In today’s episode we get the opportunity to hear from Alexandra Pittman who is the founder and CEO of ImpactMapper and HERO Index. She shares with us how ImpactMapper facilitates change measurement for a variety of organizations by helping them to understand and effectively use both qualitative and quantitative data to support social causes in areas like gender equality, human rights and more. Link To Alexandra's Summit Page: https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/alexandra-pittman-2021-summit/ Links to info and resources: https://www.impactmapper.com/ https://thehub.io/startups/hero-index Watch the video clip>> https://civic-hackers.org/s2episode4

In today's episode we hear from Hugo Seureau who is the CEO and co-founder of Essteem. We learn about their unique approach to hackathons that led to the invention of the “Equalithon”, as well as their mission; to connect people, start-ups, nonprofits and a variety of companies in the technology industry with the goal of improving business performance while simultaneously implementing specific strategies and tools that increase equality and inclusion within each workforce. Link to Hugo's Summit Page: https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/hugo-seureau-2021-summit/ Links to info and resources: https://www.essteem.com/ https://www.equalithon.io/equalithon-list Emergenze Hacks - Hack for Ukraine: https://github.com/emergenzeHack/europehelp.info/issues

In today's episode we speak with Anthony Starks, an independent developer and designer interested in data visualization, combining Art+Code and building open-sourced tools such SVGo (SVG generation), deck/decksh, and dchart. He gives us empowering information on the ways that we can use data as a tool for advocacy, and advice and examples for those of you that are interested in building your own data tools and visualizations. We talk about his involvement in the data visualization community’s online initiative, the Du Bois Challenge, including how he reproduced all of the hand drawn Du Bois data portraits with his modern digital tools. Anthony reminds us of the context of Du Bois’s original work, and the importance of its lessons for us today as we wield modern data to push for change. Links to info and resources: VIDEO CLIP: https://civic-hackers.org/resources/art-code-and-black-data-stories-civic-hacker-podcast-season-2-episode-2/ society6.com/ajstarks  https://github.com/ajstarks https://twitter.com/ajstarks?lang=en

Today’s conversation is with Allen Hillery who is the Co-Founder of Be Data Lit, a platform that promotes education for data literacy advocates, and a co-creator of the surprise data visualization sensation, the “DuBois Challenge”. He takes us behind the scenes of the challenge and leaves us with the clear message that data literacy is for everyone. Link to Allen's Summit Page: https://civichackersummit.com/schedule/allen-hillery-2021-summit/ Links to info and resources: https://bedatalit.com/ https://bedatalit.com/podcast/ Get the book! W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America https://bookshop.org/books/w-e-b-du-bois-s-data-portraits-visualizing-black-america/9781616897062 Link to check out the DuBois Challenge: https://twitter.com/hashtag/Duboischallenge2022?src=hashtag_click Donate to Support the Civic Hacker Network: https://civic-hackers.org/nonprofit Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://civic-hackers.activehosted.com/f/34

This episode is being released in January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, so we are featuring a conversation from the original Civic Hacker Summit that focused on innovative tools designed to help law enforcement build cases against trafficking rings using data gleaned from the web. Civic Hacker Network Director, Lori McNeill, discusses the history, context and outcomes of a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program called Memex with then program manager, Wade Shen. Learn about this important approach to using technology to bolster law enforcement's ability to stop criminals engaged in heinous crimes of exploitation, and how you can help continue developing the open source products.  LINKS TO INFO AND RESOURCES: Watch the demo [video] Memex Open Source projects: https://github.com/darpa-i2o/memex-program-index Stopping Human Traffickers with Memex [article] Civic Hacker Network is a non-profit organization fiscally hosted by Open Collective Foundation, a 501c3. Donate to support this podcast at: https://civic-hackers.org/nonprofit https://civic-hackers.org/freevideos Check out the Community Impact Accelerator Program at https://civic-hackers.org/cia

We recently hosted a webinar titled, “Impact Blockers: 4 mistakes standing between you and the change you want to see”. This BONUS EPISODE features the audio from that webinar. If questions about the impact of your work make you feel like a deer stuck in headlights, you're not alone. So many people working to create change in their community aren't sure about whether or not they're getting the outcomes they want, at the scale that's needed. In this webinar, our director, Lori McNeill covered 4 mistakes that often lie at the root of shortcomings in a range of social impact initiatives, civic tech and tech-for-good products, non-profit programs, and even grassroots community projects. If you're ready to gain confidence in the impact and direction of your work, this episode is a must listen! LINKS TO INFO AND RESOURCES: Check out the Community Impact Accelerator Program at https://civic-hackers.org/cia To view the Impact Blockers webinar video recording, go to https://civic-hackers.org/resources/impact-blockers-4-mistakes-standing-between-you-and-the-change-you-want-to-see/

Today's episode features a conversation with Rebecca Rumbul, Head of Research at mySociety, a U.K. based not-for-profit organization that helps people be active citizens using civic technology, research and data across 40 countries. mySociety’s research team seeks to discover what works — and what doesn’t — when it comes to civic technologies. In this conversation Rebecca shares some of her research observations and tips for how civic tech can be developed to make an in impact more in responsible and equitable ways. LINKS TO INFO AND RESOURCES: Learn more about mySociety's research at mysociety.org Check out the Community Impact Accelerator Program at https://civic-hackers.org/cia

For Episode 05 of the Civic Hacker Podcast, "AI for Good", we are featuring a conversation with Friederike Schüür to talk about how we can use data and AI for good, AI capabilities and ethics considerations, and some simple concepts that can help you make a bigger impact in your civic and social good projects. At the time of this recording, Friederike was a data scientist with the applied machine learning research firm, Fast Forward Labs. She walks us through some of the prototypes they built, and discusses what these apps reveal about the underlying data and algorithms.    LINKS TO INFO AND RESOURCES: Watch the clip of the AI application prototypes and get the links to more resources at https://civic-hackers.org/episode5 Recommended AI learning resource from our affiliate partner: https://civic-hackers.org/aibook

In Episode 04 of the Civic Hacker Podcast, "Hacking Food Insecurity", we sit down with Tim Yoon to talk about his winning National Day of Civic Hacking project, and the journey that followed to develop the idea into a working tool on the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services website.  This conversation was part of the Civic Tech Group Showcase track of the Civic Hacker Summit. In it, Tim keeps it real, and provides some great insights about working with busy agencies, the importance of building trust as you engage in these types of collaborations, and resisting the urge to go overboard on the tech part of civic tech.  LINKS TO INFO AND RESOURCES: See the clip of the demo version of the team's project>> https://civic-hackers.org/episode4 Learn more about building a civic hacking community by checking out the resources at https://civic-hackers.org/freevideos Recommended GIS learning resource for web developers from our affiliate partner: https://civic-hackers.org/arcgisforweb

This week we are joining in the international celebration of GIS technology by bringing you a very special GIS-focused talk from the Civic Hacker Summit Archives, "3 Questions You Can Answer With Maps". This session was presented by Esther Needham, Project Manager on the Data Analytics team at Azavea, a certified B Corp that applies geospatial analytics, software, and research for positive civic, social, and environmental impact. We have made the video of Azavea's presentation available to ALL Civic Hacker Network members (not just paid members) for a limited time: https://civic-hackers.org/2017-civic-hacker-summit-archive/esther-needham-and-patrick-han/ Go on over to our website Civic-hackers.org and sign up for your free membership to be able to access this video and SEE the awesome examples that the folks from Azavea were talking about. #GISWeek Membership Promotion: Use promo code GISDAY2020 to get a paid membership to the Civic Hacker Network, with 1 year of access to the entire Civic Hacker Summit Archive for just $49 (the regular price is $100/year). Go to https://civic-hackers.org/join-the-network/ to learn more, and remember to enter the promo code GISDAY2020 at checkout to get this special rate of just $49 for an annual paid membership to the Civic Hacker network. Azavea: https://www.azavea.com/ Azavea's Github: https://github.com/azavea