hacking the new volunteer
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Who is the new volunteer for Humanitarian Aid? Steve Kalaydjian and Heather Leson presented this talk at the Toronto Social Tech Unconference. October 23, 2010 The conference: http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/TRANSCRIPT
hacking the new volunteeropen source + social media +
humanitarian response
Heather Leson Steve Kalaydjian10.23.2010
Unconferences are fullof great ideas.
What if you built one?
Crisis Commons is that idea
Transparency Camp 2.0 - January 2009
Gov 2.0 - March 2009
CrisisCamp Ignite - June 2009 Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) - November 2009
Sydney Australia
CrisisCommons 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. We embrace innovation and open systems.
A knowledge collective. Collaborating.Crowdsourcing.
Bogota, Colombia
ALL OPEN SOURCE KEEN
Volunteer Technical Communities: • Sahana Disaster Management• OpenStreetMap• Frontline SMS• Ushahidi (Swift River, Crowdmap)• CrisisMappers• Random Hacks of Kindness• Geeks without Bounds
Washington DC
What if the UN and the World Bank worked with Open Source supporting communities?
What if the Canadian Red Cross did too?
And the Non-Government Organizations? (NGOs) And Governments?
What if all the Volunteer Technical communities collaborated?
Calgary, Canada
CrisisCamp is a hybrid of:• Hackathon• Unconference• BarCamp
A new volunteer technical community using open source software, crowdsourcing, diverse skills and innovation to make a difference.
Who volunteered?
Paris, France
2010 Responses
• Earthquake in Haiti - January 12, 2010 • Earthquake in Chile - February 27, 2010
• Gulf Oil Spill - May 2010
• Pakistan Floods - July 2010
Toronto Canada
How I found CrisisCamp
How CrisisCamps grew:
Sharing and telling our story while volunteeringMedia coverage (Toronto Star, CBC, CNN)Jan 15, 2010 - 6 CrisisCampsToday - 2000+ volunteers in 15 countries
Applied Social Media
Applied Social Media
Two project case examples:
Haitian earthquake - RSS Feed AggregatorChilean earthquake - Ushahidi
Social Media & Open Source for Social Good
Part 1:The Ushahidi report
Ushahidi Chile Instance
What worked with CrisisCamp?
What didn't work?
Homework What?
You
+
Social Media
+
Open Source tools
Learn and file some http://www.zombiereports.com/
How can you help Open Source for Social Good?
1. Help a Volunteer Technical Community: http://crisiscommons.org/blog/2010/09/30/dispatch-iccm10-training-session/ 2. Join us for Random Hacks of Kindness 2.0Toronto - December 4/5, 2010: http://www.rhok.org
What role do you think open source can play in your community for social good? How can new Internet volunteers be engaged?How about task turking and social issues gaming?
some questions for you .....
Photo creditsDarlene Parker (Calgary), Luis Hernandez
Aguilar (Bogota), pzao (Washington), camaraderiecoworking (Toronto), Luc Legay
(Paris), rediguana (Sydney)