Using Crowdsourced Data to Spread Good Karma: Civic Hacker Podcast Season 2 Episode 8
Today’s episode features the founder of Karmalize, the world’s first and only online directory of socially responsible businesses, searchable by social cause, and completely crowdsourced from people who care about making a better future. After a 30+ year...
Q&A With U.S. Census Bureau: Civic Hacker Podcast Season 2 Episode 7
The U.S. Census Bureau open data is a key ingredient in important civic tech projects and policy advocacy work. In this episode we get to hear directly from a Census Bureau expert, Lia Bolden, as she answers questions from the Civic Hacker Network members and...
Turning Your Stories Into Impact
After about 10 years of providing consulting services to various organizations, including UN agencies, international NGOs and grassroots feminist groups across the globe, Dr. Alexandra Pittman discovered a common problem; the way that many organizations approach data...
Hometown Hacking in San Leandro, CA
Nearly a decade ago, government officials in San Leandro, California set their sights on transforming the city into a “city of innovation”. Their strategy was to first attract startups and talent to build an innovation ecosystem in San Leandro, but Derick...