Civic Tech: Putting it all together

Agenda

6:30-9:00: Guests: 9-9:30: Evaluation

Week 1: Intro / Government as platform / 300 conversations

Week 2: Start with user needs / Human-centered design / Testing / Journey maps

Week 3: Lower the barriers to experimentation / Prototyping-Agile-Lean / HCD sprint

Week 4: Join the open ecosystem / open source/data/government / Pamela Robinson / Midpoint review

Week 5: Build great interfaces / Accessibility / Canvases /

Week 6: Working across silos / External collaboration / Breakout discussions

Week 7: Expert AMA

Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your work, particularly around some of the topics we've covered in the course like digital government and civic tech?
What are some of the exciting things that you're seeing in Toronto, Ontario and/or Canada when it comes to digital government, civic tech and other innovation around these topics?
Where and how do you keep your skills and knowledge up to date when it comes to these topics?
Do you have any suggestions for this class when it comes to building buy-in and support for these concepts? How can we find and/or build community around these ideas?
What advice do you have for the folks in this class who are working to put these concepts into practice in and around the public service?

Let’s stay in touch?
Maintain the Slack site and share information - weekly check-in on Tuesdays? Email reminder?
Maybe an alumni channel? Or mailing list?
Touch base in 6 months and meet up?
Let’s collaborate?
What about more courses, what’s next?
What else?

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