Fwd: [CrisisMappers] Connecting Grassroots to Government for Disaster Management Videos & Commons Lab Facebook Page Launched

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Subject: [CrisisMappers] Connecting Grassroots to Government for
Disaster Management Videos & Commons Lab Facebook Page Launched
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 01:02:01 -0500
From: ryan burns <burn...@gmail.com>
Reply-To: crisis...@googlegroups.com
To: crisis...@googlegroups.com, Ryan Burns <burn...@gmail.com>



Posted on behalf of the Commons Lab:

Dear Workshop Participants, Colleagues, and Friends -

Please visit our newly launched Facebook page for the Commons Lab of the
Science and Technology Innovation Program, Woodrow Wilson Center:
http://www.Facebook.com/CommonsLab

Click on the "Like" button to subscribe to the latest updates on our
blog, publications and event videos. We recently posted all the video
and audio recordings from our September 2012 workshop, "*Connecting
Grassroots to Government for Disaster Management*." Check out who was on
camera sharing their expertise and lessons learned.
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Workshop abstract:*
By harnessing the collective power of citizens and engaging communities
in their own response and recovery, new technologies and methods, like
social media, crowdsourcing, and "crowd-mapping," have the potential to
transform disaster management. Yet many challenges - including
characterization of reliability, guidelines for use, and demonstration
of value - must be addressed before federal agencies can take full
advantage of these approaches. Early uses of social media and
crowdsourcing methods in disasters have raised a number of questions:
Can citizens generate inputs to critical decisions faster and perhaps
more accurately than traditional methods? What is the research telling
us, and how are the best ideas being translated into practice? How have
agencies successfully navigated potential roadblocks to the use of
citizen-generated information, such as privacy and procurement or the
Paperwork Reduction Act? When and how is it possible to innovate through
open and participatory design with citizens and communities? Co-sponsors
included: The Commons Lab of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars (The Wilson Center), the National Alliance for Public Safety
GIS Foundation (NAPSG), the International Association for Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), ESRI, TechChange,
NetHope, and University of Colorado Boulder�s Project EPIC.


Best regards,

Lea Shanley
Director, Commons Lab
Science and Technology Innovation Program
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


The Commons Lab of the Wilson Center�s Science and Technology Innovation
Program seeks to advance research and independent policy analysis of
emerging social media, participatory sensing, and mapping technologies,
with an emphasis on their social, legal, and ethical implications.

Commons Lab websites:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CommonsLab
Blog: http://CommonsLab.wilsoncenter.org
YouTube: http://bit.ly/CommonsLabVideo
Scribed: http://bit.ly/CommonsLabReports
Twitter: @STIPCommonsLab

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