Community Technology, and the Ghost of Civic Hacking Past

Personal Democracy Forum 2016: Movements, Voices and Values

Cities and Startups Building Solutions and Community, Together

Open Data Takes a Community

By Andy Krackov

Okay, I admit it: Even as an open data champion, I find that it’s often mundane to view data on a portal. Simple lists of datasets — and even the maps and charts you can create — don’t really show the intrinsic value of data that’s been…

Now More Than Ever

If the recent election showed us anything, it’s that we need to learn to listen and understand each other better. Now, more than ever, the need for diverse groups of people to work collaboratively on challenges that affect them directly and find common ground is critical to ensuring human needs…

#civictech Startup Stories - The First Pitch

We just had a first round interview with Matter.vc. Here’s what we learned.

CivicMakers was recently selected to give a 10-minute pitch on our civic tech knowledge sharing…

What does it take to support innovation within government?: Lunch & Learn with SPUR’s Gabe Metcalf

The need for innovation in government has never been greater, and we must work with our greatest resource — our human capital — to find new solutions to old…

Is low cost, high speed Internet an economic right?

What if I told you that a hundred thousand San Franciscans, including thousands of public school students did not have electricity or water at home? I imagine many of you would be appalled and call for our government to step in and help…