CrisisCommons has a new Interim Management Team. We are entering a new era of consolidation and outreach to volunteers across the globe. We will focus our attention in the next few months on strengthening our relationships with all of you involved in crisis camps and VTC activities. Our aim is to build on the successes [...]
CrisisCommons Interim Governance Introduction
We’ve been getting some questions over at the governance committee about our current activities. People have stepped up to help us with our tasks and offer their input and experience from other ventures to assist us. Our committee consists of David Black, Pascal Schuback, Aaron Huslage, Jeannie Stamberger, and Willow Brugh.We are pleased that people are showing interest [...]
7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey – CrisisCommons monitoring situation
A few hours ago a 7.2 earthquake hit eastern Turkey 16km from the city of Van according to the USGS. According to both CNN (video below) and the AP, there appears to be significant damage. Here is a live stream from Turkish television on the quake. CrisisCommons is currently monitoring the situation and is open to requests [...]
Contribute Your Vision of Participatory Crisis Management
Hi everybody! As you remember, an May 5th I testified before the U.S. Congress at a hearing entitled, “Understanding the Power of Social Media as a Communications Tool in the Aftermath of Disasters.” It is pretty common for Congressman to request follow up questions which could enhance the testimony based on the discussion during the [...]
Models for Preparedness – CrisisCamp Toronto
Crisiscamp Toronto is preparing. We’ve learned from the global CrisisCommons responses that we need to build relationships and capacity locally, provincially and nationally. Our core team is David Black (Emergency Management lead), Melanie Gorka (International Development and Projects lead), Brian Chick (Social Media Trainer and New Media lead) and myself (City Lead and Community hacker). [...]
Project update for the Christchurch Recovery Map
This update contains lots of information. That’s because it was a great day for the project. It was our first face to face meetup, which was really cool. http://eq.org.nz continues to strengthen. Thanks again to all of the volunteers for making this such a great service. If you wish to volunteer for this effort, please [...]
How the Eq.org.nz site came about to help with the Christchurch earthquake
Johnny Diggz from Geeks without Bounds coined it the Crisis Voltron. Within an hour after the earthquake in New Zealand, christchurch.crowdmap.com was launched, piratepad.net (collaboration tool), a blog post circulated, multiple tweets sent and a skype group chat formed. We connected volunteers from New Zealand, United States, Canada and around the world including people from [...]
CrisisCampNZ : brief update
CrisisCamp NZ is progressing well. http://eq.org.nz is expanding its role. The site is now providing the following services: People Finder Google is now promoting the official URL for its people finder to be http://eq.org.nz/finder. The tool is a public database, where people enter either names of persons they are looking for, or if they have information about someone. [...]
Update from CrisisCampNZ volunteers
CrisisCamp NZ has been coordinating http://eq.org.nz in response to the New Zealand earthquake. This email explains what the site has been doing and how to help if you would like to. About Eq.org.NZ Things that we have received feedback on: a diabetic has thanked us for telling her where to get her insulin parents finding [...]
Twinkles: Sloan Foundation Awards CrisisCommons Two-Year $1.2 Million Grant
Update: Press Release from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [12/15/2010] We have come a long way together in the last year as a community and a concept, and today the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was awarded a two year, $1.2 million dollar grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This grant [...]
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