Crisis Commons is a global network of volunteers leveraging open technology and creative problem-solving to assist communities in crises. The initiative promotes collaboration among various organizations and communities through events like crisiscamps, which blend hackathons and unconferences to develop solutions for emergencies such as natural disasters. The document discusses the impact of social media and open-source tools, showcases project examples, and highlights ways for individuals to contribute to social good.

1. hacking the new volunteer
open source + social media +
humanitarian response
Heather Leson Steve Kalaydjian
10.23.2010

2. Unconferences are full
of great ideas.
What if you built one?

3. Crisis Commons is that idea
Transparency Camp 2.0 - January 2009
Gov 2.0 - March 2009
CrisisCamp Ignite - June 2009
Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) - November 2009

4. Sydney Australia

5. CrisisCommons is a global network of volunteers
who use creative problem solving and open
technologies to help people and communities in
times and places of crisis. We embrace innovation
and open systems.

6. A knowledge collective.
Collaborating.
Crowdsourcing.

7. Bogota, Colombia

8. ALL OPEN SOURCE KEEN
Volunteer Technical Communities:
• Sahana Disaster Management
• OpenStreetMap
• Frontline SMS
• Ushahidi (Swift River, Crowdmap)
• CrisisMappers
• Random Hacks of Kindness
• Geeks without Bounds

9. Washington DC

10. What if the UN and the World Bank worked with
Open Source supporting communities?
What if the Canadian Red Cross did too?
And the Non-Government Organizations? (NGOs)
And Governments?
What if all the Volunteer Technical communities
collaborated?

11. Calgary, Canada

12. CrisisCamp is a hybrid of:
• Hackathon
• Unconference
• BarCamp
A new volunteer technical community using open
source software, crowdsourcing, diverse skills and
innovation to make a difference.

13. Who volunteered?

14. Paris, France

15. 2010 Responses
• Earthquake in Haiti - January 12, 2010
• Earthquake in Chile - February 27, 2010
• Gulf Oil Spill - May 2010
• Pakistan Floods - July 2010

17. Toronto Canada

18. How I found CrisisCamp
How CrisisCamps grew:
Sharing and telling our story while volunteering
Media coverage (Toronto Star, CBC, CNN)
Jan 15, 2010 - 6 CrisisCamps
Today - 2000+ volunteers in 15 countries

19. Applied Social Media

20. Applied Social Media

21. Two project case examples:
Haitian earthquake - RSS Feed Aggregator
Chilean earthquake - Ushahidi
Social Media & Open Source for Social Good

23. Part 1:
The Ushahidi report
Ushahidi Chile Instance

24. What worked with CrisisCamp?
What didn't work?

25. Homework
What?

26. You
+
Social Media
+
Open Source tools

27. Learn and file some http://www.zombiereports.com/

28. How can you help Open Source for Social Good?
1. Help a Volunteer Technical Community:
http://crisiscommons.org/blog/2010/09/30/dispatch-iccm10-
training-session/
2. Join us for Random Hacks of Kindness 2.0
Toronto - December 4/5, 2010:
http://www.rhok.org

29. What role do you think open source can play in your community for
social good?
How can new Internet volunteers be engaged?
How about task turking and social issues gaming?
some questions for you .....

30. Thank you
@crisiscamp @crisiscommons
@crisiscampto
Heather@textontechs.com
SteveKalaydjian@me.com

31. Photo credits
Darlene Parker (Calgary), Luis Hernandez Aguilar
(Bogota), pzao (Washington), camaraderiecoworking
(Toronto), Luc Legay (Paris), rediguana (Sydney)