CrisisCamp This Saturday at the World Bank - Sign Up Today

[Heather Blanchard]

Sign up for this Saturday (9/25) CrisisCamp at the World Bank in DC
Sign Up Here: http://globalcrisiscamp-wdc.eventbrite.com/

Global CrisisCamp Day will be hosted by CrisisCamp communities in
London,Toronto, Washington DC and Calgary on September 25, 2010 to
encourage people to lead CrisisCamps and volunteer their expertise and
skills at CrisisCamp events to create innovative approaches, resources
and tools for crisis response and global development.

Global CrisisCamp Day activities will include training new volunteers
on open tools such as Ushahidi’s Crowdmap, OpenStreetMap and
CrisisWiki as well as inventorying existing resources and the
development of training tools to build the first CrisisCamp-In-A-Box
toolkit to be released in early January 2011. The CrisisCamp community
aims to provide new CrisisCamp organizers with mentorship, tools and
tips on how to organize a CrisisCamp, training materials on open
technology tools, lessons learned from past CrisisCamp events and a
toolkit for the development of technology prototypes.

To register to participate in the Global CrisisCamp Day register today
at:

Toronto, Canada: http://crisiscampdaytoronto.eventbrite.com/
London, England: http://crisiscampdaylondon.eventbrite.com/
Calgary, Canada: http://dayoflearningcalgary.eventbrite.com/
Washington DC, USA: http://globalcrisiscamp-wdc.eventbrite.com/

DC Camp co-hosted in collaboration with the World Bank’s Global
Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery Labs in Washington DC. In
the USA, CrisisCamp is a coalition partner and participant in
September’s National Preparedness Month.

CrisisCamp encourages virtual participation. To register to
participate virtually please register today.
CrisisCamp communities have been active in the response to the Haiti
and Chilean earthquakes and the Pakistan Floods. CrisisCamp events
have encouraged participants to support well established efforts such
as Ushahidi and OpenStreetMapas well as the development of new tools
such as Tradui, a mobile Kreyol translationor problem solving such as
a solution to extend of long distance Wi-Fi in Port au Prince to
crisis response organizations operating on the ground.

The World Bank will provide Global CrisisCamp Day with a set of
problem definitionsfor volunteers to explore ideas and provide
innovative approaches to challenges related to flooding in Pakistan.
Anyone can participate. Written and video submissions are welcome.
Problem definitions will be released prior to the events on the
CrisisCommons wiki.

If you are interested in becoming a CrisisCamp organizer or are
interested in the development of a CrisisCamp in your area let us know
by connecting with Heather Leson at heatherleson (at)
crisiscommons.org
Follow us on Twitter @CrisisCamp or join our Google group at
http://groups.google.com/group/crisiscommons