CrisisCommons

From CrisisCommons Wiki

CrisisCommons is part of a global movement who is bringing together volunteers, academia, non-profits, companies and government officials to share best practices and lessons learned to advocate for further use of technology and telecommunications to assist citizens and communities during crisis.

Founded in March 2009 through an impromptu Tweetup at the Government 2.0 Camp, a small band of idealists and innovators gathered together to discuss the idea of a creating a common community through a mash-up of citizen volunteers, crisis response organizations, international humanitarian relief, non-profits and the private sector (especially the technology and telecommunications sectors). Within minutes, the CrisisCamp concept was born to unite communities, seek common ground and innovation in the use of technology and mobility during crisis.

Decentralized Approach

• Feed of crisis news
  • Links to relevant pages
  • Map of incidents & links
• Incident reports
  • Tag, link out to country, crisis type
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Discoverability of relevant 'nearby' information
• Story Corps
  • iReporting
  • Mentoring