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Summit keynote Juliana Rotich
Ushahidi was created in response to violence following the 2007 Kenyan elections to map reports of violence. It was developed quickly by a small team with various backgrounds but no humanitarian experience. They launched early with minimal features and grew the platform through an open source community model, releasing updates rapidly based on what users needed. While successful, it required difficult decisions around priorities and faced challenges when the organization struggled with its role as both a software developer and humanitarian response group.
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- 6. A small organizationthat dislikes hierarchy and being told what we can't do. One that questions everything, embraces innovative thinking, takes risks boldly, and sometimes learns the hard way that we're human after all.
- 7. openness | innovation| community Our Guiding Values
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- 9. “Google Earth supposedlyshows in great detail where the damage is being done on the ground. It occurs to me that it will be useful to keep a record of this, if one is thinking long-term. For the reconciliation process to occur at the local level the truth of what happened will first have to come out. Guys looking to do something - any techies out there willing to do a mashup of where the violence and destruction is occurring using Google Maps?
- 14. Ad hoc andleaderless
- 15. Stretched Resources david kobiadaudiwereory okolloherik hersmanjuliana rotich
- 16. Stretched Resources david kobiadaudiwereory okolloherik hersmanjuliana rotich All of us wore many hats All of us had full-time jobs
- 17. Has it Doesn’thave it
- 18. Humanitarian Experience X Open Source ExperienceX Had a Lot of Time X Blogger Has it Doesn’t have it
- 19. Humanitarian Experience X Open Source ExperienceX Had a Lot of Time X Blogger Has it Doesn’t have it
- 20. Humanitarian Experience X Open Source ExperienceX Had a Lot of Time X Blogger Has it Doesn’t have it
- 21. Humanitarian Experience X Open Source ExperienceX Had a Lot of Time X Blogger Has it Doesn’t have it
- 22. 27 28 2930 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 27 Ushahidi Calendar
- 23. 27 28 2930 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 27 Ushahidi Calendar Dec. 27 - Kenyan Elections Dec. 27 - Dec. 30 - Period of uncertainty Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 - Media blackout
- 24. 27 28 2930 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 27 Ushahidi Calendar violence Dec. 27 - Kenyan Elections Dec. 27 - Dec. 30 - Period of uncertainty Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 - Media blackout
- 25. 27 28 2930 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 27 Ushahidi Calendar violence idea, production, launch Jan. 3 - The idea of Ushahidi Jan. 5 - Ushahidi discussed Jan. 9 - Ushahidi launched Jan.10 - Added functionality (RSS, SMS, etc...) Jan. 6 - Ushahidi prototype Jan. 22 - Ushahidi blog added Jan. 26 - Ushahidi timeline feature Jan. 10 - Kenyan SMS shortcode partnership Dec. 27 - Kenyan Elections Dec. 27 - Dec. 30 - Period of uncertainty Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 - Media blackout
- 26. 27 28 2930 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 27 Ushahidi Calendar Jan. 10 - 75% of Kenyan bloggers write about Ushahidi Jan. 12 - MSM pickup: BBC, NPR, Guardian, etc... violence idea, production, launch blogging and media Jan. 3 - The idea of Ushahidi Jan. 5 - Ushahidi discussed Jan. 9 - Ushahidi launched Jan.10 - Added functionality (RSS, SMS, etc...) Jan. 6 - Ushahidi prototype Jan. 22 - Ushahidi blog added Jan. 26 - Ushahidi timeline feature Jan. 10 - Kenyan SMS shortcode partnership Dec. 27 - Kenyan Elections Dec. 27 - Dec. 30 - Period of uncertainty Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 - Media blackout
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- 30. Brutal decision making Releaseearly Do it yourself
- 31. Brutal decision making Releaseearly Do it yourself Community = Success
- 32. Brutal decision making Releaseearly Do it yourself Community = Success Don’t wait for money
- 33. Technology is onlya tool
- 35. THE NEW AND REBUILT USHAHIDI PLATFORM!
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- 40. uhh, this didn’t work as we expected...
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- 44. Own your failures. Listen. Fixyour mistakes. Think different, but don’t stray from the spirit of the organization or the community.
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