Pollinator: the Bloom Works blog

Pollinator: the Bloom Works blog

Sheri Bernard Trivedi

Learning together: Bloom explores LLMs in civic tech

We’ve been thinking about how ChatGPT and other technologies powered by large language models, or LLMs, affect Bloom’s work and mission…

7 min readMay 9, 2024

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Two boxes side-by-side on a field of gray. The left box is blue and appears to be transparent, and contains an apple. The right box is red, and appears to be sealed.

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Jesse Taggert

Bloomer Talk: Jesse interviews Jesse about civic tech at Bloom Works

Jesse Thach is a software engineer at Bloom Works, a civic technology consultancy that helps create accessible and equitable government…

3 min readMay 6, 2024

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Editor of Pollinator

Our statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling

Working together to build a future where all people are valued, respected, and empowered

2 min readJul 1, 2022

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Editor of Pollinator

More Than Words: Creating Meaningful Company Values

Our experience writing values that go beyond buzzwords

5 min readApr 14, 2022

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More Than Words: Creating Meaningful Company Values

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Mary Lazzeri

Women-Owned and Open for Business

A letter to government contract officers, program managers and digital services professionals

2 min readMar 2, 2022

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Women-Owned and Open for Business. This Women’s History Month, let’s create more opportunities for women-owned businesses in government digital services. (Illustrations of women and technology.)

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Alyson Fraserdiaz

Using Community Engaged Design to Improve Public Services

By Alyson Fraserdiaz and Jermeen Sherman

1 min readJan 19, 2022

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Florence Brown

What Does it Mean to Become a Public Benefit LLC?

Why Bloom Works is Proud of its New Letters

2 min readJan 14, 2022

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What Does it Mean to Become a Public Benefit LLC?

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Alex Lawrence

Spotting a Good Pitch: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Vendor

As Bloom’s Growth & Operations lead, I spend a lot of time developing partnerships with governments and nonprofits to find equitable and…

4 min readJul 7, 2021

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A person is undecided between “Vendor 1” in one hand, and “Vendor 2” on the other.

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Megan Freedman

About to Redesign a Government Website? These tips from your peers are gold.

During our years working with and for government, my colleagues and I at Bloom Works have seen some patterns in the activities that end up…

5 min readApr 9, 2021

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various hands working to complete a website redesign

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Adam Moorman

The Second Step Toward a More Inclusive Web: Build a Solid Foundation

This is part two in a series of posts exploring how we view, approach, and implement accessibility on the web.

6 min readMar 30, 2021

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The Second Step Toward a More Inclusive Web: Build a Solid Foundation

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Editor of Pollinator
design, data & tech in service to people
Emily Wright-Moore
Principal and UX at Bloom Works. Designer/User Researcher, making government work better.
Adam Moorman

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