“Democracy is a conversation, not a monologue!” — US Department of Arts & Culture Last month, I posted an open call to hear from practitioners who build tech for public good with their communities (not “for” them) how they do…
The textbook definition of “technology” is all about “tools”. Not computers, not command lines, but, to quote Wikipedia: “the collection of techniques, methods or processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as…
Earlier this month, we gathered 30 community technology practitioners from around the country together for a convening about the Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech. Over the course of a day, we dug into big questions about civic…
At the Experimental Modes convening, practitioners from all over civic tech to came together to discuss, in their own words, how they do what they do. You can see our full meeting notes here. We tore into this subject, looking at how…
Active listening is the art of focusing: lending your full attention to what a person or a bunch of people have to say and how they say it before responding. It’s both a skill and a series of practices. Listening…
On April 4th, as part of the Experimental Modes project, we gathered together 30 technology practitioners in a one-day convening to discuss the strategies they use to make civic tech—though very few attendees would call it such. Artists, journalists, developers,…
