data into action
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Plenary talk from the Future of News and Civic Media conference at MIT, 6/17/10.TRANSCRIPT
Nick Grossman, OpenPlans | @nickgrossman
openplans.org
Future of News and Civic Media @ MIT - 6/17/10
Data into Action!
#dataintoaction
Today1. A little about us
2. What data needs in order to be actionable
3. What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites
4. Bridging the Civic Divide
5. An announcement!
OpenPlans informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software.
Open SourceGIS software
Open Government applications & strategy
Journalism coveringurban policy
Since 1999
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About OpenPlans
Our Clients & Partners
The OpenGeo Suite
What data needs in order to be actionable
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HYPOTHESIS:Data on it’s own
isn’t enough
DATA ACTION
DATA ACTION
Magic!
DATA ACTION
Governments?
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QR Codes = Platform for Action
DC Circulator Bus
DATA ACTION
Civic Hackers?
DATA ACTION
Journalists?
DATA ACTION
Nonprofits & Interest Groups?
Layers of meaning & actionability
ProducingServing
Interpreting
Acting
TRANSPARENCY
PARTICIPATION& COLLABORATION
Layers of meaning & actionability
ProducingServing
Interpreting
Acting
TRANSPARENCY
PARTICIPATION& COLLABORATION
What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites
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HYPOTHESIS:We will see a convergence of automated “data sites” and
social “action sites”
NEW PROJECT:
Transportation Feedback Portals
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6 Pilot Projects in 2010-2011
Transparency - Participation - Data - Community Building
Bridging the Civic Divide
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It’s hard to learn a city
It’s hard to learn a city
BOSTON
Hi, I’m new here.
Hierarchy of data needs & civic actions
Daycare
Garbage Transportation
TaxesSchool
Shopping & Eating
Volunteering
Voting
Advocating
Connecting
Heat & Power
Babysitting
BOSTON
HYPOTHESIS:Piggybacking higher-level
civic tasks on personal tasks will enable engagement
Hierarchy of data needs & civic activities
Daycare
Garbage Transportation
TaxesSchool
Shopping & Eating
Volunteering
Voting
Advocating
Connecting
Heat & Power
Babysitting
BOSTON
Things I didn’t talk about just now:(but would love to later)
• How cities can share code, apps & policies
• Contracting for open source
• Infrastructure for real-time transit info
• Cities that “work like the web”
An announcement
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openblockproject.orgA.K.A. “EveryBlock Open Source”
OpenBlock
Thanks!OpenPlans: http://openplans.org
Nick Grossman: [email protected] @nickgrossman
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