Wigan are trying something new: a contract between residents and the council as both sides strive for a better borough. Side deck.
Better design for the case management systems used by social workers. Slide deck.
Consul’s participation software is used by 90 governments in 18 different countries, giving citizens a voice in decisions about their own neighbourhoods. Slide deck.
New ways to look at the world, with data. This presentation included some beautiful charts for those who love data visualisation. Slide deck.
MHCLG share how they are helping Local Government to ‘fix the plumbing’, by putting the basics in place now — and quickly. Slide deck.
Shift discover that by removing judgement, online platforms become more accessible. Slide deck.
How do you effect the fundamental rethink from service user to service provider? Slide deck.
Slide deck running through the benefits of hosting in the cloud.
TICTEC Local 2019 was kicked off with an overarching look at the meaning, evidence and impact of local digital. Slide deck.
Panelists from the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport, FutureGov, Westminster University and Involve discuss how civic tech can foster citizen engagement. Notes document.
How the Open Data Institute encouraged take up of their toolkit for data-informed policy development by local councils. A notes document.
Notes from an engaging presentation on how quantitative data changed housing reform law in New York.
Learn how US civic tech organisations are deploying a variety of means to get citizens engaged.
An overview of the work of Democracy Club, which leads a huge effort in crowdsourcing data every time there’s a UK election. A slide deck.
Data scientists worked with a foodbank in Huddersfield to understand whether they could predict which customers are most likely to be in need of future support, so that they could intervene early. A notes document.
Notes from a presentation about Proxy Address, which provides stable addresses for those facing the instability of homelessness.
Sharing components across different areas has helped GOV.UK make efficiencies in processes such as online payments. A slide deck.
A slide deck, in which Hackney and Croydon Councils present experimental approaches to user research.
In New York, development proposals that increase density are required to assess the environmental impact of that increase. A slide deck.
Looking at two projects which used civic tech to better engage with public: design services to be used by local people; and collecting opinions about autonomous vehicles. A notes document.
Looking at four intersecting crises hitting deprived areas of the UK. A slide deck.
Notes from an inspiring panel featuring representatives of the Green Party, FutureGov, Hubub and Friends of the Earth.
Putting the capital’s unused commercial properties to use as ‘meanwhile spaces’. Slide deck.