This document provides an overview of practical technologies that can be used for community engagement and civic participation. It discusses how social media and mobile phones are ubiquitous technologies that can be leveraged. Specific tools are presented for gathering and sharing information through photos, videos, audio, maps and messaging. APIs, mobile applications and platforms for crowdsourcing, surveys and fundraising are presented as ways to better connect with and involve community members.

1. Practical
Technologies for
Community Engagement
That You Can
Start Using
Today!
John Hamerlinck

2. http://cdce.wordpress.com

4. Ima ge: http://suburbanfairytale.com/2011/07/you-are-here.html
Ima ge: http://datenform.de/blog/tag/map/

6. the landscape

7. 2/3 of the global
population visit social
networking sites
2+ billion YouTube videos
are viewed a day
65+ million tweets a day

8. 800 million users
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/social-media-statistics-stats-2012-infographic/
51% of U.S.residents aged 12
and older have
a profile on facebook.
Arbitron/Edison Research, “The Infinite Dial 2011: Navigating Digital Platforms,” April 2011

9. Social Media
integrates technology,
social interaction
and content,
transforming people
from content
consumers
into content producers.
Image: jacobtyler.com
Isn’t this also
the goal of
civic engagement?

10. I’d rather
text.
Source: www.onlineitdegree.com/cell-phone-usage/

11. Out of the 6 billion
people on the planet 4.8
billion have a mobile
phone and only 4.2
billion own a
toothbrush.
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/social-media-statistics-stats-2012-infographic/

12. Image: www.phonemag.com
# mobile users
> desktop
internet users
by 2015
-- Morgan Stanley Research

13. map
gather data
assess & evaluate
collaborate
disseminate
etc.

14. time sequences | locations | ideas | events
Useful Resource:
“10 tips to craft a photo essay” by Leonard Goh
http://asia.cnet.com/digitalliving/tips/0,3800004921,62053636,00.htm

15. video or audio - comfort of interviewee
- be sincere
- be conversational
first person voice
- open-ended questions
-listen (The phone just
document process & records; it doesn’t
listen.)
outcomes
Useful Resource:
"16 tips for making video interviews come alive" by Lindsay Oberst
http://www.socialbrite.org/2011/08/09/tips-for-telling-stories-on-camera/

16. www.storify.com

17. www.placestories.com

18. www.placestories.com

19. http://megafone.net

20. Image: http://bigevidence.blogspot.com
Mashup:
a webpage or
application that
integrates
complementary
elements from two
or more sources.

21. http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
http://www.programmableweb.com/howto
API (Application Program Interface)
How can my program talk to your program?

22. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html

25. http://www.accesstogether.org/

27. www.seeclickfix.com

28. www.citysourced.com

29. www.google.com/mobile/docs/

30. www.rapidsms.org
1. TEXT DATA
2. AGGREGATED ON WEB
3. ANY MOBILE DEVICE
4. NO SOFTWARE
5. FREE

31. Photo: Ken Banks, kiwanja.net
http://www.frontlinesms.com/

32. http://www.ipadio.com/

33. http://audioboo.fm/ http://www.noisetube.net/

34. http://myopenletter.in/ http://myopenletter.in/645/from/Emmanuel/to/ALLNIGERIANS

35. http://www.ipetitions.com/

36. RESOURCES
http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/mhealth.html
TIPS FOR DESIGNING PROJECTS
“Lessons from m-Health Projects:
The Tech is the Easy Part”
http://www.mobileactive.org
REVIEWS OF MEDICAL APPS
http://www.imedicalapps.com

37. http://web.media.mit.edu/~pamplona/NETRA/

38. cnet, "How to Use QR Codes"
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Use-QR-Codes-268834323
Geo-Historian Project, Kent State University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsPRpQfHYOY

39. http://blog.thegrizzlylabs.com
http://www.cardmunch.com
http://www.shoeboxed.com
https://signnow.com
i ma ge: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/08/12/document-scanner-create-store-and-email-pdf-files-via-your-android-camera/

40. Advocacy
Information Sharing
Sharp SH-05C Research
CECT N70 Triband
Samsung Anycall

41. http://www.allourideas.org/
http://ideascale.com/
http://www.google.com/moderator/
http://crowdmap.com

42. Download at
http://bit.ly/12socialhubs
See more on Socialbrite.org at
http://bit.ly/causeorgs

44. Issues
Organizations
Educate

45. http://www.theappbuilder.com

46. http://infinitemonkeys.mobi/
FREE VERSION
• Ad supported
• Published via mobile web browsing
• Must offer for free

47. i ma ge: benedikt koehler | http://blog.metaroll.com
image: benedikt koehler | http://blog.metaroll.com

48. www.facebook.com/causes www.chipin.com
FOR REGISTERED
NONPROFITS

49. http://www.mgive.com
1 yr. contract, packages start at $199/month, plus a fee of .35 cents + 3.5% per text message gift
A beginner’s guide to mobile fundraising
http://www.socialbrite.org/2010/09/24/a-beginners-guide-to-mobile-fundraising/

50. http://mobiles.tacticaltech.org
http://www.mobileactive.org
http://media.mit.edu/ventures/EPROM/index.html

51. http://presentationtube.net/

52. http://www.helloslide.com

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54. Thank you John Hamerlinck
for your john@mncampuscompact.org
time.
320-308-4271
http://cdce.wordpress.com