Agenda

You have access to tons of information about the programs you work with, but getting that information into a digestible format that answers your immediate questions can be challenging. Eric Gundersen of the online strategy shop Development Seed will talk about how interactive maps, data visualizations, and other online tools can quickly show you the bigger picture around large scale international issues.

Goals

Eric will demo the new Pandemic Preparedness Mapping site (http://preparedness.interaction.org/) built for InterAction. Which is designed to identify the capacity of programs on the ground to prevent the spread of a catastrophic disease like bird flu. He'll also talk about how online tools can improve data collection from programs working on the ground abroad. You can read more about the work on his blog.

Resources

"Pandemic Preparedness: When Data Visualization and Workflow Matter":http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2008/jun/25/data-visualization-for-pandemic-preparedness