Monthly Archive:: September 2010
28 Sep 2010
Macrowikinomics Launches!
Don Tapscott’s Macrowikinomics is launching with Discovery Day: a global meet-up for community collaboration across organizations. The aim is to unite innovators to share an event celebrating the power of crowdsourcing and collaboration. Celina Agaton, a consultant for Tapscott and CrisisCamp Toronto volunteer, provided the following details on the event: Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the
28 Sep 2010
Mozilla’s Learning Freedom and the Web Festival, Barcelona
The Internet is revolutionizing how we learn. It’s exciting. And it’s only the beginning. Mozilla’s Learning, Freedom and the Web Festival will gather teachers, learners and technologists from around the world who are at the heart of this revolution. Taking place Barcelona from November 3-5, we’re planning three days of making, teaching, hacking, inventing and
21 Sep 2010
This.org Podcast feature on CrisisCommons
Graham Scott, editor of this.org, interviewed Brian Chick and myself about CrisisCommons. “In this edition of Listen to This — the premiere of our second season of original interviews with Canada’s most fascinating activists, politicos, and artists! — we talk with Heather Leson and Brian Chick, two of the more senior Canadian coordinators of Crisis
17 Sep 2010
Mapping Honduras Hospitals
Paul Jones believes that a map can change the world – starting with Honduras. A third year McMaster University medical student, Paul has taken two tours with the medical brigades in Honduras. In the past month, he has developed a unique Crowdmap providing visual story of Honduras hospitals and the rise of Dengue outbreak. I’m
16 Sep 2010
Join the Global CrisisCamp Day of Learning
Global CrisisCamp Day of Discovery and Learning is about Preparedness. Our strengths are in crowdsourcing technology and information often using applied social media. We want to prepare our training materials, communications strategy and infrastructure to be more positioned to help. We also know many folks like to discuss policy. And, we want to provide an
06 Sep 2010
My Ignite Toronto presentation: Brainsharing
I was honoured to join the O’Reilly Ignite family by presenting at Ignite Toronto on Thursday, September 2, 2010. Brainsharing: How Crowdsharing your Brain Cells can Change the World Video: (Thanks Brian Chick for recording.) Heather’s Ignite Slideshare: Brainsharing: How Crowdsourcing Your Brain Cells Can Change the World View more presentations from Heather Leson. It