My main assignment at SocialTIC was community building for the organization’s open data projects in Mexico (OpenDataMX) and Latin America (Escuela de Datos). My goal then: ensuring there were a community of agents of change who will demand and use open data for transparency and stronger research-driven initiatives.
My achievements on Escuela de Datos since October 2013:
– Editing and working with a translator to have a Spanish version of School of Data‘s curricula
– Gathering over 100 local success stories, tutorials or reflections on the use of data in Latin America and Spain for the blog
– Helping organize and communicate over 70 community events and trainings in Latin America (last year’s, visible in School of Data’s map)
– Running an Escuela de Datos webinar season and assisting in School of Data’s worldwide skillshares in 2014
– Establishing an active presence in social networks (Twitter, Facebook)