The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research which lead to the creation of case studies and toolboxes. (2011) This is Toolbox #1: Assessment.
Ushahidi introduction: Re-imagining Citizen Engagement
Webinar provided to the Urban Sustainability Director's Network (USDN)
By Heather Leson
February 24, 2012
This toolkit provides the methodology for focusing the data-gathering power of existing communities, increasing their capacity to work together and building awareness of the potential of the data created by this work. It aims to help citizens identify and articulate their own problems using the supplementing data in their communities.
Ushahidi introduction: Re-imagining Citizen Engagement
Webinar provided to the Urban Sustainability Director's Network (USDN)
By Heather Leson
February 24, 2012
This toolkit provides the methodology for focusing the data-gathering power of existing communities, increasing their capacity to work together and building awareness of the potential of the data created by this work. It aims to help citizens identify and articulate their own problems using the supplementing data in their communities.
Korea-Australia-New Zealand Broadband Summit 2011: Digital FuturesCollabforge
The KANZ Broadband Summit provides a unique opportunity for industry, research and policy representatives from Australia, Korea and New Zealand to share insights into trends and challenges in our increasing digital future.
Dr Mark Elliott is the founder of Collabforge, an innovative consultancy responsible for a number of cutting-edge digital government initiatives within Australia and abroad. These include the City of Melbourne's Future Melbourne, a multi award winning world-first ‘City plan that anyone can edit’, as well as wePlan Parks Victoria, which leverages social media for the first time to ‘Help guide the future of Victoria’s parks’, and the Southern California Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning Wiki, comprising a new approach to public involvement in transportation planning.
Cultural intermediation at the intersection point of instituional co-creation...University of Sydney
In an unstable and unpredictable media environment (Cunningham & Turner 2010), public service media organizations have been encouraged to explore new production techniques that engage the audience in innovative and exciting ways while delivering content over multiple digital platforms (Debrett 2010). In a multiplatform media environment described as one that intersects the single audience member with the mass audience (Enli 2008), PSM host platforms that enable content to not only be published by the institution’s professional media staff but to also host content contributed by the audience. Multiplatform within PSM also engage the characteristics of participatory cultures where users refuse “to simply accept what they are given, but rather insists on the right to become full participants” (Jenkins, 2006, p. 131), thereby appropriating media for new contexts. Walker (2009) suggests participatory cultures have seen PSM move beyond the one-way communication model of web 1.0 to an engaged, democratic and inclusive communication model more representative of web 2.0, further complicating the media environment.
Mapping for Change: Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design WorkshopNesta
A presentation given by representatives of UCL's Mapping for Change project at our Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design Workshop, an event designed to explore the impact of digital tools on community design, engagement and improvement.
For more information, visit: http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/digital-tools-and-neighbourhood-planning-workshop
Blocked by YouTube - Unseen digital intermediation for social imaginaries in ...University of Sydney
YouTube is one of the most globally utilised online content sharing sites, enabling new commercial enterprise, education opportunities and facilities for vernacular creativity (Burgess, 2006). Its user engagement demonstrates significant capacity to develop online communities, alongside its arguably more popular use as a distribution platform to monetise one’s branded self (Senft, 2013). However, as a subset of Alphabet Incorporated, its access is often restricted by governments of Asian Pacific countries who disagree with the ideology of the business. Despite this, online communities thrive in these countries, bringing into question the sorts of augmentations used by its participants. This article reframes the discussion beyond restrictive regulation to focus on the DIY approach (augmentation) of community building through the use of hidden infrastructures (algorithms). This comparative study of key YouTube channels in several Asia Pacific countries highlights the sorts of techniques that bypass limiting infrastructures to boost online community engagement and growth. Lastly, this article reframes the significance of digital intermediation to highlight the opportunities key agents contribute to strengthening social imaginaries within the Asia Pacific region.
Presented as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) seminar series 'Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights' (RES-451-26-0849), Media and Communications Dept, University of Vienna,22-23 Nov 2012
http://creativecitizens.co.uk/2012/12/21/communities-by-design-neighbourhood-media-and-creative-citizenship/
Citizens' Journalism-Shashanka Baran Royshashankabroy
`Nagorikkontho' a Citizens' Journalism based initiative in Bangladesh. Project implimented by Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) and supported by UNDP Bangladesh.
Measuring Social TV: How Social Media Co-Creation is Expanding Participation ...University of Sydney
Co-presented presentation with Richard Huddleston, Supervising Executive Producer, Entertainment, ABC Television, for the 2014 Australian Screen Producers Education and Researchers Association
For a brown bag presentation at USAID, Jan 2012. Provides brief overview of the GlobalGiving Storytelling Project method and examples of data analyzed with Cognitive Edge SenseMaker(R), Gephi, python, mapbox, and our own custom-built who-who tool.
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research which lead to the creation of case studies and toolboxes. (2011) This is Toolbox #3: Real-Time Evaluation.
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research which lead to the creation of case studies and toolboxes. (2011) This is Toolbox #2: Implementation.
Korea-Australia-New Zealand Broadband Summit 2011: Digital FuturesCollabforge
The KANZ Broadband Summit provides a unique opportunity for industry, research and policy representatives from Australia, Korea and New Zealand to share insights into trends and challenges in our increasing digital future.
Dr Mark Elliott is the founder of Collabforge, an innovative consultancy responsible for a number of cutting-edge digital government initiatives within Australia and abroad. These include the City of Melbourne's Future Melbourne, a multi award winning world-first ‘City plan that anyone can edit’, as well as wePlan Parks Victoria, which leverages social media for the first time to ‘Help guide the future of Victoria’s parks’, and the Southern California Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning Wiki, comprising a new approach to public involvement in transportation planning.
Cultural intermediation at the intersection point of instituional co-creation...University of Sydney
In an unstable and unpredictable media environment (Cunningham & Turner 2010), public service media organizations have been encouraged to explore new production techniques that engage the audience in innovative and exciting ways while delivering content over multiple digital platforms (Debrett 2010). In a multiplatform media environment described as one that intersects the single audience member with the mass audience (Enli 2008), PSM host platforms that enable content to not only be published by the institution’s professional media staff but to also host content contributed by the audience. Multiplatform within PSM also engage the characteristics of participatory cultures where users refuse “to simply accept what they are given, but rather insists on the right to become full participants” (Jenkins, 2006, p. 131), thereby appropriating media for new contexts. Walker (2009) suggests participatory cultures have seen PSM move beyond the one-way communication model of web 1.0 to an engaged, democratic and inclusive communication model more representative of web 2.0, further complicating the media environment.
Mapping for Change: Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design WorkshopNesta
A presentation given by representatives of UCL's Mapping for Change project at our Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design Workshop, an event designed to explore the impact of digital tools on community design, engagement and improvement.
For more information, visit: http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/digital-tools-and-neighbourhood-planning-workshop
Blocked by YouTube - Unseen digital intermediation for social imaginaries in ...University of Sydney
YouTube is one of the most globally utilised online content sharing sites, enabling new commercial enterprise, education opportunities and facilities for vernacular creativity (Burgess, 2006). Its user engagement demonstrates significant capacity to develop online communities, alongside its arguably more popular use as a distribution platform to monetise one’s branded self (Senft, 2013). However, as a subset of Alphabet Incorporated, its access is often restricted by governments of Asian Pacific countries who disagree with the ideology of the business. Despite this, online communities thrive in these countries, bringing into question the sorts of augmentations used by its participants. This article reframes the discussion beyond restrictive regulation to focus on the DIY approach (augmentation) of community building through the use of hidden infrastructures (algorithms). This comparative study of key YouTube channels in several Asia Pacific countries highlights the sorts of techniques that bypass limiting infrastructures to boost online community engagement and growth. Lastly, this article reframes the significance of digital intermediation to highlight the opportunities key agents contribute to strengthening social imaginaries within the Asia Pacific region.
Presented as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) seminar series 'Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights' (RES-451-26-0849), Media and Communications Dept, University of Vienna,22-23 Nov 2012
http://creativecitizens.co.uk/2012/12/21/communities-by-design-neighbourhood-media-and-creative-citizenship/
Citizens' Journalism-Shashanka Baran Royshashankabroy
`Nagorikkontho' a Citizens' Journalism based initiative in Bangladesh. Project implimented by Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) and supported by UNDP Bangladesh.
Measuring Social TV: How Social Media Co-Creation is Expanding Participation ...University of Sydney
Co-presented presentation with Richard Huddleston, Supervising Executive Producer, Entertainment, ABC Television, for the 2014 Australian Screen Producers Education and Researchers Association
For a brown bag presentation at USAID, Jan 2012. Provides brief overview of the GlobalGiving Storytelling Project method and examples of data analyzed with Cognitive Edge SenseMaker(R), Gephi, python, mapbox, and our own custom-built who-who tool.
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research which lead to the creation of case studies and toolboxes. (2011) This is Toolbox #3: Real-Time Evaluation.
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research which lead to the creation of case studies and toolboxes. (2011) This is Toolbox #2: Implementation.
Testimony
Mesh 2012
May 23, 2012 Toronto Canada
Heather Leson
meshconference.com
Discussion focused on maps for change with a number of Canadian examples.
Data Science for Social Good and Ushahidi - Final PresentationUshahidi
The Data Science for Social Good Fellows (dssg.io) collaborated with Ushahidi (Ushahidi.com)
Presented: August 20, 2013
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eK8HjVG2m0
Tool - http://dssg.ushahididev.com/
As we all know, there are more confounding alarm clocks than elegant iPods in the world. Despite our knowledge of design, companies continue to churn out bad products. How can we improve our chances of creating great products? I think it requires designers to understand a little about finance and strategy, and managers to know a little about design. It requires using design skills to communicate, selling your ideas, and patience.
During this event I'll introduce a few specific techniques for thinking about the business situation. Then when you're tired of listening to me we can do an exercise to create a product that fits a particular strategy, then talk about how this approach applies to your everyday work. Hopefully it'll be both useful and fun.
In this deck I explore how design can improve products and industrial processes showing how starting from a radical change in the approach to business, any company could improve not only their own products, but can literally create new needs in their customers and, at the end, new markets and new business potential.
A lot of what we know about user experience comes from the fields of cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience. However, often this information ends up coming over as pop psychology, instead of through actual research. Here I discuss 5 myths that I've heard a lot in the UX community, and how they stand up to science.
There’s a dirty secret in the turf war between agile, lean, and waterfall: they each use the same product development process. What’s different isn’t their process, but how they apply design activities in different ways to eke out different design value.
So how can you alter the design process? Even better, how can you customize the process to provide more value for the way your organization works? How should you change the design process from sprint to sprint to get the most value out of your design activities?
How do you hack user experience?
UX in Agile: How one team is making it workWill Sansbury
At Daxko, specialized knowledge doesn’t mean specialized work. It means responsibility to coach the entire team to execute well within the specialist’s area of expertise. That’s how we approach user experience (UX) design—our embedded designers on each team have a responsibility to coax good design out of the team through a variety of methods and techniques, but they’re not solely responsible for generating the design.
In this combination presentation and panel discussion for PMI Atlanta's Agile Interest Group meeting, we shared how we work at Daxko, how we account for UX in project planning, and how we practice design as a team sport. We also fielded audience questions and gave an honest and transparent view into what we’ve done that works as well as some of the failed experiments we’ve undertaken.
Taller de experiencia de usuario en el Congreso de Periodismo Digital de FOPE...Emiliano Cosenza
A veces construimos productos periodísticos técnicamente novedosos, pero la audiencia no los adopta. En general, esto se debe a que la experiencia de uso es mala, porque los usuarios no los consideran útiles y fáciles de usar.
¿Podemos definir cómo será la experiencia de nuestros usuarios? ¡Por supuesto! El primer paso es tomar la decisión de diseñarla desde cero y poner mucho foco en las personas.
En el taller vimos algunas técnicas rápidas para salir de la caja y pensar soluciones poniéndonos en sus zapatos. No sólo para que les resulte fácil de usar, sino también para que disfruten hacerlo. Y se enamoren de nuestro producto.
Taken from Future of Web Design (#FOWD), London 2015 Conference. http://futureofwebdesign.com/london-2015
Reports are in from Twitter, Medium, and the like; we can’t make full comps, use Photoshop, or even utter the phrase 'visual design' anymore. What’s a designer to do? Has our role evaporated? Fear not! Dan Mall will help redefine the tasks of the modern day designer in light of the multi -device world that snuck up on us.
Diseño de la experiencia de usuario para emprendedores tecnológicos - Proyec...Emiliano Cosenza
Qué aspectos podemos tener en cuenta para lograr que nuestro producto digital no sólo sea fácil de usar, sino también que las personas disfruten hacerlo.
Nos enfocaremos en cómo somos como usuarios y en cómo podemos diseñar con ellos y alrededor de ellos, hasta lograr que tengan la mejor experiencia.
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative research team led by Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully, supported by the Knight Foundation, conducted evaluation research. Over the year, they interviewed Kenyan Ushahidi deployers, specifically those participating in Uchaguzi, Unsung Heros and Building Bridges, and had community members help shape the research deliverables. Evaluation to action was a key goal of the project. Their research resulted in the creation of three toolboxes to assist users in the various stages of their Ushahidi deployments: Assessment, Implementation and Outputs.
Be a Digital Humanitarian In Qatar
Event co-hosted by the Qatar Computing Research Institute and Qatar Red Crescent.
October 7, 2015
Doha Qatar
Presented by Heather Leson
See more at textontechs.com
The presentation "Porfolios for system transformation" by Giulio Quaggiotto (Head of Strategic Innovation, UNDP) was held at Sitra's event Innovaatioportfolioryhmän luokkakokous on 5th of May, 2021.
Building a Citizen Engaged Research Project
Earth Observation Summer School, ESA
ESRIN
Frascati (Rome) Italy
August 4, 2016
Summary: How can researchers incorporate citizen science into their work? Presenting some tools, best practices and techniques from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, OpenStreetMap and Qatar Computing Research Institute.
About Summer School - https://earth.esa.int/web/eo-summer-school/home1
About HOT - https://hotosm.org/
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
What could kill NSTIC? A friendly threat assessment in 3 parts.Phil Wolff
At two events 18-months apart, teams of suits, geeks, and wonks (industry experts, technologists, public policy analysts) brainstormed and scored what could lead to failure of NSTIC, an international effort to create an identity ecosystem. The whitepaper at http://pde.cc/nsticrisks recaps the long list of potential threats, a shorter list of preventive strategies, compares the 2011 and 2012 events, and names the two greatest threats: poor user experience (harming trust, adoption, use) and imbalance among the forces tying the identity ecosystem together.
Govcamp.ca 2011 Talk:
Digital Volunteerism and Multi-Sector Collaboration
Melanie Gorka, Heather Leson, and Brian Chick will give an introduction to volunteer technical communities who have partnered with international NGO's, the UN, the World Bank and crisis response organizations and have leveraged the power of crowd-sourcing in times of need.
Thousands of digital volunteers have been utilized after disasters in Haiti and Chile, and more recently in New Zealand and Japan. Participants collaborate within a number of volunteer technical communities including: CrisisCommons (CrisisCamp), Crisismappers, Ushahidi and Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK). We will present stories of global crowdsourcing, mapping and hackathons.
People and communities innovate for crisis response and global development through technology tools, expertise and problem solving. The various groups collaborate in an open environment to aggregate crisis data, map situational awareness, develop prototype tools, run hackathons for social good and train people on how to use technology tools in new and inspiring ways.. Each of us build partnerships with government organizations on how to use crowdsourcing and digital volunteerism in emergency preparedness.
This panel will discuss the future of digital volunteerism in Canada and around the world and the way in which these tools can be used for social good in collaboration with local, federal and provincial governments.
We have assembled a variety of interesting articles, updates, and reading materials
from our NSF Steering Group members and other colleagues that focus on the October newsletter
themes: digital economy and youth engagement/empowerment, leadership/emerging leaders, global
health/harmonious/emerging leaders in Africa, blending digital economy with caring economy, and
continuing to build skills for leading complex change/supporting leaders involved in complex change.
An Overview and History of the Sahana Free and Open Source Disaster Management Platform. What differentiates it and makes it a leading Disaster Management platform in the world
What is Indigenous Digital Excellence—Puliima 2015IDX Initiative
April Long and Grant Young co-presented at the Puliima Language and Technology conference in Melbourne, 17 Oct 2015. In their presentation they outline the Indigenous Digital Excellence concept and some of the IDX team's recent work building digital making skills within the community.
Diffusion Marketing is an innovative marketing approach for social media that delivers new capacities for analyzing, modelling and synthesizing social epidemics.
Around the world citizens and organizations are using online reporting tools, including Ushahidi to tell their story, amplify and action responses. This is part 2 of a summary of mapping projects. More on our wiki - https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Anti-Corruption+and+Transparency
Anti-Corruption Mapping (April 2013, part 1)Ushahidi
Around the world citizens and organizations are using online reporting tools, including Ushahidi to tell their story, amplify and action responses.
This is part 1 of a summary of mapping projects.
More on our wiki - https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Anti-Corruption+and+Transparency
Ushahidi spoke with our community about how to make Ushahidi 3.0. We are building it with their input. Here are some of the original thoughts based on Community input from June - August 2013. There are updated wireframes available.
https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Ushahidi+Platform%2C+v3.X
Around the Globe Corruption Mapping (part 2)Ushahidi
Around the Globe Corruption Mapping using Ushahidi and Crowdmap. (Part 2) Prepared for the 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Brasilia, Brazil. November 7, 2012. By Heather Leson
Around the Globe Corruption Mapping (part 1)Ushahidi
Around the Globe Corruption Mapping using Ushahidi and Crowdmap. (Part 1) Prepared for the 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference, Brasilia, Brazil. November 7, 2012. By Heather Leson
Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation: Unsung Peace Heros/Building BridgesUshahidi
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research, created case studies and toolboxes. (2011) The Unsung Peace Heros/Building Bridges Case Study was created by Melissa Tully.
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research, created cases studies and toolboxes. (2011) The Uchaguzi Case Study was created by Jennifer Chan.
The Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project was 9-month Ushahidi Evaluation Project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully conducted research, created use cases and toolboxes. (2011) The following are blog posts about their work. (previously posted on blog.ushahidi.com)
Ushahidi is incorporating user feedback as we plan for our next stages of the software development.
Gabriel White of Small Surfaces has prepared these User Personas and Scenarios
TedxSilkRoad presentation by Heather Leson on April 11, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.
This presentation featured a number of Ushahidi and Crowdmap deployments used for election monitoring, crisis response and civil society activities. The video will be available at a later date.
Presented by Heather Leson @ Public Safety Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and the University of Toronto
Conference on Social Media for Emergency Management and Crisis Communications, held at the University of Toronto in downtown Toronto, March 29, 2012.
Ushahidi's First Academic Webinar was held on Friday, November 11, 2011. This presentation was by Jessica Colaco and Hilda Moraa of the Ihub Research Lab. For more details: http://www.meetup.com/Ushahidi-Community/events/37206692/
Volunteer Mappers: Building community resilience with citizen mediaUshahidi
Building community resilience with citizen media
Canadian Risks and Hazards Conference
October 18, 2011
Presented by Heather Leson, Director of Community Engagement, Ushahidi
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative research team led by Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully, supported by the Knight Foundation, conducted evaluation research. Over the year, they interviewed Kenyan Ushahidi deployers, specifically those participating in Uchaguzi, Unsung Heros and Building Bridges, and had community members help shape the research deliverables. Evaluation to action was a key goal of the project. Their research resulted in the creation of three toolboxes to assist users in the various stages of their Ushahidi deployments: Assessment, Implementation and Outputs.
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative research team led by Jennifer Chan and Melissa Tully, supported by the Knight Foundation, conducted evaluation research. Over the year, they interviewed Kenyan Ushahidi deployers, specifically those participating in Uchaguzi, Unsung Heros and Building Bridges, and had community members help shape the research deliverables. Evaluation to action was a key goal of the project. Their research resulted in the creation of three toolboxes to assist users in the various stages of their Ushahidi deployments: Assessment, Implementation and Outputs.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
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.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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.
2. Why do the toolbox?
These tools are based upon the rich experiences of people and organizations that have used
the Ushahidi instance. The following toolboxes are crucial to your success!
Checklist
TOOLBOX 1- SELF ASSESSMENT
TOOLBOX 2- IMPLEMENTATION
TOOLBOX 3 - USING YOUR INFORMATION
TIP: An Ushahidi project doesn’t start with setting up the platform and putting it on-line. You
need to prepare your strategy, study the context, understand the implications, secure
cooperation and knowledge of the tool for all of the actors involved. The launch of the platform
is the last step of the project, not the first one. (Anahi Ayala Iacucci)
3. Tips on using these toolbox documents:
These toolboxes are in beta (draft). We are using this
content to test for the final web and print versions
toolboxes. Please provide feedback.
Print documents do not include the extra notes which
appear in the online versions.
Online documents will show rotating tips,
which are shown as extra comments in the notes field.
4. Toolbox 1
Self-Assessment
Helping you take the first steps to determine if the Ushahidi platform is a fit for your project
- Learn about Ushahidi
- Find out if Ushahidi will fit into your project goals & objectives
- Think about partnerships for your project
- Identify the information, communication and technology needs for your
project
- Think about what resources are necessary to make your project successful
5. Let’s Begin…..
First Name:____________
Last Name: ____________
Are you an individual or part of an organization?
Organization Organiza(on
Name:
____________
Individual
Email Address:___________________
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For
ongoing
or
complex
emergencies,
to
track
changes
War
on
Gaza
icon
in
communi(es
or
responding
agencies
….
(crime
DRC
mapping?)
Zim
Poli(cal
Crisis
Point
on
a
For
events
like
elec(on
monitoring,
media
campaigns
Uchaguzi-‐Kenya
icon
Calendar
with
ending
dates….
(more
text)
Sudan
Vote
Monitor
Unsung
Peace
Heroes
Long
Term
For
ongoing
programs
and
ini(a(ves
(human
rights
Voice
of
Kibera
icon
monitoring,
media,
environmental
mapping,
local
gov
KANCO
(health)
mapping,
resource
mapping
)
Uchaguzi-‐Kenya
EXAMPLES..
7. Thinking about How Ushahidi will Help your Project
Here
are
some
things
you
might
want
to
think
about
before
you
start
using
the
plaAorm…..
This
toolbox
will
help
you
answer
many
of
these
quesFons..
Who
is
your
target
audience?
What
is
the
incen(ve/mo(va(on
for
people
to
use
your
pla[orm?
How
is
mapping
going
to
contribute
to
your
project?
How
are
you
collec(ng
and
using
data
now?
Do
you
just
want
to
use
a
new
cool
and
free
tool?
Is
there
a
gap
you
are
trying
to
fill?
Example:
Linda
Racree
and
her
team
wanted
to
gather
informa(on
on
the
amount,
types,
and
loca(on
of
violence
happening
in
communi(es
where
they
were
working
on
a
Violence
Against
Children
project.
They
wanted
to
know
where
the
violence
is
happening
most,
and
what
kind
of
violence
it
is.
The
informa(on
was
then
going
to
be
used
by
the
youth
and
project
par(cipants,
staff,
and
relevant
local
or
na(onal
authori(es.
The
goals
were
to
generate
awareness,
inform
programma(c
efforts,
and
advocate
for
more
aeen(on
and
services
to
prevent,
respond
to,
and
treat
violence
against
children.
8. Project Goals and Objectives
Example Goals
What
are
the
project
goals?
(user
enters
text
here)
Violence Against Children Project
Voice of Kibera
Uchaguzi Kenya
What
are
the
project
objec(ves?
(user
enters
text
here)
Example Objectives
Uchaguzi Kenya
TIPS: How will you achieve your goals? How will the collected information achieve the goal.
What
kind
of
project
are
you
working
on?
(please
check
all
that
apply)
Is
this
a
new
or
Health
Children
and
Youth
exis(ng
project?
Water
and
Sanita(on
Educa(on
Media
Gender
Based
Violence
HIV/AIDS
Economic
Development
new
Environment/Conserva(on
Security/Protec(on
Women’s
Issues
Poli(cal
Violence
War/Conflict
Elec(ons/Elec(on
Monitoring
old
Natural
Disasters
Other,
please
describe______
Human
Rights
Is
this
a
development
or
humanitarian/crisis
project?
(defini(ons
and
examples)
Development/Governance
Community
Programming
Humanitarian/Crisis
Other
9. Expected Outcomes / Impact
Your
project/program’s
goals
and
objec(ve
are:
Type
With
the
goal
to
_____Users
can
correct
the
auto-‐
inserted
text
here________.
icon
The
program/project
objec(ves
are
Users
can
correct
the
auto-‐
inserted
text
here__.
What
are
the
expected
outcomes/impact?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
How
will
the
Ushahidi
pla[orm
help
you
achieve
your
expected
outcomes/impact?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
TIPS: How will you achieve your expected outcomes?
10. Mapping and Visualization
Why use a map? What is the benefit of using mobiles or mapping to track your information? The information does not
need to be crisis related. You might want to map existing community resources within a geographic area or raise
awareness of local events. (Linda Rafferty)
Mapping
data
is
important
for
creaFng
responsibility.
The
fact
that
people
see
their
report
is
the
biggest
moFvaFon
to
engage
them.
-‐
Oscar
Salazar,
Cuidemos
el
Voto
Mapping
informaFon
will
benefit
your
project
by:
TIPS:
The
mapping
system
in
Ushahidi
is
not
automa(c:
you
need
to
geo-‐reference
informa(on
manually.
You
can
do
it
at
the
admin
level
with
volunteers
or
other
people.
If
you
plan
to
use
it
as
a
crowd-‐source
system,
you
need
to
have
a
big
number
of
What
kind
of
informaFon
will
you
map?
How
do
you
intend
to
use
it?
people
mapping
those
messages,
or
you
need
to
do
it
only
by
web-‐
submission
(it
means
also
forget
about
the
media
monitoring,
SMS,
e-‐mails
and
twieer
submissions).
What
level
of
precision
does
the
Who
do
you
want
to
view
the
map?
mapping
require?
Do
you
want
data
points
or
data
areas?
(Anahi
Ayala
Iacucci)
icon
Learn more… case studies instance sites Blogs/media
11. Technology and “the rest” – Allocating Time
Our
users’
experience
to
date
has
humbled
us
to
realized
that
the
much
of
the
success
from
organizaFons
using
the
Ushahidi
plaAorm
comes
from
the
project
planning
and
preparaFon
around
the
technology
itself……
Just
because
you
bought
a
domain
name
Allocation of Time and
ran
the
Ushahidi
installer
doesn’t
mean
In an Ushahidi Deployment that
anyone
is
going
to
use
the
system
—
and
even
if
you
somehow
get
a
lot
of
Ushahidi setup
• Requires some tech skills and reports,
you
might
not
be
relevant
to
the
training, but not much work exisFng
systems
(that
is,
all
the
other
• Set up a server, run installer,
poke around
people
who
are
working
on
the
same
problem).
So
as
Ory
said
in
Cape
Town,
“Don’t
get
too
jazzed
up!
Ushahidi
is
only
10%
of
soluFon.”
Systems
like
Ushahidi
have
turned
enormous
communicaFon
barriers
into
a
All the other stuff that makes a trivial
installaFon
and
training
process.
But
project successful
• Outreach, branding, translation, there
is
a
whole
other
90%
of
real
work.
annotation, verification, documentation, (Chris
Blow)
integration with other systems, SMS
debugging, taxonomy development
Let’s focus on that 90% and identify
Learn More:
potential partners in your project.
Why technology is 10%- Anahi
Ayala Iacucci
Allocation of Time –Chris Blow
12. Partnerships & Audience
Key to the success of your project
Who
are
your
partners?
(lisFng)
What
roles
will
they
play?
•
•
•
•
•
TIPS-‐
One
of
the
major
partners
in
project
is
a
•
technical
administrator.
If
you
envision
customizing
your
instance
a
lot
you
should
think
TIPS-‐
Which
partner
will
provide
the
overall
about
having
a
developer
as
a
partner
if
you
do
project
manager.
Will
it
be
your
organizaFon?
not
have
one
in
your
organizaFon.
Who
are
your
Audiences?
Why
do
you
think
they
will
use
your
plaAorm?
•
•
•
TIPS-‐One
of
the
fundamental
parts
of
your
project
is
the
definiFon
of
your
audience.
Who
do
you
want
to
visit
the
site
and
use
your
informaFon
and
who
you
want
to
be
your
reporters?
Trust & The crowd as your
icon
Learn more… Partnerships partner
13. Information
Your Ushahidi instance will help you collect,
organize and communicate information for the goals of your project
(ExisFng
project)-‐
What
informaFon
are
you
currently
collecFng?
What
informaFon
do
you
want
to
add
with
this
project?
IMPORTANT!
What
is
the
exis(ng
informa(on
flow
and
(New
project)
What
informaFon
do
you
want
to
collect?
how
the
informa(on
flow
you
propose
will
change
or
modify
the
exis(ng
one?
The
idea
How
will
this
informaFon
allow
the
project
to
achieve
it’s
goals?
is
that
the
more
you
modify
the
exis(ng
informa(on
flow
the
less
your
project
will
be
TIPS:
Does
someone
else
have
exisFng
indicators
or
iniFaFves
or
successful.
informaFon
needs
or
formats
that
you
should
be
linking
in
with
and
following
or
supporFng?
(Linda
Radree)
icon
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Type
14. Communication
Your Ushahidi instance will help you collect, organize and communicate information for the goals of your project.
Collecting information into Ushahidi platform is only half the battle.
How will you communicate information to your audience? Partners? Media?
From
slide
11,
this
is
your
audience:
Example
___________________________________________________
“The
people
who
Media
Focus
on
Africa
FoundaFon
are
targe(ng
do
not
have
How
do
you
plan
to
tell
people
about
your
project
and
how
to
Internet
access
-‐
We
want
to
bring
the
results
back
to
the
people
using
mass
send
informaFon
into
the
plaAorm?
media.”
As
a
result
of
MFAF’s
goals,
Internet
is
only
one
part
of
the
larger
project
and
Television
AdverFsements
SMS
campaign.
This
is
not
only
true
for
the
Radio
Othe
Unsung
Peace
Heroes
campaign
but
for
all
Newspaper
word
of
mouth
of
MFAF’s
work.
Bueerfly
Works
uses
Morning
shows
mul(ple
media
types
in
their
work
as
well
so
Flyers
Twifer
the
mul(media
approach
for
Unsung
Peace
Internet
Heroes
was
familiar
to
both
organiza(ons
Facebook
and
important
to
achieving
their
goals.
How
do
you
plan
share
the
informaFon
with
your
audience?
Bueerfly
Works
and
MFAF
used
a
mul(media
approach,
including
a
website,
newspaper
ads,
radio
and
television
appearances,
par(cipa(on
in
live
events
and
TIPS:
think
about
how
your
audience
commonly
views/
word-‐of-‐mouth.
(Melissa
Tully)
accesses
informaFon)-‐
and
what
way
they
are
most
likely
to
view
informaFon
during
a
crisis.
icon
Learn more… case studies blogs/articles
Type
15. Campaign, Messaging, & Communication Strategy
Very important too is the communication strategy of the organization,
which should explain what the platform is and what it is not. (Anahi Ayala Iacucci)
The communication strategy can be: The
Unsung
1) Announcement of the project/service Peace
Heroes
project
2) Setting expectations in
Kenya
used
a
mul(media
3) Plan for responding to individual messages publicity
strategy,
including
placing
4) Communicating information to different audiences ads
in
the
newspaper,
making
TV
and
radio
appearances,
handing
out
fliers,
par(cipa(ng
in
local
peace
events
and
having
an
online
presence,
to
spread
the
work
about
How will you inform the crowd about your project?
their
project
and
to
collect
nomina(ons
of
Peace
Heroes
throughout
Kenya.
This
strategy
allowed
them
to
target
various
How will you communicate with your partners/audience? diverse
audiences
and
in
the
end
they
received
over
500
nomina(ons
for
Unsung
Peace
Heroes
throughout
Kenya.
(Melissa
Tully)
TIPS
Be
sure
that
you
get
clearly
the
message
out:
what
you
want
to
do,
why
and
if
the
issue
is
urgent
or
not.
icon
Learn more… case studies blogs/articles Example materials
Type
16. Information Communication Technology (ICT),
Privacy, and Secuity
Information Security and Privacy can be a very important
consideration for many projects that use the Ushahidi
Instance. We encourage you and your organization to think
about how the Ushahidi instance may affect community/
organization safety, and the impact that mapping and
information will have on your audience and partners.
If
you
answer
yes
to
any
of
these
quesFons,
or
feel
that
this
topic
is
important
to
your
project
-‐-‐
we
encourage
you
to
take
the
mini
assessment
tool
here……….
Will
your
project
be
dealing
with
sensiFve
informaFon?
Will
your
project
potenFally
place
the
users
or
partners
at
risk?
Take
the
Does
the
government
strictly
control
informaFon
in
your
project
area?
assessment
Are
you
prepared
to
address
any
informaFon/
privacy
breaches
if
they
should
happen?
Who
now.
will
be
responsible?
Type
icon
case studies instance sites blogs/articles Learn more…
17. Technology
Ushahidi is a software, which means it requires access to certain technologies.
1
Do
you
have
regular
power/ Yes
No
If
you
project
area
has
limited
power,
and
limited
access
to
internet
this
will
internet
access?
limit
the
ability
to
use
Ushahidi
/Crowdmap.
Consider
using
another
tool
or
start
with
a
small
pilot
project……
2
Are
your
team
members
Yes
No
How
do
your
partners
and
audience
currently
communicate?
What
are
they
volunteers
comfortable
with
comfortable
using
to
communicate?
(cell
phones,
sms,
internet)
What
do
they
computers/the
internet,
etc?
have
access
to
and
can
afford?
3
Do
you
have
a
technology
Yes
No
If
YES,
then
have
this
person
take
a
look
at
the
Ushahidi
Manual
to
see
if
this
person
on
your
project?
fits
their
capacity.
If
NO
then
take
this
technology
assessment
test
here.
4
Is
he
or
she
a
PHP
developer
Yes
No
If
NO,
then
consider
using
crowdmap.
Link
Here.
and/or
designer?
5
Do
you
want
a
lot
of
Yes
No
CustomizaFons,
or
****,
will
require
a
developer
and
likely
a
designer.
And
customiza(ons?
you
have
YES’s
for
ques(ons
3
&4
What
is
the
local
use
of
ICT
in
the
country?
TIPS: How do your partners
and audience communicate
now? What are they
How
do
people
in
the
community
use
comfortable using? (cell
the
internet
and
mobile
phones?
phones, sms, internet) What
do they have access to and
can afford?
Take the tech Learn more… case studies blogs/articles
assesment!
18. Resources & Funding
Here
are
some
?ps
to
think
about
when
looking
for
funding
to
support
your
project
or
idea:
‣
How
does
my
proposal
address
the
problem?
Funding
Uses
Examples
of
how
you
might
use
your
funding:
‣
What
are
the
goals
and
objec(ves
of
the
program?
‣
Funding
a
SMS
shortcode
number
to
allow
people
to
send
free
SMS
‣
What
is
the
budget
and
(meline
for
the
project?
‣
Funding
an
SMS
alert
campaign
‣
Can
you
partner
with
others
for
non-‐financial
support?
‣
Funding
a
web
designer
to
customize
your
Ushahidi
deployment
‣
How
will
the
project
be
sustainable?
‣
Funding
a
PR
campaign:
newspaper
ads,
online
ads,
to
raise
awareness
about
your
Ushahidi
‣
Is
there
a
geographic
focus?
instance
(funders
ocen
support
specific
loca(ons)
‣
Funding
a
data
entry
resource
if
you
are
‣
What
are
the
expected
outcomes
and
how
migraFng
exisFng
data
into
the
Ushahidi
plaAorm
will
you
measure
them?
TIPS:
Have a clear budget and take into account advertisement campaign, dev work, PHONE EXPENSES if you use
SMS and alerts, server space, and time to dedicate to the project. Also fundamental, have a monitoring
&evaluation line in the budget and in your project plan and do periodical review of the project according to
goals. (Anahi Ayala Iacucci)
19. Resources
Here are some resources you may need. Fill out the cost that you will need too.
Resource
Cost
Project
Manager
TIPS
Make
sure
you
have
a
clear
budget
and
Developer
think
about
the
resources
that
will
you
Designer
need
for
your
project.
Project
Manager
Volunteers/Coordinators
Campaign
Adver(sing
TIPS
“Find
out
about
any
poten(al
licenses
Servers
you
might
need,
for
example
for
Computers
holding
a
compe((on,
this
can
ocen
be
bureaucra(c
and
take
(me
to
organise.
Phone/SMS
expenses
NOTE
Calculate
?me
for
the
design
and
Monitoring/Evalua(on
prin?ng
or
produc?on
of
all
your
Training
Workshop
materials,
making
a
website
or
flyer
and
prin?ng
it
can
take
a
few
weeks.
Planning
Workshops
(Buferfly
Works
Toolbox)
General
Office/Equipment
Other
20. Planning & Project timeline
Planning your project, and allowing enough time to prepare for volunteers, customization, campaigns, and
partner/community engagement will make you project more successful.
TIPS
PROJECT
EXAMPLES
If
you
are
looking
to
gather,
share
and
make
decisions
with
many
different
people
&
partners.
ELECTION
MONITORING
Consider:
Staff
and
Volunteers
for
the
•
Planning
mee(ngs&
workshops
early
to
make
sure
that
all
partners
have
Uchaguzi
Kenya
Project
similar
expecta(ons
and
understand
their
roles/responsibili(es
(
2010
Kenya
Referedum)
–
•
Plan
your
media/adver(sing
campaigns
early,
determine
the
cost,
and
recommend
3-‐6
months
for
how
you
will
inform
people
of
your
project
and
set
expecta(ons.
planning
around
a
specific
elec(on
days.
Type
Example project blogs/articles
icon
timelines
Learn more…
21. Below
is
informa(on
about
your
project
that
you
entered
in
the
first
toolbox
(On
the
online
tool,
what
you
have
filled
out
in
the
previous
panels
will
automaFcally
show
up
here!)
Project
Goal/Objec?ves/an?cipated
impact
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Reasons
for
mapping
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Partnerships
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Informa?on/Communica?on
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Marke?ng
Media
Plan
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Technology
Assessment
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
I
would
like
to
make
Let’s
move
changes…..
on!
22. THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING
TOOLBOX #1!
Please save this file and add your name to the title, then return it to
support@ushahidi.com or wiki.ushahidi.com
You will receive a report from toolbox #1 to use in your project.
In your email please send comments on how
you would like this tool improved or changed!
Thank you for being a very important part of Ushahidi’s User community!