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Open-source software for disaster response and volunteer technical communities

Brian Crisan wrote 1 year ago: Live Twitter feed at a presentation about Volunteer Technical Communities at the IAEM-USA 2011 annua … more →

Tags: GIS, Conferences, technology, Tech, Volunteer, Sahana, VTC, RHoK, Computers

Considerations for the Digital Public Information Officer (PIO)10 comments

Christopher G. Poirier wrote 1 year ago: The good folks at CrisisCommons and the entire #SMEM community constantly are discussion the values … more →

Tags: Gov In The Lab, gov2.0, web2.0, Innovation, smem, patrice coultier, emergency management, EM, Public Information Officer

Turkey Earthquake Clearinghouse1 comment

Kenneth Lynch wrote 1 year ago: If you are interested in information about the recent earthquake in eastern Turkey, then the Turkey … more →

Tags: disaster, Earthquake, preparedness, Technology, monitoring, Earthquake, turkey, USGS

Notes in a Nutshell: Social Media #Policy Break-out Sessions at #SMEM113 comments

Geodata Policy wrote 2 years ago: At the NEMA annual conference in Washington, D.C. today, emergency managers from around the country … more →

Tags: Privacy and Security, Public Policy and Regulation, national security, united states, ethics, Intellectual Property, DHS, emergency management, Liability

eq.org.nz

dotherightthing wrote 2 years ago: The Christchurch Recovery Map is getting good press at the moment. Launched by a motivated team of I … more →

Tags: Mapping, Volunteer

Musings from Tech@State1 comment

Mark Prutsalis wrote 2 years ago: I had the pleasure of attending the Tech@State event at the US Department of State last Friday (11 F … more →

Tags: HFOSS, Sahana Software Foundation, Apps.gov, Challenge.gov, Humanitarian Information Unit, humanitarian spatial data model, Open-Source, tech@state, Usability.gov

NRC Disasters Roundtable: Using Lessons from Haiti and Chile to Reduce Global Risk

Geodata Policy wrote 2 years ago: National Research Council Disasters Roundtable Workshop 32 Using Lessons from Haiti and Chile to Red … more →

Tags: news and events, nrc, vgi, volunteered geographic information, Earthquake, Earth Sciences, Washington D C, Haiti, National Research Council

Haiti Earthquake 2010 (Part One)

polyachka wrote 2 years ago: One year ago, Jan 12, I was on my way to Vietnam.  I didn’t hear Haitian news until I arrived in Sai … more →

Tags: volunteering-2, OLPC, xo, Sugar, Education, Community, technology, Adam Holt, Haiti

>Big Heart

newcicada wrote 2 years ago: > Amazing times. My very favorite picture of CrisisCommons. A community that is all heart. … more →

Tags: CrisisCamp

How can emergency responders use 2,000 nerds?3 comments

Karen Snider, Blog Master/ Media Manager, @karensnider wrote 2 years ago: Recognizing that technology and social media are changing the way in which we respond to disasters, … more →

Tags: preparedness, Haiti, #crisisdata, technology in emergencies

TGGD #20 - Jenny Bullough & Heather Leson - November 15, 2010

Leona Hobbs wrote 2 years ago: Sign up on Meetup.com Connect with Toronto Girl Geeks after work on Monday November 15. Our featured … more →

Tags: TGGD, Toronto Girl Geek Dinners, Heather Leson, Jenny Bullough, Harlequin

CrisisCamp, "humane workflow" and Mozilla12 comments

openmatt wrote 2 years ago: The CrisisCamp Marathon Volunteering Weekend for Pakistan is happening this weekend (Sep 3-5) in Tor … more →

Tags: Mozilla Drumbeat, drumbeat

>My Teachers, Myself7 comments

newcicada wrote 2 years ago: > I’ve always been interested in how people do things and why they do them. I think from an early … more →

Tags: Systems, Openness, Deming, benkler, organizational development, CrisisCamp

June OSM Pub Night

scanningpages wrote 2 years ago: Tonight I attended an OpenStreetMap pub night in Toronto. In addition to some of the regular local O … more →

Tags: OSM, GIS, temporal

Techies Band Together to Innovate for Haiti

JTowers wrote 3 years ago: With over 18+ cities and four countries engaged, and several more camps planned for the coming weeks … more →

Tags: social enterprise, Hands for Haiti, Haiti, CrisisCamp, volunteerism, Product Development, technological advances for social need, grassroots community effort, Salem

Hands for Haiti1 comment

JTowers wrote 3 years ago: Envision a large open work space linked to smaller offices, filled with dozens of people collaborati … more →

Tags: Hands for Haiti, Blog, Haiti, CrisisCamp, Disaster Relief, emergency management, CrisisCampPDX, Service, join the conversation


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