Category: Events

GeoWeek is here!! Join a mapathon

by Heather Leson | Nov 13, 2019 | Africa, data literacy, Events, Internet, Mappers, open data, open source | 0 |

We love maps and community. OpenStreetMap Geographic Awareness Week is the most wonderful time of...

“I see and I remember” – optimising data visualisation to improve humanitarian decision-making

by luke | Sep 26, 2019 | #humtech, data literacy, Events, Humanitarian, Technology | 0 |

Humanitarians are being bombarded with an ever increasing volume of data. Trying to make sense of...

Scaling Data Culture with Global Affairs Canada – Conversation

by Heather Leson | May 14, 2019 | data literacy, Events | 0 |

Join us for our next Data Literacy Consortium Online Community Meeting on May 21st, 2019 at 10:00...

Volunteers on a Data Literacy journey

by Margarita Griffith | May 6, 2019 | data literacy, Events, Localisation | 0 |

Volunteers are the heart of the Red Cross Red Crescent movement. Many volunteers are leaders in...

Mapping for Cyclone Idai

by Heather Leson | Apr 1, 2019 | data literacy, Events, HOT, Mappers | 0 |

Volunteers, we need your help! The needs of field teams responding to Cyclone Idai change every...

Building a Data Culture: Data Literacy User Group

by Heather Leson | Mar 13, 2019 | community, data literacy, Events, open data, open source, Technology | 0 |

Join the next Data Literacy User Group online meeting You spoke and we listened. We’re excited to...

Convening a Data Literacy Consortium

by Heather Leson | Feb 12, 2019 | #humtech, community, Community Management, data literacy, Events, open data, open source | 0 |

Data literacy is a team sport. How can organizations improve their data readiness? How can we...

Convening a Data Literacy Consortium

by Heather Leson | Jan 16, 2019 | #humtech, CivicTech, community, Community Management, data literacy, Events, open source | 0 |

What if Humanitarians collaborated on data literacy and data skills? Data is everywhere and part...

Deeper and Deeper! Innovating at The PORT Hackathon at CERN

by Heather Leson | Dec 17, 2018 | #humtech, CivicTech, data literacy, Events, open source, Technology | 0 |

Jointly tackling the challenge of unstructured data to improve humanitarian response October 2018...

Naseer Shamma, IFRC Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East

by patricktai | Jul 27, 2018 | Events, Lead, Middle East and North Africa | 0 |

Renowned Iraqi musician and philanthropist was nominated as Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle...

Know Your Data, Be a Champion

by Heather Leson | Mar 21, 2018 | #humtech, Blog, Community Management, data literacy, Events, Localisation, open data | 0 |

Data Literacy activities build a common language and connect data leaders with data curious while...

Getting Data Ready with IFRC Europe

by Heather Leson | Dec 1, 2017 | community, data literacy, Events, Humanitarian, Mappers, mobile, open data, Technology | 0 |

We convened over 30 people from 18 European National Societies and the ICRC for a joint IFRC Europe Data Skills workshop in Budapest. In two days, we collaborated and learned on a full range of beginner to advanced data skills...

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