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Imagine this world if we all lent a hand. Strategy, Engagement, Open Source, Open Organizations, Humanitarian. OSMF/HOTOSM. about.me/heather_leson

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28.02.2025 07:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 University Faculty Lecture A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations

If anyone is interested, I'm giving a talk today that covers 10+ years of my team's research and ends in the same place β€” the right wing media machine. I have another name for it, but you'll have to wait for my final slide. www.washington.edu/facultystaff...

24.02.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

I'd love the recording, @katestarbird.bsky.social -we are doing a large report at IFRC on this topic this year. You were already on my contact list once we have the editor in place.

24.02.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A β€˜War of Stories’: Humanitarianism in the Disinformation Age | @heatherleson.bsky.social from the @theifrc.bsky.social invited me to pen this article mid-2024. I sent it to her months ago, and finally got around to publishing it.

23.12.2024 12:20 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œEvery story is a climate story because climate change is an economic problem before being an environmental problem”
#GVSummit2024

06.12.2024 08:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alright. Here we are #humanitarian #technology #governance #opensource #opendata #digitalstrategy #openstreetmap.

11.11.2024 09:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to the back to back interviews right now on "Request fro Commits". So terrible how @yoyoel.com was treated. I can't stop thinking about misinformation and humanitarian work - we need these spaces and we need leaders to keep working on trust and safety.

29.09.2023 11:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Re-reading last year's rejected proposals. Glad that I was able to take parts of it forward. Next up - write new proposals....

08.08.2023 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

working on a program to support women leaders. this video was fantastic about approaches - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qrX1AJehMI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scrumexpert.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

28.07.2023 10:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are you working on governance in open communities? let's get in touch

25.07.2023 08:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Is Code? If You Don't Know, You Need to Read This The world belongs to people who code. Those who don’t understand will be left behind.

I share this article often to help bridge the divide on tech - https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ We need more simple, clear 'manage up' article / videos to help our leaders. If you have a favourite video/article, please share.

13.07.2023 14:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0