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Human Centered Design for Local Capacity Building
Every day civic activists, organizations, and governments are working to incorporate 21st century tools into antiquated practices and systems. NDI’s TechCivica Initiative aims to support this…
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Passionate about using the right tech for human rights? Interested in innovative ways to connect governments and citizens? Got ideas how social media could actually support democracy rather than fuel the current dumpster fire? See uses for…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday: Bringing Design Sprints to NDI
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As the Technology Innovation team at NDI, we are always looking for new approaches to build impactful platforms. One of our recent pilot projects—DemGames—offers our partner organizations an opportunity…
Read MoreIntroducing the Democracy Notary: An Experiment in Information Integrity
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A look at the DemocracyNotary.org home page
“Who you gonna believe” – as the comics say – “me, or your lyin’ eyes?” When it comes to politics, cognitive bias has always given citizens a strong push to believe “their side,” whatever the evidence to the contrary suggests.
As…
Read MoreLaunching Data Storytelling Course for Civic Technologists
Civic organizations, government, and activists are becoming more adept at using digital technologies to engage on community issues, participate in public discourse, and stay connected. This civic technology-- such as online petition platforms,…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 10/12/18
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Good news! California just passed a law requiring all Internet-of-things (IoT) devices to have unique, secure password.…
Weekly Roundup 10/01/18
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Last week, Cloudflare announced it would support Google’s Roughtime, a protocol that (roughly) keeps the internet’s clocks in synch. Accurate time is critical for cybersecurity,…
Weekly Roundup 9/21/18
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On September 9th, Swedes took to the polls to vote for a new prime minister and members of parliament. Studying a sample of Twitter posts in the run-up to the elections, researchers at the…
Read MoreWeekly Roundup 9/14/18
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Last week, the 172-year-old Associated Press (AP) announced a collaboration with the little over twelve-month-old Civil Media Company, a…
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