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JFF Workforce Communities of Action
Tag: State Government
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Case Study
ETP – Application Process Evaluation
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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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Kicking Off the Workforce Transformation Corps!
The Workforce Transformation Corps The CivicMakers Team is honored to support the ambitious Workforce Transformation Strategy of Jobs For the…
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Case Study
Project SPARC
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One Civic Innovation Firm’s Reflections from the 2019 Code for America Summit
Last week, designers, technologists and public servants of all stripes descended on Oakland for the 2019 Code for America Summit. This…
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California Health & Human Services Innovation Lab
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Translating Design into the Public Sector (SF Design Week: Volume II)
During SF Design Week (SFDW), we asked people to consider how service design informs the development and delivery of public services. To…
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Learning from Public Sector Service Designers (SF Design Week: Volume I)
This summer, we had the pleasure of participating in SF Design Week (SFDW), and the honor of having SFDW attendees participate with us!…
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Reflecting and Looking Forward: Public Impact Design
What is the impact you’re trying to make? What is one way you’re trying to make that impact? In trying…
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Code for America User Research
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CA Health & Human Services Knowledge Sharing Platform
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Designing for Public Impact
It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this that public sector challenges are incredibly complex. As I’ve mentioned previously,…
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These Californians are improving public health with data
It’s a new year, and with it comes new opportunities for individuals and organizations to make data-driven decisions. As more…
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Co-Discovery: A Process for Impactful Projects
At CivicMakers, we believe gathering the right mix of people, cultivating community and building trust are key ingredients for any successful…
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#CivicTech Primer: What is “civic tech”?
Here in the Second Great Internet Bubble, we’ve come to accept Marc Andreessen’s maxim that “software is eating the world.”…
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