Presentation given to the Secure World Foundation's Workshop on Community Remote Sensing: Citizen Science and Social Networks on September 20, 1010 by Heather Blanchard, Co Founder of CrisisCamp and CrisisCommons.

1. Harnessing Volunteer Technology
Communities to Build
Capacity in Crisis Response and Global
Development
September 20, 2010
Presented by
Heather Blanchard
Co Founder

2. Video

3. From Idea to Community
Evolution of an Idea Catalyst for Partnerships
• January 2009 - Transparency Camp • June - First Ignite Session at the World
Bank; Interest in Building Capacity
• March 2009 - Gov 2.0 Camp
• August - USAID Afghanistan Election
• June 2009 - CrisisCamp DC Monitoring
• Participants: MIT Media Labs, GWU, • September - Google, Yahoo and
Google,Yahoo, Microsoft, UN Microsoft form informal partnership
Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, Apps called Random Hacks of Kindness
for Democracy, Homeland Security,
DoD, World Bank, Development Seed, • October - CrisisCamp Philadelphia
GeoCommons, Open Street Map,
Sahana, Ushahidi, CrisisMappers • November - Random Hacks of Kindness
hosts first Hackathon

4. CrisisCamp Haiti Columbia
• Call to action; global footprint
• Low barrier to entry; replicable
• Recognized by CROs and VTCs
• 50 events, 10 countries United Kingdom
• 1,500+ highly skilled volunteers
• Focus on mapping, missing
persons, language and search Canada
France

5. Highlights
Innovation - Problem Solving - Mapping
• Tradui Mobile
Translation App
• Long Distance Wi-Fi
• OpenStreetMap

6. The Need
• Objective technical assistance
• Long term engagement; project mgt
• Amplification of innovation
• Translation of needs
• Research based-approach
• Stewardship of the new knowledge base
• Formal partnerships and resources
• Legal protection; Security and Privacy

7. Potential Commons Role
Leverage Expertise, Communities and Resources
VTCs
CROs CrisisCommons The Public
Affiliated Affiliated Responder Un-Affiliated Response
Response Connectivity to Resources Spontaneous Effort
Source of Affiliated Requirements New Efforts
Leverage Under Utilized; Unknown Resources Unknown Resources
Research Based Approach; Recognized Knowledge Base
Academia
Private Sector
Under-Leveraged Resources

8. Formal Engagement
Emergency Operations Center
Technology Cluster Requirements
Data Data Operations Center
Analytics Cell
GIS Cell Search
Technology
Open Source Info
Data Aggregation
Volunteer
Community
Mapping
ESF Liaisons
(Surge Capacity)
Public Products
(Mutual Assistance)

9. Heather Blanchard
Co Founder
CrisisCamp & CrisisCommons
heather@crisiscommons.org
mobile: 703-593-3823