Toronto
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About Toronto:
Please join our google groups to keep in touch
- Or, contact us on @crisiscampto
City Profile: Toronto,_Canada
(This was created for the Crisis Commons Congress, July 2010)
Upcoming Events
Crisiscamp Day : Social Media in Emergencies in Canada February 19, 2011 10 - 5pm
Completed Events
January 13, 2011 - http://crisiscampto.eventbrite.com/
MINUTES - CrisisCamp Toronto - 1 year Anniversary - Jan. 13, 2011
Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK.org) - December 4/5, 2010. University of Toronto RHoK Toronto
Speaking:
Toronto Girl Geek Dinners - Heather Toronto November 15, 2010
Emergency Management Conference - Red Cross (Ontario)- Niagara on the Lake - David, Brian, Melanie and Heather - November 10, 2010
Applied Disaster Management Class, York University - Brian and Melanie - Nov. 2, 2010
Social Tech Open Source event - October 23, 2010 - Heather L, Steve K
Techsoup/NetSquared Net Tuesday- Crowdsourcing - Heather - October 19, 2010
Crisis_Camp_Day_-_Saturday,_September_25,_2010/TO_CampDayLogSign up: http://crisiscampdaytoronto.eventbrite.com/
Crisis_Camp_Day_-Toronto
Crisis_Commons_Day_-_Saturday,_September_25,_2010
- Toronto -CrisisCamp Pakistan -September 3, 2010 18:00 - 12:30am
- Toronto Meetup - Pilot - August 4, 2010 - Pirate Pad http://piratepad.net/50yx2N5pSx
- Attended CrisisCommons Congress July 15 - 19th - Washington DC.
- Toronto - June 17, 2010 CrisisCommons- Red Cross meetup(no notes available, prep for the Congress)
- Toronto- April 27, 2010 summary
- Crisis Commons Founders Weekend Preparation Toronto_-_Thoughts_for_Infrastructure_and_Governance (March 15, 2010)
- Toronto - March 13, 2010 summary
- Toronto- February 27, 2010 summary
- Toronto- February 13, 2010 summary
- January 30, 2010 Summary
- January 24, 2010 (kick-off summary)
Organization Team
CrisisCommmons Toronto Coordinator, 2011 - ongoing
- open position
Team Leads:
- Logistics and Emergency Planning - David Black
- Projects and infrastructure - Melanie Gorka Melanie Gorka
- Social Media Projects/Social Media Trainer: Brian Chick
Honourary Members
- CrisisCommons Toronto Coordinator January 2010 - March 2011:Heather Leson @HeatherLeson
- Rachel Young: Rachel handled all the Social Media PR and Media Relations for January - April 2010. She helped us make solid media connections and develop Crisis Commons. Rachel is also a founder of http://camaraderie.ca/. Camaraderie hosted a number of Toronto CrisisCamps. She can be reached at: Rachel Young
- Jeff Kolesnikowicz: Jeff Kolesnikowicz. Jeff handled project management leadership and software development mentorship for our January 2010 CrisisCamps. He co-presented with the team at Podcamp February 2010. He has a vibrant consulting company and volunteers for other organizations including protecting the Coral Reefs of the world. Jeff continues to support our efforts. We look forward to engaging his help once the Crisis Commons governance and project management is more mature.
Communications
Projects
Each Toronto project team should have:
- Toronto project team lead
- Workers (defined by team)
- Presentation coordinator (Prepares a presentation of all the tasks that folks are working on. Very collaborative with other teams and their team)
- Team blogger/vlogger outbound (Crisiscommons TO blog, twitter)
- Team Scribe (wiki, irc)
- Runner (sets up conf bridges with core teams around NA and with presentation)
Parking lot
- Have an idea? feedback?
- please share
Schedule
How to Prepare?
- Help us out by filling out the CrisisCommons Toronto form [1]. This is will ensure that we coordinate your volunteering better.
- Familiarize yourself with the projects and how you might be able to contribute
- Review the Input_into_the_Vision,_Mission,_Governance_to_develop_CrisisCommons
What to bring:
* Your own laptop * Power cords * a phone (we have international conference bridges so you won't have to pay LD) * Power Bars * A Smile * Spare projector if you have it * A coffee mug * camera * video camera * Audio equipment * chocolate?
Things we have
Things we need/Things we need to do
Project Team to do list
Volunteer Roles Needed
Here are some of the volunteer roles that CrisisCamp -Haiti (Toronto) would potentially need.
CrisisCamp TO Volunteer Management
Tools, Training and Technique
Here are some of the tools available/recommended to help you work:
A/V
- Skype
- YouTube
- Rondee
Collaboration
- Etherpad.com
- GoogleDocs
- GoogleWave (if you don't have an account, see Heather Leson for help)
- IRC - Please see our IRC article for up to date information
Social Media Coverage
|Good News Toronto May 2010
| The Daily Planet (Toronto) March 1, 2010
The Amazing Volunteers of Crisis Camp Toronto Toronto365, Feb 27, 2010
A Post CrisisCamoTO Interview with Heather Leson Techvibes, Feb 7, 2010
CrisisCampTO imaddicted, January 31, 2010
More Crisiscommons Wonderfulness - a wiki training video Learn4kicks, January 30, 2010
Wikis to the Rescue Wiki Domo Blog, January 25, 2010
Toronto's Tech Community Unites for Haiti Techvibes, January 29, 2010
Technology + philanthropy = disaster relief Technology Examiner, January 23, 2010
Toronto Tech Community Bands Together to Help Haiti BlogTO, January 22, 2010
Techs Volunteering with CrisisCamp-Haiti and Hosting for Haiti OpenSRS Blog, January 21, 2010
Traditional Media Coverage
CrisisCamp participants offer technical assistance to Haiti The Bulletin - University of Toronto, February 9, 2010
CBC News - The National, January 30, 2010
RadioCanada (French Radio), January 30, 2010
Offering Haiti Relief Using Laptops in Toronto Toronto Star, January 30, 2010
Speaking engagements
Techsoup/NetSquared Net Tuesday- Crowdsourcing - Heather - October 19, 2010
Social Tech Open Source event - October 23, 2010 - Steve K
Applied Disaster Management Class, York University - Brian and Melanie - October 26, 2010
Emergency Management Conference - Red Cross (Ontario)- Niagara on the Lake - David, Brian, Melanie and Heather - November 10, 2010
Toronto Girl Geek Dinners - Heather Leson November 15, 2010
03.02.10 Tweeting Haiti -Social Media Week (Panel with MSF, Cdn Red Cross, HaihaiTo, Piali Roy,Naheed Mustafa and CrisisCamp (Haiti) Toronto) (Heather)
http://smw-toronto.sched.org/event/4b492d27c46f507e55eae09b3499438e
Live Blog: http://www.msf.ca/fr/actualites-media/socialmediaweek/
20/21.02.10 Podcamp: (Rachel,Jeff,Brian and Heather) http://2010.podcamptoronto.com/
Topic: Crowdsourcing Volunteer Technical Communities with CrisisCommons
How can you use your technology and social media skills to help NGOs during emergencies? All you need is a computer and Internet access. CrisisCommons.org is a Volunteer Technical Community (VTC) made up of a growing group of technical, project manager, emergency planner and social media knowledge workers. After the earthquake in Haiti, cities around North America and the UK started CrisisCamp (Haiti) in their locations to volunteer their time to "help the helpers". They are using social media tools to crowdsource collaboration on various projects from software development to opensource mapping to social media translation – work that is new and evolving every minute. Heather, Brian, Rachel and others from CrisisCommons (Toronto) will be addressing the question how can technology and knowledge workers volunteer their skills with one click of a mouse.
