guides
Algorithm Tips
Resources and leads for investigating algorithms in society
Beautiful Rising
Beautiful Rising seeks to strengthen the capacity, creativity, and effectiveness of social movements, activist groups, and civil society organizations to achieve lasting social change.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citizens’ Assembly Websites: Practical Guidance
Here we discuss two pillars of a Citizens’ Assembly website: its design and editorial principles; and the information that should be included.
United Kingdom
DataJournalism.com
Where journalism meets data
Digital Defense Fund
- digitaldefensefund.org
- Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Hotlines, Manage volunteers, SMS
A top to bottom plan for getting your org up to best security practices.
EGAP – Evidence in Government And Politics
- www.egap.org
- Learn about civic tech, Meet the others, Peer networks, Peer-reviewed research, Research and policy centers, Socialize online, The People
EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
113 Moses Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Government of South Australia Open Data Guide
The South Australian open data toolkit, contains resources to help agencies release open data. The resources can be tailored to suit your requirements.
State Administration Centre, 200, Victoria Square, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
How to Organize Your Workplace Without Getting Caught
Before even thinking about what you should and shouldn’t do, or what tech you should or shouldn’t use, ask yourself: do you know your company?
Montreal, QC, Canada
MapIt UK
If you have a Excel, CSV, or OpenDocument file including a column of postcodes, upload it here, and MapIt will automatically match the postcodes and add columns for the administrative areas (councils, constituencies, CCGs, etc.) you request, sending you the results by email.
United Kingdom
Online SOS
OnlineSOS empowers people facing online harassment
Open Data Lab Jakarta
We’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.
Open Data Swiss Handbook
handbook.opendata.swiss provides support for individuals and organizations wishing to publish open government data.
Participatory budgeting SMS outreach guide
The purpose of this guide is to help PB implementers understand how they can use mass text messaging to effectively engage underrepresented communities in participatory budgeting (PB).
Project Open Data (Obama Administration)
Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an Asset
Public Design Vault
500+ design tools for public good, all in one place.
Quartz Bad Data Guide
An exhaustive reference to problems seen in real-world data along with suggestions on how to resolve them.
Quartz, East 48th Street, New York, NY, USA
The Firefox EU Elections Toolkit
The Firefox EU Elections Toolkit helps you to prevent pre-vote online manipulation
Europe
The ODI’s Data Ethics Canvas
The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.
The ODI’s Open Standards for Data Guidebook
Open standards for data are reusable agreements that make it easier for people and organisations to publish, access, share and use better quality data. This guidebook helps people and organisations create, develop and adopt open standards for data.
The Open Data Handbook
Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.
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