Items tagged ‘civic-innovation’
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Reflecting on The Responsive City
Susan Crawford and Stephen Goldsmith's new book highlights many interesting case studies and raises new questions around the ecosystem of people, place and technology.
New America’s Open Technology Institute and Civic Innovation project hosted Harvard professors Susan Crawford and Stephen Goldsmith to discuss thei... -
OTI Submits Projects for the Knight News Challenge
Two OTI projects promote greater data literacy, and better access for schools.
Last week, the Open Technology Institute took the lead on two proposals submitted to the Knight Foundation’s latest News Challenge, which is focuse... -
What Happened to the Power of the People?
The flood of responses was “unprecedented.” Since the early 20th century, agencies like the Federal Communications Commission have asked the public... -
Governments need to regain trust of the governed
Government should partner with private companies and nonprofit groups to develop better ways to provide basic services. It should also establish op... -
The (Not So) New Urban Sphere
In the 21st Century, digital technologies provide opportunities, and challenges for improving service delivery and quality of life in urban setting... -
Case Study: Practical Principles to Encourage a Civic Youth Pipeline
When determining if a project or process was successful, frequently we look at what the outcomes were, detailed statistics about what happened, as ... -
Build With, Not For
A #CivicTech Manifesto
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed withsocial impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality —... -
Busting the Buzzword: Social Impact and Civic Innovation
Would you consider adding to the transit infrastructure of your city a civic innovation? Pictured: Capital Bikeshare bikes in Washingtonn, DC. Phot... -
4 Tips for Organizing Unstructured Events Without Going Insane
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed withsocial impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality —... -
3 Reasons #CivicTech Needs Civic Art
OTI's "People's Tech" table invited visitors to The Tech Embassy to visualize not just what different tech concepts look like today, but what they ... -
Neither Bottom-Up Nor Top-Down
3 Tips for Horizontal Organizing
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed withsocial impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality —... -
On Accountability and Audience
Why We Didn't Have a Funk Parade Hackathon
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed with social impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality ... -
So You Think You Want to Run a Hackathon? Think Again. (A Case Study on #CivicTech Events)
This article is an excerpt from a longer piece originally posted on Medium. Click here for the full story. “Hackathons.” That’s one of the most pop... -
Citizen Science
A Pathway to Civic Action
At last week’s Personal Democracy Forum, Matt Stempeck who has led work on participatory civic projects out of MIT’s Center for Civic Media, modera... -
Civic Innovation: a New America-wide conversation
Are community tool libraries (shared work equipment, like that pictured above) a civic innovation? Image by slobikelane. As part of our new approac... -
3 Ways Government Can Unleash the Power of Feedback
This post from OTI’s Civic Innovation Team originally appeared on OpenSource.com Open government is a critical dimension to democracy. It is also d... -
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 a... -
A Victory for Digital Justice
Your Tax Dollars at Work
In 2009, digital justice coalitions in Detroit and Philadelphia seized an opportunity to turn a new federal policy into a lasting transformation of... -
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 t... -
A Network Model of Broadband Adoption: Using Twitter to Document Detroit Future
Preliminary Analysis by the Open Technology Institute
From 2010 to 2012, the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition (DDJC) conducted a federally-funded training program in digital media that they called “De... -
Exploring Civic Innovation
Alissa Black Georgia BullenLast Tuesday I co-hosted an event at New America with the Open Technology Institute and the Asset Building Program that explored civic innovations ...