The document discusses how crowdsourcing and technology can help during emergencies. It provides examples of volunteer technical communities and crisis response organizations that collaborate using tools like Ushahidi, OpenStreetMap, and CrisisCommons to map reports and information. It also describes Random Hacks of Kindness events that bring volunteers together to develop apps and solutions to address challenges in disaster areas.

1. Crowds, Maps and Hacks Melanie Gorka, Brian Chick, and Heather Leson GovCamp June 8, 2011

2. What if Volunteers…. Use the Internet during an emergency

3. Sydney, Australia How would that Work?

4. What if everyone…. Considered this an asset

5. It already has.

6. Innovation is iteration.

7. The tools to volunteer are different. The motive is the same.

8. Crowd.

9. Community and collaboration come in many forms.

11. Many volunteer groups and individuals collaborate on projects bringing all their networks and unique skills.

12. Strangers volunteer in solidarity.

13. 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.

15. Applied Social Media

16. CrisisCamp Bogota

18. Crisis Camp Day of Learning Bringing together Emergency Managers from the Government of Ontario with Coders, Crisis Campers and Mappers to create a vision for multi-sector collaboration.

19. Tools: Long Distance Wifi Language and translation Tools Situational Awareness Ushahidi and OpenStreetMap surge support

20. Team Canada

21. Case Map study

22. A map is not a process or a movement alone. The people who create, curate, communicate and nurture the content make it possible. (Liberally quoting and remixing George Chamales, KonpaGroup)

24. What if you read a text message (SMS) and could help your neighbour? + Text message + short code + Report + Read, search, document and categorize + Map Mobile phones are global .

25. Eq.org.nz

28. What did they create? 4 days 995 reports (verified and mapped) 82,121 unique visitors From 65 countries 100s of local volunteers Global volunteers and observers

29. Japan

30. http://www.sinsai.info/ushahidi/

31. What about Canada?

32. Skfloods.ca

33. http://www.globalnews.ca/story.html?id=4641910 But the goal is also to encourage civic participation. “ It ’ s a way to spark civic engagement. People aren ’ t just consumers of information, they ’ re contributors to the story, ” says Zak. Read it on Global News: Mapping the Manitoba and Saskatchewan floods

34. Hacks

35. Random Hacks of Kindness 1.0 June 2010 - 5 countries 500 volunteers RhoK Sydney, Australia

36. Random Hacks of Kindness 2.0 December 2010 10 countries, 21 cities 1000 volunteers

37. Population Centers in Disaster

38. June 4 – 5, 2011 Winning Hacks, Apps and Multi-City Collaboration Rhok.org Random Hacks of Kindness 3.0

39. What ’ s next? How can Governments Partner with VTC ’ s