ICCM 2010: Veracity Blues

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ICCM2010

An Ushahidi Initiative

Friday, October 1, 2010

Would you trust these guys?

Friday, October 1, 2010

These guys?

Friday, October 1, 2010

CROWDSOURCERY: FORBIDDEN, OCCULT, DANGEROUS

What does the crowd know? I’m the expert.

Friday, October 1, 2010

CROWDSOURCERY: FORBIDDEN, OCCULT, DANGEROUS

What does the crowd know? I’m the expert.

Why listen to anyone else? I’m the expert.

Friday, October 1, 2010

CROWDSOURCERY: FORBIDDEN, OCCULT, DANGEROUS

What does the crowd know? I’m the expert.

Why listen to anyone else? I’m the expert.

Your opinion is useful, if it agrees with my funding.

Friday, October 1, 2010

FOOTBALL VS PHILANTHROPY

Coach + Team + Objective = FTW

Friday, October 1, 2010

FOOTBALL VS PHILANTHROPY

Arrogance + Ignorance + Assumptions = WTF?

Friday, October 1, 2010

Traditional Philanthropists

Friday, October 1, 2010

THIS IS A PROBLEM

Football plays assume a lot.

Philanthropy affects people’s lives.

There will always be more that you don’t know.

The crowd is willing to be your resource, they want to help you help them. (not a Jerry McGuire reference I promise)

Friday, October 1, 2010

CHAOS THEORY

Philanthropy is not fully deterministic

No guaranteed results

The Butterfly Effect (Follow @aplusk!!!)

Chaos is always present

Observing more, gives you a better understanding of the full system.

Friday, October 1, 2010

USE THE CROWD

Friday, October 1, 2010

USE THE CROWD

To Inform Decisions

To Supplement Labor

To Gauge Public Sentiment

To Empower Citizens

Friday, October 1, 2010

FOLKSONOMIC TRIAGE

Use what the crowd tells you to verify what individuals in the crowd are saying

Location can validate

Friday, October 1, 2010

FOLKSONOMIC TRIAGE

Use what the crowd tells you to verify what individuals in the crowd are saying

Location can validate

So can time, user history, social graph

Friday, October 1, 2010

FOLKSONOMIC TRIAGE

Use what the crowd tells you to verify what individuals in the crowd are saying

Location can validate

So can time, user history, social graph

Learn from success, Learn from mistakes

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

Who wouldn’t trust Dawson Leery?

Friday, October 1, 2010

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