2018.08.11 How To Engage Civic Tech Volunteers to Advance Your Organization's Mission

DemocracyLab is a nonprofit organization with a mission to empower people who use technology to advance the public good.

DemocracyLab

Seattle’s booming technology sector wants and needs to give back to our community.
Your organization serves the public good, but has limited resources to carry out technology projects.
Open Seattle, Seattle Tech4Good, and Seattle Data for Good are partnering with DemocracyLab to launch a new platform to connect skilled volunteers to local tech-for-good projects.
Come to this workshop to learn how you can articulate your tech needs and connect with skilled volunteers to advance the work of your organization. There will be a follow up hackathon for civic tech volunteers on September 22nd, which you can RSVP to <A HREF="https://bit.ly/2AjA6Tm" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>.
 
The agenda for our meeting on Saturday, August 11th is: (slides available <A HREF="https://drive.google.com/open?id=157JoA8-opXPiGnyqYPYVA5Z16lB8rhzP" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>)
8:00-8:30      Reception Coffee
8:30-8:40       Welcome and Intro
8:40-8:50      The Potential of Civic Tech (Kate Garman, Mayor Durkan’s Technology Policy Advisor)
8:50-9:10      Working with Skilled Volunteers (Dave Forrester, 501 Commons Technology Leadership Council)
9:10-9:30      Design Thinking 101 (Melissa Quintanilha and Kevin Decker, Dupla Studios)
9:30-9:50      The Power of Data (Paul Privateer, Seattle Data for Good)
9:50-10:10    Smart Uses of Usability Testing (Megan Bruce, Seattle Civic User Testing Group)
10:10-10:30  Introduction to DemocracyLab (Mark Frischmuth, DemocracyLab)
10:30-10:45  Break
10:45-11:45  New Projects - Design Thinking 102 (Melissa Quintanilha and Kevin Decker, Dupla Studios)
                     Existing Projects - Scoping Your Project’s Needs (Joel Meyers, Seattle Tech for Good)
11:45-12:00  Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead to September Hackathon

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