Blog Post
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…
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.
BLOG
The latest ideas from our team
![A series of 6 resources now available in the resource library]()
Blog Post
Our journey to a clarified vision and a new brand
We have a new website and a new logo. Those words feel REALLY good to say out loud! It's been…
![New-brand-website-blog-post]()
Blog Post
2020 Year in Review
2020 tested the resilience and reliability of human-centered processes. What does it look like when we can’t be together? What…
![]()
Blog Post
Creative Constraints: Designing a Virtual Community Meeting during a Crisis
In the era of physical distancing, face-to-face public participation tactics like town hall meetings, community workshops and tabling are not…
![]()
EVENTS
CivicMakers started as a meetup group, and we still host as many community events, trainings and other learning opportunities as we can.
event
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
Read New Year, New Brand, Same CivicMakers: A Community Celebration!![]()
event
Resource Library Workshop Series: Journey Mapping
Learn how the City of San Jose maps the experience of people across processes.Welcome to our Resource Library Workshop Series…
February 24, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Read Resource Library Workshop Series: Journey Mapping![]()
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!
resource
Stakeholder Identification
Last Updated: November, 2021 A key step to engaging the humans in human-centered design is identifying your stakeholders. This framework…
![]()
resource
Data Synthesis Plan
Last Updated: November, 2021 Telling a clear and defensible story with your insights is essential to transforming data into meaningful…
![]()
resource
Journey Mapping
Last Updated: November, 2021 Think of the journey map as a glorified table that helps you map different types of…
![]()
resource
Communications Strategy & Messaging Guidelines
Last Updated: November, 2021 When engaging stakeholders (whether it be the general public, partners, staff, etc.), it is important to…
![]()
