3/27 at 5:30pm: Venture Café Invites you to a Conversation on Civic Technology

[Adam Friedman]

Hey folks,

I'm attending, and so should you!

Adam

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Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:57 AM
Subject: Venture Café Invites you to a Conversation on Civic Technology
 

Use this area to offer a short preview of your email's content. View this email in your browser Venture Café Foundation Invites you to A Conversation on Civic Technology Boston's innovation community has had great successes recently in working with government officials to empower and inform citizens.  Some examples have included Citizens Connect, Will they tow me?, Localocracy and NearbyFYI.  We now want to expand the conversation on Civic Technology to address the harder and broader problems that the public groups are facing.  The questions that we plan to address in this evening conversation are: What is Civic Technology? What problems are we trying to solve? What is the role of citizen engagement? How do we make it easier for the technology community to connect with public officials about their problems? We have lined up people from various parts of the public and private communities to spark the conversation and then invite the audience to engage in the discussion. Kate Crawford, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (Social Media Collective), a Visiting Professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, a Senior Fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU, and an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales Nigel Jacob, New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston Carlos Martinez-Vela, Executive Director, Venture Café Foundation Travis McCready, Vice President for Programs, The Boston Foundation In coordination with the New Urban Mechanics, and Venture Café Foundation, the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center will convene a conversation on Civic Tech on March 27, 2014 5:30 - 7:30 PM at the Microsoft New England Research & Development, First Floor Conference Center. A reception will follow from 7:30 - 8:00 PM.   REGISTER HERE for this FREE event today! About Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center New England The Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center aims for Microsoft to be "of" the community, not just exist within it.  Through the Innovation and Policy Center, we are extending beyond the tech community to: Connect stakeholders from tech to the broader business, academic and government communities Catalyze important technology and public policy discussions Contribute more directly with the health and vitality of greater New England About The Venture Café Foundation The Venture Café Foundations's is a non-profit corporation that provides resources for the entrepreneurial and innovation communities that enable conversations and collaborations.  The Venture Café mission is to: Build, strengthen and connect communities Stretch the definition of innovation Expand the reach of innovation Share the stories The Venture Café Foundation presently runs four programs:  Venture Café, District Hall, Mass Bay Innovation Alliance (MBIA), and Captains of Innovation Program.   Copyright © 2014 District Hall, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Massachusetts Innovation Community Our mailing address is: District Hall 75 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210

 

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

I'm going to this.  Afterwards, there will also be a civic tech mixer at nearby Hack/Reduce:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-tech-mixer-tickets-11064228405

There will be some out of town guests doing recruitment, so please do forward the eventbrite link to people you know who are interested in working in civic technology.

best

Shauna

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