civic innovation

In this episode, we feature the voices of cofounder of CivicMakers Judi Brown, Assistant Director of Human Resources at the City of San Jose Kelli Parmley and former Director of Digital Services and Open Government for the City of San Rafael, Rebecca Woodbury

In today’s show we wanted to focus on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic and economic meltdown have and are continuing to have on our local governments. We asked our friend of the show Judi Brown and her team at CivicMakers to help us put together and co-host a panel discussion with local government thought leaders to share with us how they are responding to the economic and health crisis along with their experience’s insights and recommendations.

To find out more about Civic Innovation, please listen to our 2016 show titled What is Civic Innovation which features Judi Brown, from CivicMakers, Krista Canellaskis from the City of San Francisco’s Office of Innovation and Susan Stuart Clark from Common Knowledge. 

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New from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Data-Smart City Pod brings on top innovators and leading industry, academic, and government officials to discuss data, innovation, and government. This podcast serves as a central resource for cities and individuals interested in the intersection of government and innovations, the adoption of data projects on the local government level, and how to become data smart. Hosted by Stephen Goldsmith, former Deputy Mayor of New York,  Mayor of Indianapolis, and current Professor at Harvard Kennedy School.

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Music credit: Summer-Man by Ketsa

About Data-Smart City Solutions

Data-Smart City Solutions, housed at the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School, is working to catalyze adoption of data projects on the local government level by serving as a central resource for cities interested in this emerging field. We highlight best practices, top innovators, and promising case studies while also connecting leading industry, academic, and government officials. Our research focus is the intersection of government and data, ranging from open data and predictive analytics to civic engagement technology. We seek to promote the combination of integrated, cross-agency data with community data to better discover and preemptively address civic problems. To learn more visit us online and follow us on Twitter. 

About the Ash Center 

The Ash Center is a research center and think tank at Harvard Kennedy School focused on democracy, government innovation, and Asia public policy. AshCast, the Center's podcast series, is a collection of conversations, including events and experts Q&As, from around the Center on pressing issues, forward-looking solutions, and more. 

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TribalScale Co-Founder & CEO Sheetal Jaitly is joined by Rakesh Tiku, President of inField Solutions Inc., and Paula Kwan, Former Founding Director Civic Innovation Officer at City of Toronto. Side Walk Labs? Smart Cities? Connected lamp posts? Yes, they cover it all. Get a front row seat to the innovation happening in our city and across oceans, the future we're moving to, the barriers, and the processes that all culminate into Smart Cities. 

Dr. Catherine Pearl

University of Wisconsin professors Satish and Priya Nambisan, says that a trifecta of austerity, complexity, and digital technology has created this new opportunity for everyday citizens to help “co-create” new solutions for solving civic problems in their communities.http://brook.gs/MsUtPU

This episode is focused on Civic Innovation and its impact on our economy, community, and democracy. In this episode, we feature the voices of:

• Krista Canellakis the Deputy Innovation Officer from the City of San Francisco’s Office of Civic Innovation http://innovatesf.com/ and
• Judi Brown co-founder of Civic Makers http://civicmakers.org/ and
• Susan Stuart Clark a Director at Common Knowledge http://ckgroup.org/

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