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A Step Toward More Effective Civic Tech Funding
Philanthropic organizations and private investors have radically transformed the civic innovation landscape. They are an important part of the civic innovation ecosystem -- a community of actors that...
View ArticleWanted: Conveners, Facilitators, and Catalysts
Last week I gave a talk to the 2014 Code for America fellows, titled Strategic Serendipity, where I discussed the importance of their role in bringing about longer-term change in their host cities. The...
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Exploring Civic Innovation
Last Tuesday I co-hosted an event at New America with the Open Technology Institute and the Asset Building Program that explored civic innovations in policy, community organizing, technology, and...
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Exploring Civic Innovation
Last Tuesday I co-hosted an event at New America with the Open Technology Institute and the Asset Building Program that explored civic innovations in policy, community organizing, technology, and...
View ArticleCivic Tech Forecast: 2014
Cross post from Code for America's blog. Orginial post can be found here.Last year was a big year for civic technology and government innovation, and if last week’s Municipal Innovation discussion was...
View ArticleA Partnership in Practice
Guest post by Cassandra Johnson, a Santa Monica Fellow working with the California Civic Innovation Project.When beginning my graduate program with Arizona State University, I never dreamed it would...
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The Peer Network Gets "Brain Trust"
Cross post from the Code for America blog. For original post, click here.I’m excited to announce that Code for America’s community for government professionals, the Peer Network, is gaining some new...
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Think Local First: 3 Innovation Strategies for City Economies
An image from David Macauley's Underground, source: http://socks-studio.com/This post from OTI’s Civic Innovation Team is part of the Meeting of the Minds Blog Event, posing the question -- How could...
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Civic Innovation Beyond Civic Technology
A sneak peek of New America's recent civic innovation brainstorm. More soon.Technology has become part of nearly everything we do in our public and private lives. It shapes the way we connect with our...
View ArticlePublic Pathways: A Guide to Online Engagement Tools for Local Governments
January 8, 2014SAN FRANCISCO, CA— With the pervasive use of technology in Americans’ daily lives, the expectation of how government interacts with residents is rapidly changing. Technology has...
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