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Workforce Meets Human-Centered Design in the Middle of the State
The workforce system is obsessed with Human-Centered Design (HCD), and the problem-solving method is no longer simply a buzzword; some…
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Check out our blog posts, events, and curated human-centered design resources below.
The workforce system is obsessed with Human-Centered Design (HCD), and the problem-solving method is no longer simply a buzzword; some…
The CivicMakers Team led the inaugural Workforce Transformation Corps cohort, in partnership with Make Fast Studio, Jobs for the Future,…
The CivicMakers Team led the inaugural Workforce Transformation Corps cohort, in partnership with Make Fast Studio, Jobs for the Future,…
The CivicMakers Team led the inaugural Workforce Transformation Corps cohort, in partnership with Make Fast Studio, Jobs for the Future,…
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
Read New Year, New Brand, Same CivicMakers: A Community Celebration!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
Read Human-Centered Community Engagement TrainingJoin 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
Read Human-Centered Strategic Planning TrainingDo 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
Read Civic Mixer in Sacramento!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!
Last Updated: November, 2021 A key step to engaging the humans in human-centered design is identifying your stakeholders. This framework…
Last Updated: November, 2021 Telling a clear and defensible story with your insights is essential to transforming data into meaningful…
Last Updated: November, 2021 Think of the journey map as a glorified table that helps you map different types of…
Last Updated: November, 2021 When engaging stakeholders (whether it be the general public, partners, staff, etc.), it is important to…