My presentation on being an Open Data Community Coordinator at Open Knowledge Belgium and what knowledge, skills and attitudes I obtained during the New Media and Society master at Ghent University.

1. From
New Media and society student
to
Open Data Community Coordinator

2. HI I’M @PJPAUWELS

3. Open Data?
Open Definition
“Open means anyone can freely
access, use, modify, and share for any
purpose (subject, at most, to
requirements that preserve
provenance and openness).”
— http://opendefinition.org/

4. What I do

6. OPEN
BELGIUM
OPEN
TOURISM

11. IN A NUTSHELL

12. 5 Things I learned at the New
Media and Society master

13. Knowledge
^ Skills
Attitude

15. For good ideas and true innovation, you
need human interaction, conflict,
argument, debate.
— Margaret Heffernan

16. ( )

17. techies. you. users.

18. Enter a
hackathon

19. CC-BY Allan Ajifo

20. http://www.codecademy.com/
https://www.codeschool.com/
CC-BY Allan Ajifo
KEEP
CALM
AND
LEARN
TO CODE
http://code.org/
http://tryruby.org/

21. CC-BY Allan Ajifo
KEEP
CALM
AND
BE
AN ENTREPRENEUR

22. CC-BY Allan Ajifo
KEEP
CALM
AND
LEARN
TO DESIGN

23. NEW MEDIA
AND SOCIETY +
DESIGN
ENTRPRENEURSHIP
ORGANISING
DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SKILLS
BUSINESS DEV.
RESEARCH
UX/UI DESIGNER
FOUNDER
PROJECT COORDINATOR
USER CENTERED DEVELOPER
COMMUNITY MANAGER
BEST BUSINESS DEVELOPER
SOCIAL RESEARCHER
=

25. Questions?
Extra information
http://okfn.be/
http://datadays.be/
http://2014.summerofcode.be/
http://creativecommons.be
http://osm.be/
Contact Information
pieter-jan.pauwels@okfn.org
+32 476 66 27 77
openbelgium.be
@PJPauwels
Internship?
pieter-jan.pauwels@okfn.org