Civic Tech Chat

[Kevin Carter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinrcarter/), Digital Service Expert with the United States Digital Service (USDS) joins us at the Pentagon. We'll engage in a discussion about how customer and employee experience concepts can be combined to improve government services for agencies across government. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Dan Pink Article](https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/...

[Nehemiah Dacres](https://twitter.com/dacresni), Open Source advocate and Captain of the OpenSTL Code for America joins us for a chat about Open Source licenses. We'll learn about their varying types as well as why they can be useful for your projects. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [OpenSTL](http://openstl.org/) - [Data.gov](https://www.data.gov/) - [Code.gov](https://code.gov/) - [Technology Rev...

Amanda Damewood (https://twitter.com/AmandaDamewood), Human Centered Design Coach, drives a chat about Human Centered Design and how you can harness it as your secret super power. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Ideo] (https://www.ideo.org) - [+Acumen] https://www.plusacumen.org - [International Design in Government Community] (https://designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2017/12/11/growing-the-international-d...

[Andrew Schrock](https://twitter.com/aschrock), Communication Post Doctoral Fellow at Chapman University, joins us to converse about Innovation Teams and how they fit into the Civic Tech movement. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - Perspectives Innovation Teams, Mundane Innovation, and the Public Good : [https://www.epicpeople.org/innovation-teams-mundane-innovation-and-the-public-good/](https://www.e...

Tom Schenk, Jr.(https://twitter.com/tomschenkjr), Chicago's Chief Data Officer, joins us to discuss the role of open data in civic tech. Our host questions Schenk on the virtues of the Chicago Data Portal(https://data.cityofchicago.org/) and examines the role data plays in building a stronger, more transparent government. Resources and Shoutouts: - Chicago Open Data Portal: data.cityofchicago.org/...

This is the to the first of our series of breakdown talks. These sessions are meant to summarize various civic technology concepts. Our subject today is Open Data. Resources and Shoutouts: Project open data: https://project-open-data.cio.gov/ Data.gov: https://www.data.gov/open-gov/ Sunlight Foundation: https://sunlightfoundation.com/ My building doesn’t recycle: http://mybuildingdoesntrecycle.com...

Our inaugural episode features a panel discussion with Kristi Leach, an independent Design Researcher and Information Architect, Tom Dooner, a Developer Evangelist for Code for America, and Cyrus Sethna, a Digital Services Expert with the United States Digital Service. We'll talk about what Civic Tech is, where the movement stands, and how you can get involved. Web Resources mentioned in the episo...

Host Ryan Koch introduces Civic Tech Chat and outlines topics for the upcoming podcast on public service technology.