Hi LiberationTech Folks,
Hope that you’re doing well! We've got another round of our Tech and emergency management online course <http://techchange.org/online-courses/tech-tools-and-skills-for-emergency-management/> coming up. Course starts monday (11/24) and there are a few spots left. This course will focus on a technology used in a number of recent disasters and emergencies including the ongoing Ebola crisis. We've also published a few blog posts on the TechChange blog recently which might be of interest: - How Maps Help Fight Ebola <http://techchange.org/2014/11/20/maps-fight-ebola/> <http://techchange.org/2014/11/20/maps-fight-ebola/> - Towards Standardized Hashtags in Disaster Response <http://techchange.org/2014/11/10/disaster-response-standardized-hashtags/> - "I Watch" Trains Tunisian Election Observers Online <http://techchange.org/2014/10/29/tunisia-election-observer-iwatch/> Hope you have a chance to join us, Nick ====== TC103: Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management This four-week online professional development certificate course will explore how new communication and mapping technologies are being used to respond to disasters, create early warning mechanisms, improve relief coordination efforts and much more. From the ongoing Ebola crisis to the recent Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and recovery efforts in Haiti, this course will examine a variety of real world examples from organizations working in the field and analyze some of the key challenges related to access, implementation, scale, and verification that working with new technology presents. The course is designed to assist professionals in developing concrete strategies and technological skills to work amid this rapidly evolving landscape. The course is designed to be highly interactive and social, but we also work hard to ensure that the majority of the content can be experienced in a self-paced manner. Participants have plenty of options to explore content that is most relevant to them through live content and interactions, readings, and videos. For a more detailed syllabus, please click here <https://docs.google.com/a/techchange.org/document/d/1dCdt_hxlw2r2ohb-75kk_vHaDtiJrHWZvJgHaVUTKhY/edit#> . *Course Topics and Featured Tech* - Social Media for Crisis Response - Mapping the Crisis: New Techniques for Disaster Response and Preparedness - Mobile Response: How Mobile Technology is Changing Disaster Response - Looking Ahead: Where New Technologies are Taking Us - Featured Technologies: Twitter, Facebook, Tomnod, OpenStreetMap, OSM Tasking Manager, Ushahidi, Kobol Toolbox, TextIt, Crisis Cleanup, FieldPapers, FrontlineSMS, and more! Course Objectives Participants will be able to… - Critically analyze both the opportunities and the pitfalls that emerge when working with technology to respond to crises - Connect relevant development and humanitarian approaches to the technological strategies and tools discussed in the course - Manage specific software platforms and utilize various technological tools for responding to and managing crisis - Design dynamic and effective strategies for using technology platforms and tools to respond to challenges in the field - Develop confidence and critical self-awareness in working with social media, maps, and mobile technologies Course Date: November 17 - December, 2014 (with full access to course for 4 months afterward) Format: The entire course is delivered online. The total time commitment is a minimum of 5-7 hours a week. The course is designed to be highly interactive and social, but we also work hard to ensure that the majority of the content can be experienced in a self-paced manner. It will feature one or two real-time interactions each week, such as live discussions, and live expert interviews. In order to accommodate busy schedules of people from around the world, we’ve set up a learning environment where participants have plenty of options to explore content that is most relevant to them through live content and interactions, readings, and videos. Participants can also access all course content for 4 months after course completion so the material can be revisited later. *About the Facilitator,* Timo Luege After nearly ten years as a journalist, Timo worked four years as a Senior Communications Officer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva and Haiti. During this time he also launched the IFRC’s social media activities and wrote the IFRC social media staff guidelines <http://bit.ly/1mF5Cxo>. He then joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a Protection Delegate in Liberia, before starting to work as a consultant. His clients include UN agencies and NGOs. Among other things, he wrote the UNICEF “Social Media in Emergency Guidelines” <http://bit.ly/ZD4gr0> and contributed to UNOCHA’s “Humanitarianism in the Network Age” <http://bit.ly/1foUT6k>. In 2013 and early 2014, Timo advised UNHCR- and IFRC-led Shelter Clusters in Myanmar, Mali and the Philippines on Communication and Advocacy. After returning from the response to Typhoon Haiyan earlier this year, he wrote a case study for MSF on how maps can help fight the Ebola epidemic <http://sm4good.com/2014/07/15/case-study-maps-fight-ebola-guinea/> in West Africa. Timo blogs at Social Media for Good <http://sm4good.com/>. Guest Speakers & Facilitator: Dale Kunce from American Red Cross <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dale-kunce/a/75a/391> Martin Noblecourt of CartONG <http://fr.linkedin.com/in/martinnoblecourt/en> Nic Pottier of TextIt <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nicolas-pottier/0/173/370> ...and more! Apply now! <https://course.tc/account/apply/103-6> Full course cost: $445 Use Coupon Code "liberation": $345 -- Nick Martin Founder & President TechChange 240-505-2324 @ncmart <https://twitter.com/ncmart>
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