N2Y4 Crowdsourcing Solutions

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Mark BelinskyDigital Democracy

@mbelinskymbelinsky@dtwo.org

Government, Citizens and the Third Sector

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Research

Youth Perspectives from the Thai-Burma Border

Youth Perspectives from the Thai-Burma Border

Overcoming Obstacles,

Creating Opportunities

www.newwordsmedia.com

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736565604/

Key finding

Young Burmese with access to the internet were more likely to identify themselves as activists

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Saffron RevolutionMobile phones were used by monks and other citizen journalists to send information to the outside world.

www.uscampaignforburma.org

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Ushahidian open-source platform used during the Kenyan election to crowdsource and map incidences of violence.

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Ushahidian open-source platform used during the Kenyan election to crowdsource and map incidences of violence.

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Virtual Community Center - MobileA network for map-based micro-blogging, which will be used by individuals and organizations along Burma's borders.

Handheld Human Rights: supports inter and intra-group communication for human rights organizations while allowing them to map shared data via mobile phones. The goal is to have more accessible and reliable information about human rights abuses.

Crowdsourcing the Constitution: •Facilitates communication between political and religious leaders and their constituents by distributing videos of their speeches through mobiles, allowing individuals to respond via SMS. The goal is to engage individuals in the political process.

Photo By: Emily Jacobi @ New Words Media

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Twitter Vote ReportBuilt to use citizen reports to monitor issues at the polls during the 2008 US elections.

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Government, Citizens and the Third Sector

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Government, Citizens and the Third Sector

HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER:

IF I KNEW THIS, I COULD DO THAT

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Government, Citizens and the Third Sector

HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER:

IF I KNEW THIS, I COULD DO THAT

WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION:

LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT WITH MORE ACCOUNTABILITY

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Government, Citizens and the Third Sector

HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER:

IF I KNEW THIS, I COULD DO THAT

WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION:

LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT WITH MORE ACCOUNTABILITY

INCENTIVE FOR PARTICIPATION

CITIZENS: BETTER COMMUNITIES

GOVERNMENT: BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT VOTERS

3RD SECTOR: ADDITIONAL STIMULUS

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