September 16, 2011
Rhiza’s CEO, Josh Knauer, will be giving the keynote address at the GeoTec 2011 Conference in Vancouver, Canada on September 29, 2011. Josh will speak about emerging technologies and how they are changing the way organizations are using maps and data for decision making.
If you’d like to meet with Josh while he’s in Vancouver, please let us know.
April 23, 2010
For the second time in a year, senior management from Rhiza Labs will be speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo. Michael Higgins, Rhiza’s CTO, will be on a panel titled, Insight on the iPad. Mike will be on a panel including other leaders from Google, Loopt and Jackson Fish Market (creators of A Story Before Bed, one of my kids favorite iPad apps).
The Web 2.0 Expo is hosted by Tim O’Reilly and O’Reilly & Associates, and is described as “a conference and tradeshow for everyone who cares about embracing and extending the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies. Web 2.0 Expo engages thousands of participants.” Thousands of attendees are expected.
Rhiza Labs’ recent announcement about our web apps just working on the iPad caught the attention of the conference organizers and they invited Mike to speak.
Rhiza Insight continues to be one of the only business intelligence mapping engines that works on the iPad (and almost every other common platform) because it is a well-designed web app that does not rely on Flash or other add-ons. Almost all competitors to Rhiza Labs are stuck trying to re-engineer most of their front end because of poor design choices that are not scaling with the emerging web ecosystem.
April 23, 2010
Last week, Rhiza Labs’ CEO, Josh Knauer, was the keynote speaker at the GeoTec Conference in Toronto, the premier GIS (Geographic Information Systems) conference in Canada hosted by GeoWorld Magazine. The title of Josh’s talk was, “Embracing the Future of Geospatial Data Collection and Sharing” and you can see a review of the talk here: http://bit.ly/cg9btx.
April 5, 2010
Josh Knauer, CEO of Rhiza Labs, will be speaking later this week at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference 2010 in Atlanta. Josh’s session is called People Powered Data. Here’s an overview of the session:
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It’s clear that good decisions are predicated on good data. But gathering this data and translating it into action remain key challenges for mission-driven organizations. Join Josh Knauer, CEO of Rhiza Labs for a discussion of the methods and technologies nonprofits use to gather community-sourced, actionable information. Have staff in the field? Use mobile devices to turn existing employees into roving data collectors. Handheld devices are revolutionizing everything from surveying vacant properties to managing voluminous human services paperwork. Using mobile data collection tools, nonprofit professionals can collect information about the communities they serve while performing their programmatic duties. New technology allows existing databases to seamlessly import this data to create a constantly-evolving glimpse into current community conditions.
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You can learn more about the conference and Josh’s session on the NTC 2010 website. If you’re going to be at the conference and would like to meet up with Josh, feel free to set up an appointment by contacting Rhiza Labs.
November 20, 2009
Rhiza CEO Josh Knauer gave a talk at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo in NYC yesterday, and many people have been asking for the slides. The title of Josh’s talk was Stories From the Trenches: Deploying a Global Pandemic Tracking System in 48 Hours
March 16, 2009
Many organizations are making technology decisions as reactions to 2009′s economic malaise. Instead, tech firms, energy companies, and even hospitals should proactively design two years ahead with the economy’s future turnaround in mind, says Mick McManus, CEO of Rhiza’s parent company MAYA Design. Learn more in this online feature for the Wall Street Journal (also featured in MITSloan): Read more »
March 2, 2009
On February 28, 2009, Rhiza Labs CTO Michael Higgins and CEO Josh Knauer presented at Transparency Camp ’09 on creating public information systems that support truly public decision-making. Josh focused on community-level transparency efforts; Mike focused on incorporating transparency into the design process. View Mike’s presentation, and notes from Josh’s, below: Read more »
May 22, 2008
This workshop given at the AIRS 2008 National Conference outlines best practices in creating community-wide data sharing partnerships for information and referral (“I&R”). Practical advice from successful initiatives in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are presented, helping participants understand how to overcome the technical and political barriers to creating effective collaborations that improve the quality of every agency’s I&R services, reduce inefficiencies in the process and provide a greater level of self-sufficiency for individuals seeking help. Successful approaches to raising funds within your organization, from government agencies and the philanthropic community are discussed, leaving participants with a roadmap for developing, implementing and funding a community-wide I&R data sharing initiative. Read more »
April 18, 2008
On April 15, 2008 Rhiza Labs CEO Josh Knauer and CTO Mike Higgins along with conservation scientist Tosha Comendant presented an overview of the Databasin.org project and shared their insights on the challenges of how to create incentives for people to share public GIS data. Read more »