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August and September upgrades on the Civic Tech Field Guide

We enjoyed a couple of weeks offline in August, but we also completed the following improvements to the site over the past two months: First and foremost, we launched the Pathways Through the Portal report resource section. It covers fellowships, organizations, conferences, and tools that will help you use emerging technology for the public good.… Continue reading August and September upgrades on the Civic Tech Field Guide

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July’s updates and improvements

We have some good updates brewing that will come online soon. In the meantime, here’s what happened on the site in July: With help from our teammate Ana Velásquez, we mapped our Open Causes taxonomy (covering the issues projects address) to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and made a CSV export of the causes freely… Continue reading July’s updates and improvements

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June’s improvements and updates to the Civic Tech Field Guide

Last month, we: Create a collection to promote anti-racist civic tech projects. Added a contact form for claimed projects, so that viewers can get in touch with the project owners. Here’s an example. Expanded the default view on Tag and Category pages to 20 projects, from 10. Welcomed mySociety as curator of our new United… Continue reading June’s improvements and updates to the Civic Tech Field Guide

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February’s improvements and curatorial updates

Sorry for the delay this month….a lot was happening. We make regular technical and usability improvements to the Civic Tech Field Guide. These are always available on our site changelog. You can also stay up to date on the 50 most recently added project listings at civictech.guide/new. February’s site updates: Created pages for Poland, Washington… Continue reading February’s improvements and curatorial updates

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Civic tech conferences are moving online. We’re your source.

Are you bored at home yet? With the entire conference schedule canceled or postponed for the foreseeable future, many organizers are bringing their events online. The upside? They’re far more accessible for people who can’t easily travel, and they’re often free of charge to attend. Subscribe to our conference calendar with Google Calendar or iCal… Continue reading Civic tech conferences are moving online. We’re your source.

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January’s improvements and curatorial updates

Welcome to the new ’20s! We make regular technical and usability improvements to the Civic Tech Field Guide. These are always available on our site changelog. You can also stay up to date on the 50 most recently added project listings at civictech.guide/new. January’s site updates: Fixed a pagination bug where proceeding past the first… Continue reading January’s improvements and curatorial updates

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