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CivicMakers is a strategic consultancy and community of practitioners that believes in the power of inclusive, collaborative decision-making to shape a better world.
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Lawrence Grodeska
Jun 24, 2019
From Spark to Community to Civic Design Firm–Reflections on Five Years of CivicMakers
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CivicMakers
Jan 15, 2019
The Culture Stack — Cultivating a More Resilient & Responsive Government
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CivicMakers
May 2, 2019
A Community for Digital Innovation at the State of California
Or, why we’re excited about the AGL…
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Creative Constraints: Designing a Virtual Community Meeting during a Crisis
Creative Constraints: Designing a Virtual Community Meeting during a Crisis
Navigating constraints, choosing a strategy, and reflecting on feedback
Cristelle Blackford
May 4, 2020
Everything is Data: Making Sense of COVID-19 with Human Connection
Everything is Data: Making Sense of COVID-19 with Human Connection
As online gatherings proliferate certain segments of the shelter-in-place contingent — those of us, of course, who are lucky enough to…
judi lynn brown
Apr 15, 2020
How Your California Business or Nonprofit Can Get Economic Help for COVID-19
How Your California Business or Nonprofit Can Get Economic Help for COVID-19
Along with causing a public health crisis, COVID-19 is also causing an economic crisis. There are lots of resources out there, but it’s…
Jim Rettew
Mar 31, 2020
How to Get Economic Help in California from COVID-19
How to Get Economic Help in California from COVID-19
COVID-19 is causing an economic crisis. There are lots of resources in CA to help you.
Jim Rettew
Mar 25, 2020
Five Years of CivicMakers — The Metrics
Five Years of CivicMakers — The Metrics
(This post is a companion piece to “From Spark to Community to Civic Design Firm–Reflections on Five Years of CivicMakers.”)
CivicMakers
Jun 24, 2019
One Civic Innovation Firm’s Takeaways from the 2019 Code for America Summit
One Civic Innovation Firm’s Takeaways from the 2019 Code for America Summit
Last week, designers, technologists and public servants of all stripes descended on Oakland for the 2019 Code for America Summit. This…
CivicMakers
Jun 5, 2019
Strategic Alignment — The Key to Organizational Success
Strategic Alignment — The Key to Organizational Success
What happens when your car is out of alignment? It pulls, right? You’re always fighting the steering wheel. You’re trying to move forward…
Jim Rettew
Oct 9, 2018
Translating Design into the Public Sector (SF Design Week: Volume II)
Translating Design into the Public Sector (SF Design Week: Volume II)
During SF Design Week (SFDW), we asked people to consider how service design informs the development and delivery of public services.
Leah Tremblay-Adams
Aug 8, 2018
Learning from Public Sector Service Designers (SF Design Week: Volume I)
Learning from Public Sector Service Designers (SF Design Week: Volume I)
This summer, we had the pleasure of participating in SF Design Week (SFDW), and the honor of having SFDW attendees participate with us!
Leah Tremblay-Adams
Aug 8, 2018
Trusting the process, and the people — Designing the Parks and Tech Challenge
Trusting the process, and the people — Designing the Parks and Tech Challenge
Oftentimes, when deep into the design of a group process, I hit a point where the possibility of failure seems all too real, and that no…
Lawrence Grodeska
Feb 16, 2018
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