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Four Key Takeaways from a Co-Design Session in Humboldt County
At a time when public benefits programs are in a state of uncertainty due to the utter chaos ensuing at…
We envision a world where every person has the potential to be a CivicMaker, with tools, skills, and capacities to advance collaborative decision-making, and every community has what they need to co-create solutions. Being in and contributing to a community of practice brings new opportunities and layers of meaning into our work.
Check out our blog posts, events, and curated human-centered design resources below.
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The latest ideas from our team
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Tool Case Study: Developing Personas in the Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board
The CivicMakers Team led the inaugural Workforce Transformation Corps cohort, in partnership with Make Fast Studio, Jobs for the Future,…
![A high level view of key categories used in this Persona. Some elements include: Age, Location, Race/Ethnicity, Language Preference, Family, Education Level, Skills, Employment, and Challenges/ Barriers.]()
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The Team Behind Our Team
CivicMakers has always been about community and bringing people together to apply their expertise toward improving public service. We convene…
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Tool Case Study: Ecosystem Mapping in the Anaheim Workforce Connection
The CivicMakers Team led the inaugural Workforce Transformation Corps cohort, in partnership with Make Fast Studio, Jobs for the Future,…
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EVENTS
CivicMakers started as a meetup group, and we still host as many community events, trainings and other learning opportunities as we can.
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New Year, New Brand, Same CivicMakers: A Community Celebration!
CivicMakers launches our new brand and website, and celebrates the talented community of civic design partners who helped get us…
January 13, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
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Human-Centered Community Engagement Training
Join us for a hands-on training on how to apply human-centered design to your Community Engagement strategy. Every organization needs to connect…
November 2, 2018 @ 9:00 am
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Human-Centered Strategic Planning Training
Join us for a unique application of human-centered design as we walk you step-by-step through meaningful and impactful Strategic Planning. See if…
October 19, 2018 @ 8:45 am
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Civic Mixer in Sacramento!
Do you work for the State? The City? The County? Are you in the private sector, but gov-curious? Either way, we want to hang…
August 24, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
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RESOURCES LIBRARY
Tools and resources,
from our work for yours
We’ve learned so much from our community, and we want to return the favor. Our Resource Library features some of the tools and resources that we use most often in our work. Each has been used, iterated and improved upon through numerous client projects. We hope you find them useful for your own work. If you have questions, or would like to see other tools or resources, drop us a line!
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Stakeholder Identification
Last Updated: November, 2021 A key step to engaging the humans in human-centered design is identifying your stakeholders. This framework…
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Ecosystem Mapping
A visual tool to understand the people, organizations, and systems shaping a problem or experience.
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Data Synthesis Plan
Last Updated: November, 2021 Telling a clear and defensible story with your insights is essential to transforming data into meaningful…
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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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