This was presented by Dawn McDougall (PromptWorks, US) and Jill Bjers (Open Charlotte, US) at the Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC 2019) in Paris on 20th March 2019. You can find out more information about the conference here: http://tictec.mysociety.org/2019

1. Methods of Engagement for
Volunteer Civic Tech
Jill Bjers & Dawn McDougall

3. ➦ Applications
Methods of Engagement
➦ Advocacy
➦ Community-Building
➦ Technical Consulting

4. ● Traditional method
● Easy opportunities to participate
● Can be build for network-sharing
Applications

6. Impact
Easy access point for highly skilled volunteers
Smaller organizations struggle for sustainability
Minimized when network-sharing approach is taken

7. ● Changes tech into the tool, not the solution
● Helps make lasting change
Advocacy

9. Impact
Technology as the tool to drive data-driven advocacy
Policy change that brings equality is the social justice work

10. ● Grassroots relationship building
● Promotes diversity
● Build with, not for
Community Building

11. Community Ambassador Program

12. Impact
Living up to Build With, Not For
Stronger connections make better tech & advocacy

13. ● Most unique & newest way to engage
● Jargon-free conversations with less tech
savvy government departments
Technical Consulting

15. Impact
Builds relationships with departments when a project isn’t
readily available
Better RFP makes for better tech, makes for better
procurement.

16. No one method to
rule them all.

17. The Power of a
broad
approach
● Living up to build with,
not for
● Tech is the tool for
transformation
● Change is driven by
people & relationships
with the help of data.

18. Call To Action
Building better government is a social movement.
Get involved with your local civic volunteers!

20. Thank you!
Jill Bjers | jill@opencharlotte.org | @jillzey
Dawn McDougall | dawn@codeforphilly.org | @de_mcdougs