Design Phases: Define
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JFF Workforce Communities of Action
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2023 Year in Review
Every year, the CivicMakers Team takes a look at what projects (both internal and external), people, and partners furthered our…
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ETP – Application Process Evaluation
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City of Pleasanton Budget Engagement
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Surfacing Insights from State Employees
The CivicMakers Team has been working with a state agency over the past six months to better understand how multiple…
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End of Year Reflection, 2022
It can be difficult to fit time for reflection and learning from our work into the day-to-day of running a…
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Commitments to Inclusive & Accessible Learning Space
It’s been two years since we piloted our Learning Lab at the City of San José - how the time…
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Practicing Accessible Design in Community Development
How do communities design for accessibility? What can we learn from co-creating living spaces with people with disabilities and their…
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Asset-Based Community Development for Planned Affordable Housing in San Jose
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Project SPARC
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A resource library for sharing our tools with you
To our community of civic designers–and our community members who don't yet see themselves as designers–we're excited to announce the…
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Journey Mapping
Last Updated: November, 2021 Think of the journey map as a glorified table that helps you map different types of…
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Communications Strategy & Messaging Guidelines
Last Updated: November, 2021 When engaging stakeholders (whether it be the general public, partners, staff, etc.), it is important to…
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Survey Design
Last Updated: November, 2021 Surveys can be a powerful data collection method when we want a high quantity of Responses,…
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San Francisco ‘SF Shines’ Program Evaluation and Implementation