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Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital technologies are connecting residents in neighborhoods, catalyzing community discussions, changing the way governments and citizens interact, and making government more transparent. This growing field of “civic tech” is aiming to harness technology to spur citizen engagement, improve cities and make government more effective.

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5 Games Supporting Nonprofits’s Missions, from Low-Tech to High-Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Games — both digital and analog — provide a great opportunity for inviting players to interact with a real-world causes and societal challenges. government and encouraging participatory democracy. ” Senate Immersion Module. Created by ESI Design, the 100-player Senate Immersion Module game was made for the Edward M.

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

Tech Soup

" Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. " Digital Democracy's approach to achieving this mission is based on the following three stages: Digital literacy: Getting individuals to understand the tools and how to use them. Six years later, it looks like Dd hasn't strayed far from its roots.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

So don't be nervous — we're ready to create amazing tech training and networking events in your community! This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Los Angeles, California: Digital Inclusion. Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

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Explore Impact Leadership at NTEN’s Leading Change Summit: Free Registration Giveaway

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The summit will be an opportunity for deeper peer learning for nonprofit change makers in three theme areas: digital strategy , impact leadership , and the future of technology. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

Tech Soup

This special digital storytelling episode of Nonprofits Live will include secrets from the pros for nonprofits submitting photo and video stories to the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge in February. This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts!

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Frameworks and Lessons from the Public Participation in Science Research Report

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What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Participation in science research is a good basis on which to develop a framework for participatory models because it is based on a consistent scientific process with many steps.

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