News

Welcome to CrisisCommons News Wiki. This is a space where we will provide weekly updates on CrisisCommons activities.

Weekly Updates

• February 27 - March 6, 2011 [[1]]

Upcoming Events

• SMEM Camp at NEMA Mid Year Conference - March 24, 2011, Alexandria, Virginia
• Core Team Retreat - April 7-9, 2011, New Orleans, LA
• CrisisCamp Europe - May 27 - 28, 2011, Paris, France; Registration to be released late March
• SMEM Camp at UASI Conference - June 23, 2011, San Francisco, California
• Missing Persons Data Summit - May 27, 2011, Paris Franc; Registration to be released late march
• 2nd International CrisisCongress - Fall 2011, San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley, California
• Volunteer Technology Community Leadership Summit - Late Summer 2011

Speaking Engagements

• Heather Blanchard will speak on March 9, 2011 at the HFOSS Conference in Dallas, Texas [[2]]

Past Events

• First International CrisisCongress - July 15-17, 2010

Find/Friend/Follow

• Website - www.crisiscommons.org [[3]]
• Twitter: [[4]]
• Facebook:[[5]]
• Slideshare: [[6]]
• Scribed: [[7]]
• Skype: CrisisCommons Public Chat

Member of the Media?

Are you with the media and want to talk to folks in CrisisCommons and CrisisCamp? Feel free to contact Heather Blanchard, Co Founder, CrisisCommons at heather@crisiscommons.org or via her mobile at +1 (703) 593-3823

Of Interest

• 01/20/2011: Wired - Storyboard: FEMA Chief Says Social Media Aid Disaster Response [[8]]
• 01/19/2011: Shareable - The World's Top Gov 2.0 Initiatives [[9]]
• 01/19/2011: Information Week - FEMA to use social media for emergency response [[10]]
• 01/18/2011: FEMA Blog - Leveraging volunteer groups and technology [[11]]

Archive

• Past media coverage Media
• Past presentations Previous conferences, events and presentations
• Community Conference Calls - Archive
• Crisis Camp Dates and Locations