#dataintoaction




    Data into Action!
Nick Grossman, OpenPlans | @nickgrossman
    Future of News and Civic Media @ MIT - 6/17/10




                         openplans.org
Today
1. A little about us
2. What data needs in order to be actionable
3. What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites
4. Bridging the Civic Divide
5. An announcement!
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                   About OpenPlans
    OpenPlans informs and engages communities through
          journalism and open source software.
    Open Source        Open Government         Journalism covering
    GIS software     applications & strategy      urban policy




                                                     Since 1999
Our Clients & Partners
The OpenGeo Suite
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  What data needs in
 order to be actionable
HYPOTHESIS:
Data on it’s own
  isn’t enough
DATA   ACTION
Magic!

DATA            ACTION
Governments?

DATA                  ACTION
QR Codes = Platform for Action



        +
        DC Circulator Bus
Civic Hackers?

DATA                    ACTION
Journalists?

DATA                  ACTION
Nonprofits & Interest Groups?


DATA                    ACTION
Layers of meaning & actionability


        Acting
   Interpreting         PARTICIPATION
                    & COLLABORATION

                       TRANSPARENCY
      Serving
    Producing
Layers of meaning & actionability


        Acting
   Interpreting         PARTICIPATION
                    & COLLABORATION

                       TRANSPARENCY
      Serving
    Producing
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  What Data Sites can
learn from Action Sites
HYPOTHESIS:
We will see a convergence of
 automated “data sites” and
    social “action sites”
NEW PROJECT:
Transportation Feedback Portals


                        +
           6 Pilot Projects in 2010-2011
Transparency - Participation - Data - Community Building
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            Bridging the
            Civic Divide
It’s hard to learn a city
It’s hard to learn a city
          Hi, I’m new here.




BOSTON
Hierarchy of data
         needs & civic actions
                          Advocating
                Volunteering
                            Connecting
                   Voting
                      Taxes
                Daycare       School

           Shopping & Eating    Babysitting
                        Heat & Power
             Garbage               Transportation
BOSTON
HYPOTHESIS:
  Piggybacking higher-level
civic tasks on personal tasks
   will enable engagement
Hierarchy of data
         needs & civic activities
                           Advocating
                 Volunteering
                             Connecting
                    Voting
                       Taxes
                 Daycare       School

            Shopping & Eating    Babysitting
                         Heat & Power
              Garbage               Transportation
BOSTON
Things I didn’t talk about just now:
             (but would love to later)


• How cities can share code, apps & policies
• Contracting for open source
• Infrastructure for real-time transit info
• Cities that “work like the web”
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       An announcement
OpenBlock
A.K.A. “EveryBlock Open Source”
 openblockproject.org
Thanks!
OpenPlans:        http://openplans.org
Nick Grossman:    nick@openplans.org
                  @nickgrossman

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Data into Action

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    #dataintoaction Data into Action! Nick Grossman, OpenPlans | @nickgrossman Future of News and Civic Media @ MIT - 6/17/10 openplans.org
  • 2.
    Today 1. A littleabout us 2. What data needs in order to be actionable 3. What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites 4. Bridging the Civic Divide 5. An announcement!
  • 3.
    1 2 34 5 About OpenPlans OpenPlans informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software. Open Source Open Government Journalism covering GIS software applications & strategy urban policy Since 1999
  • 4.
    Our Clients &Partners
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    1 2 34 5 What data needs in order to be actionable
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    HYPOTHESIS: Data on it’sown isn’t enough
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    DATA ACTION
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    QR Codes =Platform for Action + DC Circulator Bus
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    Nonprofits & InterestGroups? DATA ACTION
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    Layers of meaning& actionability Acting Interpreting PARTICIPATION & COLLABORATION TRANSPARENCY Serving Producing
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    Layers of meaning& actionability Acting Interpreting PARTICIPATION & COLLABORATION TRANSPARENCY Serving Producing
  • 34.
    1 2 34 5 What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites
  • 35.
    HYPOTHESIS: We will seea convergence of automated “data sites” and social “action sites”
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    NEW PROJECT: Transportation FeedbackPortals + 6 Pilot Projects in 2010-2011 Transparency - Participation - Data - Community Building
  • 46.
    1 2 34 5 Bridging the Civic Divide
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    It’s hard tolearn a city
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    It’s hard tolearn a city Hi, I’m new here. BOSTON
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    Hierarchy of data needs & civic actions Advocating Volunteering Connecting Voting Taxes Daycare School Shopping & Eating Babysitting Heat & Power Garbage Transportation BOSTON
  • 50.
    HYPOTHESIS: Piggybackinghigher-level civic tasks on personal tasks will enable engagement
  • 51.
    Hierarchy of data needs & civic activities Advocating Volunteering Connecting Voting Taxes Daycare School Shopping & Eating Babysitting Heat & Power Garbage Transportation BOSTON
  • 52.
    Things I didn’ttalk about just now: (but would love to later) • How cities can share code, apps & policies • Contracting for open source • Infrastructure for real-time transit info • Cities that “work like the web”
  • 53.
    1 2 34 5 An announcement
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    OpenBlock A.K.A. “EveryBlock OpenSource” openblockproject.org
  • 55.
    Thanks! OpenPlans: http://openplans.org Nick Grossman: nick@openplans.org @nickgrossman #dataintoaction delicious.com/tag/dataintoaction