Mega- Collaboration New Collaboration Techniques for Global Humanitarian
Mega-Collaboration
New Collaboration Techniques forGlobal Humanitarian Efforts
Katrina• “The preparation for and response to
Hurricane Katrina show we are still an analog government in a digital age”
* House of Representatives Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina, February 15, 2006
Rejected Aid• Allies offered $854 million.
• But only $40 million has been used so far for disaster victims or reconstruction.
• Most of the aid went uncollected.
* According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Can we afford to wait for the government to do it?
* New Orleans Flood Protection System
In the chaos of disaster…• Responders must quickly build a picture of
the “elephant” from the blind groping of thousands of aid workers.
• Mass movement of supplies must be coordinated.
• Many facts and ideas must be processed simultaneously.
• If problems build exponentially, can we do the same with solutions?
The mega-collaboration tool…
The mega-collaboration tool…
The mega-collaboration tool…
The mega-collaboration tool…
The mega-collaboration tool…
The mega-collaboration tool…
The goal is• To support exponential scaling
• To track who needs to know what
• Like an eBay for ideas and resources without the money
Putting digital power to work
Questions?
(See me later)