In our effort to increase awareness and understanding of the field of community informatics, the Community Information Corps strives to sponsor a variety of engaging activities and events. CiC reaches out beyond the SI community, inviting individuals from across the University Community to attend CiC hosted presentations, readings, discussions, and social events like lunches and evening outings.
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Independent Sector's Annual Conference

Submitted by epuckett on September 25, 2009 - 1:30pm
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November 4, 2009 - 10:00am - November 6, 2009 - 1:30pm
Event Location: 
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center Drive
Detroit, MI, 48243
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http://www.independentsector.org/AnnualConference/2009/ngen/index.html … Read more »

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Increasing Access to Justice Through Technology-Enabled Collaboration and Volunteer Participation

Submitted by epuckett on October 28, 2009 - 7:36am
Event Date: 
November 6, 2009 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Event Location: 
311 West Hall
S. University University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, 4810
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Liz Keith, LawHelp Program Manager at Pro Bono Net  and SI alumna, will be speaking at the Community Information Corps fall 2009 seminar series (SI-575) on Friday, November 6 from 11:30-1 pm in 311 West Hall on the central campus of the University of Michigan. This event is free and open to the public. … Read more »

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Ignite 2

Submitted by epuckett on November 5, 2009 - 10:35am
Event Date: 
November 6, 2009 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Event Location: 
Blau AuditoriumAnn Arbor, MI, 48109
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If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then 100s of 5 minute talks have been given across the world. … Read more »

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Addressing Poverty in Troubled Times: An International Perspective on the U.S., North America and the World

Submitted by travisaugust on November 10, 2009 - 4:00pm
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November 12, 2009 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Event Location: 
School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue 1840 SSWB (Educational Conference Center)
Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
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This session will address poverty and policy from domestic and international perspectives. In addition, it will consider alternative ways for addressing social policy, as well as the ever-changing social work roles as they pertain to the reduction of poverty. Presenter: Mary Jo Bane is the Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, Academic Dean, and Chair of the Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) area at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. … Read more »

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(When) is information power? Lessons from the ICT-for-development field

Submitted by epuckett on November 5, 2009 - 10:07am
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November 13, 2009 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Event Location: 
West Hall
1085 S University Ave 311 West Hall
Ann Arbor , MI, 48104
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Kerry McNamara, Scholar-in-Residence in the School of Communication at American University, will speak at the Community Information Corps fall 2009 seminar series (SI-575) on Friday, November 13 from 11:30-1 pm in 311 West Hall on the central campus of the University of Michigan. This event is free and open to the public. … Read more »

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Humanizing Capitalism to Make Medical Products and Services Affordable to Low Income People

Submitted by epuckett on November 12, 2009 - 11:42am
Event Date: 
November 13, 2009 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Event Location: 
Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama CenterAnn Arbor, MI
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MPowered and the Center for Entrepreneurship present David Green for an Entrepreneurship Hour “Humanizing Capitalism to Make Medical Products and Services Affordable to Low Income People” … Read more »

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A mobile health application for a chronically ill, low-literacy population

Submitted by epuckett on November 2, 2009 - 6:18pm
Event Date: 
November 16, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Event Location: 
411 West Hall (Ehrlicher Room) Ann Arbor, MI, 48104
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In this presentation, we describe the design of the Dietary Intake Monitoring Application (DIMA[1] ), a mobile, electronic food diary for low-literacy patients with stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). CKD patients do not have functioning kidneys, requiring them to undergo hemodialysis three times a week. … Read more »

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Open.Michigan Reading Group

Submitted by travisaugust on November 16, 2009 - 4:58pm
Event Date: 
November 18, 2009 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Event Location: 
Turkish/American Friendship RoomAnn Arbor, MI
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Please join us for the second meeting of the Open.Michigan Reading Group. This reading and discussion group, convened by members of the Open.Michigan Initiative (http://open.umich.edu), is for anyone with an interest in open educational resources (OER), open access and open content initiatives, open source software, open archives and publishing, open data efforts, and open standards.

Our second session takes place Wednesday, November 18 from 1:00-2:30 pm in the Turkish/American Friendship Room (room 4004) in the Shapiro Library. The selected readings for this session are: … Read more »

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