<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Happy Friday<br><br></div>I wanted to provide an event post-mortem for Next Day Better event in Toronto. Last night I spoke about how great all of you are and why it matters. During the session, I also highlighted the importance of having people like Maning providing local direction and all the various partners/supporters who made it possible for HOT to help. <br>
<br><div>About the Organization<br></div><div>Next Day Better aims to empower the diaspora and local Filipina community to be leaders and take action. They want to build a resilient local and global community. The Next Day Better team is super professional with their next event in London. Their larger goal is to host a massive event in Manila (2015). <br>
<br>(I had a talk with one of the local Toronto organizers about how important it would be to have their community attend Maptime or the Mappy Hour hosted by Richard Weait. He thinks that we need to do this to help prepare for the future.)<br>
<br></div>We (150 people in attendance) ate yummy food, listened to music and had talks from an comic artist (Batman), a designer and a chef. They framed it as a celebration to co-build a new future and be prepared with strong relationships.Truly, I was super honoured to be the only non-Filipino presenter. The sense of community spirit from arts to neighbours to techs is core to Next Day Better. This is something that we could learn from. While the participation we do is professional, I think we need to celebrate how special HOT's community is and find ways to honour it with some smiles. <br>
<br></div><div>Opportunities:<br></div><div><ul><li> The Next Day Better will host an event in London soon. Once it is announced, I would recommend local folks attend. <br></li><li>Partnering with local and diaspora communities for mapping parties during an emergency is important. I recommend this on two fronts: 1. building common community and resilience 2. having local context and language expertise. <br>
</li></ul></div><br><div>Here are my slides. I will write a blog post tomorrow to share more: <br></div><div><div><br><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/heatherleson/mapping-to-the-next-day-better" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/heatherleson/mapping-to-the-next-day-better</a><br>
<br></div><div>Antje - see your quote included (Thanks for that). <br></div><div>
<br><br></div><div>Happy weekend,<br><br></div><div>Heather<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>
Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Heather Leson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Morning, <br><br></div><div>This Thursday I am speaking at Next Day Better (Toronto) all about HOT. <br><br></div><div>For the presentation, I thought I would highlight HOT by asking for your help:<br>
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</div><div>1. In 1 - 2 sentences, how can HOT make the Next Day Better.. for crisis response? (Please keep it brief and tweetable.)<br><br></div><div>2. Provide a small photo of you so that I can include it in a slide.<br>
</div><div>(Please send directly to me rather than filling up the mailing list (<a href="mailto:heather.leson@hotosm.org" target="_blank">heather.leson@hotosm.org</a>))<br></div><div><br>The event:<br><a href="http://www.nextdaybetter.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nextdaybetter.com/</a><br>
<br><br></div><div>My goal is to show how HOT wants to make the next day better by all the brilliant people who activate in all the diverse ways - from mappers to organizers to researcher to supporter.<br></div><div><br>
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<div>Thanks so much <br></div><div><br></div>Heather <br><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>
Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br>
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