We sit down with (Chris Kuang)[https://twitter.com/chris_kuang], (Emily Fong)[https://twitter.com/emolyfong], and (Frankie Devanbu)[https://twitter.com/FrankieDevanbu] of Coding it Forward, a civic technology fellowship program put together by students, for students. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Coding It Forward Website](https://www.codingitforward.com/) - [NYT Piece: Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/magazine/black-mothe...
Aug 08, 2018•54 min•Ep. 16
We're joined by a panel of folks from [Open Savannah](https://twitter.com/opensavannah) for a conversation about how their brigade started, how they communicate, and how they approach community organizing. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Open Savannah Website](https://opensavannah.org/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)
Aug 02, 2018•51 min•Ep. 15
We dive into a discussion with [Drake Hougo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhougo/) and [Sean O'Bannon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-obannon/) Co-Founders of Pulse, a platform meant to help improve civic engagement between consitutents and legislators. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)
Jul 22, 2018•52 min•Ep. 14
We engage in a conversation with [Kalen Gallagher](https://twitter.com/kalengallagher), School Board Member, and candidate for the San Jose City Council. We talk policy, civic tech, inclusion, and what it's like to be a candidate for office. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Kalen's Campaign site](http://www.kalengallagher.com/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)
Jul 20, 2018•40 min•Ep. 13
This week we talk to [Amenity Applewhite](https://twitter.com/amenity), Product Manager with the [City of Austin](http://www.austintexas.gov/). We chat about traversing through skill learning, facing adversity, and modernizing services delivery at the city. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Susan Fowler](https://www.susanjfowler.com/home/) - [Austin Alpha site](http://alpha.austin.gov/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts...
Jun 25, 2018•58 min•Ep. 12
This week we talk to [Kent Wyatt](https://twitter.com/kwyatt23) founder of [Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)](https://twitter.com/ELGL50) about the 'why' that drives him forward, the ELGL organization, and the [GovLove podcast](https://twitter.com/GovLovePodcast). This podcast swap seeks to help build bridges between the local government professional community and the civic tech movement. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Vendor Directory](http://elgl.org/vendor-school-directory/) - [Diver...
Jun 20, 2018•52 min•Ep. 11
Civic Tech Chat was at The [Code for America](https://codeforamerica.org) Summit in Oakland California! This week we feature a series of 18 interviews with folks at the event. We talk about what they're working on, what civic tech means to them, and critically... what brigade sticker they fancy. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 10
We'll take a listen to a lightning talk that our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) gave at the Code for America Summit in Oakland California last Friday (06/01/2018). The talk is focused on the idea of citizen technologists running for office making use of Ryan's own story as an example. It hopes serve as a point of inspiration for folks like you to take on a run of your own. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Website](https://k12cs.org/) - [K-12 Comput...
Jun 05, 2018•10 min•Ep. 9
Ryan, our host, discusses the [K-12 Computer Science Framework](https://k12cs.org/) a community driven policy guide for education policy. We'll talk at a high level about what it is, why it's important, what's in it, and how it can inform policy makers. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Website](https://k12cs.org/) - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Document](https://k12cs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/K%E2%80%9312-Computer-Science-Framework.pdf) ##### Music Credit...
May 16, 2018•7 min•Ep. 8
[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/2014/04/07/manage-talented-people-bossing-around/) - [President's Management Agenda](https://www.whi...
May 09, 2018•43 min•Ep. 7
[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 Review Algorithms are actually making inequality worse](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610026/algor...
Apr 29, 2018•55 min•Ep. 6
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-design-in-government-community/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusica...
Apr 22, 2018•39 min•Ep. 5
[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.epicpeople.org/innovation-teams-mundane-innovation-and-the-public-good/) - Andrew Schrock's Website [...
Apr 03, 2018•57 min•Ep. 4
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/ - Chi Hack Night: chihacknight.org - Open Uptown: http://openuptown.us - Executive Order: https://w...
Mar 12, 2018•32 min•Ep. 3
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/ Govlab: Nepal Earthquake case study: http://odimpact.org/case-nepal-earthquake-recovery.html Cinci...
Feb 27, 2018•4 min•Ep. 2
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 episode -Code for America Brigade: https://brigade.codeforamerica.org/ -Code for America Public Interest ...
Feb 19, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 1
Host Ryan Koch introduces Civic Tech Chat and outlines topics for the upcoming podcast on public service technology.
Feb 19, 2018•52 sec•Ep. 1
