crowdsourcing communications
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Presented to various Ontario Government communications officials January 18, 2011By: Brian Chick, Melanie Gorka and Heather LesonTRANSCRIPT
Crowdsourcing Communications
Heather Leson, Melanie Gorka and Brian ChickJanuary 18, 2011
Volunteer Technical Communities (VTCs)
Sahana Foundation• Ushahidi, Swift River and
Crowdmap• OpenStreetMap• Frontline SMS• Crisismappers• Random Hacks of Kindness• CrisisCommons• Geeks without Bounds • And many more
Crisis Commons 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.
Crisis Commons members organize response events called CrisisCamps.
CrisisCamp Toronto for Haiti earthquake
CrisisCommons/CrisisCamps
90 days8 countries50 events+2000 volunteers
Who volunteers?
Technical - Software developers, web developers, web designers, user experience/user interface experts, geocoders, geo mappers, GIS experts, technologists, beta testers
New Media - Bloggers, videographers, podcasters, photographers, social media trainers, social media users, collaborators, crowdsourcers
Organizational - Organizers, open source community planners, project managers, emergency response planners, crisis communicators
Other - Researchers, lawyers, trainers, teachers, librarians, technical writers, event planners, translators, innovators, entrepreneurs, anyone with a laptop
What do they do?Code, test tools, translate, map, communicate, collaborate, brainstorm, research, analyze, report, create content, and document process
Crowdsourcing
CrisisCamp Argentina
Crowdsourcing - using your spare cycles
Crowdsourcing: 2 levels
Building apps Programming Storytelling Social Media
2,000 volunteers
Apps source public knowledge
Twitter, Reports, RSS, data
Each application can collect thousands of reports
Collaborative Projects
Oil Reporter
Learning Ushahidi and OpenStreetMap
Population Centers in Disaster
Crisis Commons – Global 2011 and on
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation granted the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies and Crisis Commons a 2-year research grant
• Engagement: strategy• Engagement: community
engagement• Research and innovation
Build Partnerships
GovernmentalNon-Governmental OrganizationsCrisis Response OrganizationsVolunteer Technical CommunitiesPrivate Sector Academic
Craig Fugate, Administrator FEMACrisisCongress, July 2010
Team Canada
Canada, Ontario, Toronto Build Toronto volunteer community Outreach: Ontario government and Canadian
governments. Build partnerships with Canadian Emergency
Responder community and NGO communities Outreach: Canadian Private Sector Help CrisisCamps in Vancouver, Calgary, and
Montreal Foster Canadian community:
CVEOC - The Canadian Volunteer EOC Collaborate with PTSC-Online
Contact and Credits
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] @crisiscamp @crisiscommons @crisiscampto
Photos by: heatherleson, Brian Chick, Cynthia Gould,
Mariella