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.

November 2009

Independent Sector's Annual Conference

Event Date: 
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

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

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.

Ignite 2

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.

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

Event Date: 
November 13, 2009 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Event Location: 
311 West HallAnn Arbor , MI, 48109
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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.

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

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.

November 2009