• Calls for Papers
• Recent Articles and Presentations
• Future Events Listing
Social networks: 8 ways to engage users with newsJD Lasica
Here's a slightly revised version of the "Social Networks: Engaging Users With News" webinar I gave to a few hundred virtual attendees when I flew out to the Poynter Institute in May. It was part of the News University course I taught under the Knight Digital Media Center leadership series.
The slideshow offers 8 different areas of social networking that news publishers (anyone from a single individual to a full newsroom) can leverage to engage people around news events in a more robust, interactive way.
Semantic Technologies for Copyright ManagementRoberto García
Introduction to the semantic technologies for copyright management put into practice in the context of the MediaMixer project. Presentation at the 1st Winter School on Multimedia Processing and Applications (WMPA'14) organised by the MediaMixer project and colocated with the MultiMedia Modelling Conference (MMM'14) in Dublin, Ireland.
10 04 10 Panel Discussion at the GFDRR Knowledge Network Session Heather Blanchard
How do we move the knowledge agenda forward, how do we build the global partnerships for the future?
Panelists: Dr. Farghaly, Arab Academy of Science Technology and Marine Transport (AASTMT), Larry James, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Heather Blanchard, Crisis Commons
Presented at the York University Seminar:
“The HAITI Earthquake of Jan 2010: LESSONS LEARNED”
Event sponsored by: York University, Disaster and Emergency Management Program, Emergency Management Ontario and Panos Canada/Caribbean
Presenters: Heather Leson, Brian Chick
January 10, 2011
More details:
http://haiti.blog.yorku.ca/home-2/
We had the honour to share the CrisisCommons /CrisisCamp story at the :
2010 Provincial Emergency Conference
Canadian Red Cross
November 10, 2010
Heather Leson, Brian Chick, Melanie Gorka and David Black
The Conference: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=32347&tid=067
TechSoup Canada and NetSquared invited me to speak about Crowdsourcing. The presentation is two parts: how CrisisCamps crowdsourced and then tips for Crowdsourcing programs for NFP and NGO communities.
Heather Blanchard's presentation at Tech@State 2011 given on February 22, 2011. For more information on the event please visit http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Tech_@_State_2011
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons, presentation at the Fleming Europe's 2nd Annual Geospatial Conference (http://www.flemingeurope.com/aviation-and-defence-conferences/europe/2nd-annual-geospatial-intelligence-summit)
Slideshare lost the previous upload which had nearly 70K views. Re-uploading. http://knoesis.org/?q=node/2633
With the explosion in social media (1B+ Facebook users, 500M+ Twitter users) and ubiquitous mobile access (6B+ mobile phone subscribers) sharing their observations and opinions, we have unprecedented opportunities to extract social signals, create spatio-temporal mappings, perform analytics on social data, and support applications that vary from situational awareness during crisis response, preparedness and rebuilding phases to advanced analytics on social data, and gaining valuable insights to support improved decision making.This tutorial weaves three themes and corresponding relevant topics- a.) citizen sensing and crisis mapping, b.) technical challenges and recent research for leveraging citizen sensing to improve crisis response coordination, and c.) experiences in building robust and scalable platforms/systems. It will couple technical insights with identification of computational techniques and algorithms along with real-world examples. We will also do exemplary demos of the features in the Sahana, CrowdMap (Ushahidi's version) and Twitris platforms while elaborating on the practical issues and pitfalls of the development and operation of these large-scale platforms, especially during the real-time crisis response
Great presentation on how to build virtual community, by David Hinds, performed for Social Media Club South Florida in January 2009.... posted here by me just to be able to share it with some friends.
I'm not the author... even If I would love to be :-)
Collaborative mapping is the crucial need in any rescue and relief operation. Our recent experience lead us to focus the research on the development of a unique platform [web and mobile] that allows different levels of geolocated information sharing, on a “user permissions” base [anonymus user, registered user level 1, ….]. Our approach is to use the solutions that are free and open [such as Google Maps, Google Earth, Google 3d, Ushahidi, OpenStreetMap, or Android apps for route tracking] and to develop a stable tool through the integration of diverse solutions ensuring a high level of sharing and collaboration among different players.
Web and mobile emergency networks to real-time information and geodata management.
Authors: DI LOLLI - LANFRANCO - LOMBARDO - RAPISARDI
VVF TAS Torino | Università di Torino | NatRisk | Open Resilience
Kansallisen ennakointiverkoston kutsuvierasseminaari julkisen sektorin tulevaisuuden haasteista.
Videomateriaali tilaisuudesta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTT53ecrdc
April 2015 GAETSS Newsletter Big Ideas for a Disruptive FutureDavid Wortley
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing & Social Media
Are we Creating God in our own Likeness?
Welcome to the GAETSS April 2015 E-Newsletter. In this issue I continue the theme of looking at the impact of disruptive technologies on business and society.
• Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing & Social Media – Implications for Mankind’s Future
• What’s the Big Idea – Societal Fission or Fusion?
• IORMA Interview with Pandora Mather-Lees
• Can Technology Innovation build Community Social and Economic Wealth?
• Featured Upcoming Events
o April 18-20 Emerging Infotech 2015 – Shenzhen, China
o April 27-30 Bangkok International Digital Content – Bangkok, Thailand
o June 4 Connected Life Conference – Oxford University, UK
• Featured Recent Events
o Westminster Health Forum Review
• Calls for Papers
• Recent Articles and Presentations
• Future Events Listing
Social networks: 8 ways to engage users with newsJD Lasica
Here's a slightly revised version of the "Social Networks: Engaging Users With News" webinar I gave to a few hundred virtual attendees when I flew out to the Poynter Institute in May. It was part of the News University course I taught under the Knight Digital Media Center leadership series.
The slideshow offers 8 different areas of social networking that news publishers (anyone from a single individual to a full newsroom) can leverage to engage people around news events in a more robust, interactive way.
Semantic Technologies for Copyright ManagementRoberto García
Introduction to the semantic technologies for copyright management put into practice in the context of the MediaMixer project. Presentation at the 1st Winter School on Multimedia Processing and Applications (WMPA'14) organised by the MediaMixer project and colocated with the MultiMedia Modelling Conference (MMM'14) in Dublin, Ireland.
10 04 10 Panel Discussion at the GFDRR Knowledge Network Session Heather Blanchard
How do we move the knowledge agenda forward, how do we build the global partnerships for the future?
Panelists: Dr. Farghaly, Arab Academy of Science Technology and Marine Transport (AASTMT), Larry James, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Heather Blanchard, Crisis Commons
Presented at the York University Seminar:
“The HAITI Earthquake of Jan 2010: LESSONS LEARNED”
Event sponsored by: York University, Disaster and Emergency Management Program, Emergency Management Ontario and Panos Canada/Caribbean
Presenters: Heather Leson, Brian Chick
January 10, 2011
More details:
http://haiti.blog.yorku.ca/home-2/
We had the honour to share the CrisisCommons /CrisisCamp story at the :
2010 Provincial Emergency Conference
Canadian Red Cross
November 10, 2010
Heather Leson, Brian Chick, Melanie Gorka and David Black
The Conference: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=32347&tid=067
TechSoup Canada and NetSquared invited me to speak about Crowdsourcing. The presentation is two parts: how CrisisCamps crowdsourced and then tips for Crowdsourcing programs for NFP and NGO communities.
Heather Blanchard's presentation at Tech@State 2011 given on February 22, 2011. For more information on the event please visit http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Tech_@_State_2011
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons, presentation at the Fleming Europe's 2nd Annual Geospatial Conference (http://www.flemingeurope.com/aviation-and-defence-conferences/europe/2nd-annual-geospatial-intelligence-summit)
Slideshare lost the previous upload which had nearly 70K views. Re-uploading. http://knoesis.org/?q=node/2633
With the explosion in social media (1B+ Facebook users, 500M+ Twitter users) and ubiquitous mobile access (6B+ mobile phone subscribers) sharing their observations and opinions, we have unprecedented opportunities to extract social signals, create spatio-temporal mappings, perform analytics on social data, and support applications that vary from situational awareness during crisis response, preparedness and rebuilding phases to advanced analytics on social data, and gaining valuable insights to support improved decision making.This tutorial weaves three themes and corresponding relevant topics- a.) citizen sensing and crisis mapping, b.) technical challenges and recent research for leveraging citizen sensing to improve crisis response coordination, and c.) experiences in building robust and scalable platforms/systems. It will couple technical insights with identification of computational techniques and algorithms along with real-world examples. We will also do exemplary demos of the features in the Sahana, CrowdMap (Ushahidi's version) and Twitris platforms while elaborating on the practical issues and pitfalls of the development and operation of these large-scale platforms, especially during the real-time crisis response
ISCRAM Asia 2014: Sahana Open Source Disaster Management System Overview and ...Chamindra de Silva
An overview of the Sahana Open Source disaster management system 10 years after the Tsunami and use since in 25+ countries globally both in disaster response and prepardness
Presentation on E-Government and Public Private Partnerships by Sophia Bekele at the First International Conference on Electronic Public Management in Tripoli,Libya from July1-4 2010
TechSoup Global and Guardian Seminar: Transforming your charity by bringing your data to life seminar. Presentation by Nathaniel Manning, Director of Business Development and Strategy at Ushahidi illustrated how they use crowdsourcing, big data and the opensource tools they have developed to help with disaster relief, political accountability and other development issues. Mobile phones were identified as one of the key ways that data is provided and collected in developing countries.
The Value Between Us examines groups and the potential value that connects today’s network of networks. The information economy and the derived value is rooted in exchanges which occur not just among institutions but groups who may have no legal or institutional affiliation, informal cooperatives. These groups attract attention and participation of those who have similar interests and are guided by kernels. These groups operate between ecosystems as alternative open spaces for collaboration. When informal cooperatives and institutions collaborate they form a collaboration sphere, an independent space of engagement. While informal cooperatives are fueled by similar interests they can infuse diversification through their weak ties. These relationships create balance within groups to mitigate against polarization. The distance between and within informal cooperatives and institutions are structural holes. These gaps require brokering by a new kind of communicator, the new curator. This new brokering role bridges the gaps between today’s network of networks, especially those with dissimilar interests and values. The new curator is an independent actor who straddles between informal cooperatives and institutions. The new curator cultivates environmental conditions conducive for dialogue, cooperation and ultimately, collaboration. Through a multi-discipinary theoretical approach with current qualitative examples, this thesis argues that while we might believe we are in a connected world, we are not. The Value Between Us issues a call to action to invest in new curators to support and protect informal cooperatives, cultivate the value between today’s networks of networks.
Watership Down: Memoirs of a Digital Humanitarian (Track Session - 15 min)
Heather Blanchard, a graduate candidate in Global Communications at the American University of Paris, will discuss her experiences and lessons learned on the digital frontlines of disaster response both within government at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and as a co-founder of CrisisCommons. Heather will share lessons learned from Haiti, Japan and New Zealand earthquakes, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Isaac and outline opportunity, challenges, and best practices of open source software adoption for domestic emergency management and international humanitarian relief.
CrisisCommons Congressional Testimony - Statement of the Record AttachmentsHeather Blanchard
Attachments for the Statement for the Record of Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States Senate on May 19, 2011
Statement for the Record of Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States Senate on May 19, 2011
The aim of this research paper is to investigate how space and landscape provide tangible (i.e. shared resources) and intangible (i.e. shared sense of community) benefits for entrepreneurs. The research question I would like to explore is why are entrepreneurs attracted to and participate in shared space? What benefits does these spaces provide? What are the similar environmental conditions within the physical space? Ultimately, this paper will seek to understand how communal working and co-creation necessary (or not) for innovation.
Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre for Excellence CMIS 2011Heather Blanchard
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons presents Social Media in Disasters to CMIS 2011 hosted by the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre for Excellence in Sydney, Australia on November 9, 2011
Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons, presents the need for Connecting Data to Operations - The Importance of Data Preparedness, Alternative Resource Support and Surge Capacity. This presentation is based on her testimony to Congress which can be found here: http://crisiscommons.org/2011/07/07/congress_qfr/
This is a graphic attachment for reply for Questions for the Record Submitted by Senator Mark L. Pryor to Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons from the May 5, 2011 hearing, “Understanding the Power of Social Media as a Communications Tool in the Aftermath of Disasters”
To provide comments by July 6, 2011 go to:
http://tiny.cc/alt8b
Draft input into the FEMA Situational Awareness workgroup who is supporting the National Level Exercise (NLE) 2011. More information on this workgroup visit http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Situational_Workgroup
Presentation given by FEMA officials on September 27, 2010 to members of the private sector, NGOs and non-profits. Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCommons and CrisisCamp attended and provided insights to engagement with volunteer technology communities. This presentation also included a demonstration of the Situational Awareness Viewer for Emergency Response (SAVER) which can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/poplifegirl/femas-situational-awareness-viewer-for-emergency-response-saver-demonstration
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.
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.
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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.
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In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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CNA Brownbag - January 31, 2011
1. Harnessing Volunteer Technology Communities to Build
Capacity in Crisis Response and Global Development
January 31, 2011
Presented by
Heather Blanchard
Chief Evangelist, Co-Founder
CrisisCommons
3. 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
5. CrisisCamp Haiti Columbia
• Call to action; global footprint
• Low barrier to entry; replicable
• Recognized by CROs and VTCs
• 50 events, 10 countries United Kingdom
• 1,500+ highly skilled volunteers
• Focus on mapping, missing
persons, language and search Canada
France
6. Highlights
Innovation - Problem Solving - Mapping
• Tradui Mobile
Translation App
• Long Distance Wi-Fi
• OpenStreetMap
7. 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
8. Sloan
Investment
• Convening of the First
International CrisisCongress
• Convening of stakeholder
roundtables
• Expert engagement
• Development and validation
of the problem definition
• Full time support
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
12. Evolution of the
Environment
• August 2009: Camp Roberts Engages VTCs for its Bi-Annual Demonstration
• August 2009: U.S. AID Adoption of Crowdsourcing information for Afghanistan Elections
• October 2009: Homeland Security Secretary and FEMA Admin. Craig Fugate Visit Facebook;
TechNet Dedicates to Working With Industry to Engage in Crisis Response
• October 2009: CrisisMappers Host First Conference
• October 2009: Temple University Center for Disability Preparedness hosts 2nd CrisisCamp
• November 2009: Random Hacks of Kindness Hackathon; FEMA Admin. Craig Fugate Keynotes
• January 2010: UN OCHA Uses “Unverified Data” (OSM) to Lead SAR
• February 2010: McKinsey Conducts VTC Study for the World Bank
• February 2010: Government of Haiti Requests OpenStreetMap Data
• June 2010: FEMA Hires Director of Digital Strategy
• June 2010: U.S. DoD Hosts QuickNets event for open source crowdsourcing apps for
situational awareness
• June 2010: White House Calls For Public to Help Oil Spill Via CrisisCommons
• July 2010: World Bank Launches Innovation Center to include VTC Liaison
• July 2010: FEMA Hosts CrisisCommons; Requests Input from the Commons
• August 2010: American Red Cross Hosts First Crisis Data Summit
• August 2010: UK Guardian Launches Multi-Media and Crowdsourcing Team
14. 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
15. What We Propose
Connecting and Leveraging the Ecosystem to Build Capacity
Through a Commons-Based Approach
CrisisCommons
VTC Tools;
Behavior
Community Proactive, Non-Market
Development Researched Based Mapping VTC
Academic
Private Sector Proactive, Non-Market Data
Resource Pool From Incubation CRO Loaned
Language
Crisis After Action Reactive, Partnership Executives
Lessons Learned Based Academia
Volunteers
Innovation Challenge Reactive, Multiple Incubator Private Sector
CRO Prototype
Community Projects Lab Council Fellows
16. 2011
Laying the Foundation
• Facilitate development of the Commons
Council with four stakeholder workgroups
• Develop formal relationships and buy-in Requirement Requirement
with the CROs, VTCs, private sector and Development Development
academic communities
Location/ Stakeholder
• Facilitate requirements to build the Partner Buy-In
Commons lab to include consumer, academic Web Tools Selection
and private sector R&D approaches; Develop Gatherings
innovation approach/methodology
• Convene the VTC Community; Host the Community Lab Council
Second Annual International CrisisCongress
Incremental Approach
17. Looking to 2011
• CROs have asked for our help
• New acceptance of collaborative tools
• Growing VTC communities, predictable
Crisis Crowd
• Public has capability, desire to assist
• Capability to matrix private sector and
academia resources
18. Path Ahead
• Transform goodwill to formal
relationships
• Facilitate needs from
stakeholders to inform
development of CrisisCommons
• Facilitate research agenda
• Continued support of
CrisisCamp; ongoing crises
• Evaluate and report on the
continuing evolution of the
ecosystem
19. 2012+ Blue Sky
Silicon Valley - Washington DC - Geneva - South America - Sydney
Global Presence
20. Need Your Help
• SMEM Camp
• Missing Persons
• Situational Assessment
• After Action Reports
• Case Studies