Heather is Community Engagement Director at the Open Knowledge Foundation, based in Toronto. She's passionate about global storytelling, citizen voices, excellent software, crisismapping, collaboration, localization and open everything. Learn more at @heatherleson or textontechs.com
Everyone is a storyteller! Just one week away from the big Open Brain Party of OKFestival. We need all the storytelling help you can muster. Trust us, from photos to…
School of Data Fellows, Partners, Friends, staff and supporters will converge on Berlin next week for OKFestival: July 15 – 17, 2014. We know that many of you may be…
Stories wanted! We’re building a community storytelling team starting with OKFestival. Whether you are in Berlin for the big event or across the globe, our goal is to co-create and…
What’s new at School of Data? Today we held a Community Session all about School of Data. In the session, we shared updates on fellowships and upcoming events, including OKFestival…
[Cross-posted from the TABridge network. Visit tech.transparency-initiative.org to learn more and download the new ‘Fundamentals’ guide. Thanks Jed Miller for the post for the support. The report was written by…
We’re on a skillshare craze leading up to OKFestival. A few weeks ago we hosted a session all about how to create great videos with our guest Sam Muirhead. This…
We are joined by MatÃas Kalwill of Bikestorming to share how he has used his love of cycling and special events including data expeditions to build a product and community.…
[Guest Cross-post: from Myfanway Nixon of mySociety. You can learn more about her on her blog. The original post can be found here. Thanks for sharing!] mySociety’s Freedom of Information…
Happy June! We have a few Community Sessions to announce. OKFestival is almost a month away. Videos are key for storytelling, so we are hosting a Video Skillshare to help…