Mega Collaboration

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 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?

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Technology

Mega Collaboration