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/
3. 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
5. 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.
10. 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?
12. 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.
15. 2010 Responses
• Earthquake in Haiti - January 12, 2010
• Earthquake in Chile - February 27, 2010
• Gulf Oil Spill - May 2010
• Pakistan Floods - July 2010
18. How I found CrisisCamp
How CrisisCamps grew:
Sharing and telling our story while volunteering
Media coverage (Toronto Star, CBC, CNN)
Jan 15, 2010 - 6 CrisisCamps
Today - 2000+ volunteers in 15 countries