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Kate and I had a great chat the other week about measuring the impact of civic tech. This is front in center with this preliminary release: http://bit.ly/edemsurveyresults Kate wanted me to let you know this Harvard event is open to public registration and will be webcast LIVE (but per the note below, but not recorded for later viewing). Since daylight savings times are in flux, for global viewers, find your local time: http://bit.ly/convertwebcasttime Read on below. Very interesting. - Steven Clift, E-Democracy.org From: Kate Krontiris Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 1:28 PM Subject: March 24th || Berkman Center Talk || Understanding Interested Bystanders Hi there Steven - I wanted to invite you to join the ranks of hecklers at an upcoming Berkman Center lunch talk, where (for the first time publicly!) we will be presenting new findings of an ethnographic and quantitative study into what motivates everyday Americans to do things that are civic. Tuesday, March 24th @ 12p EST RSVP required and lunch served Please RSVP at this link: http://bit.ly/Krontirisberkman This research was conducted in collaboration with the Google Civic Innovation portfolio and my colleagues from Google will be present to discuss how this work has informed the design of civic-related products and services at Google. * John Webb is a senior user experience researcher at Google * Charlotte Krontiris is a writer and researcher based in Cambridge. * Eric Gordon, who has just published an extensive volume of case studies called the Civic Media Project - http://civicmediaproject.org , will be moderating the discussion. I’m particularly hopeful that you will be able to attend, as I would really value your feedback on the substance and implications of the work for the civic technology community and civic life more broadly. The talk will be webcast live on this page starting at 12p EST, but will not be recorded. Thanks kindly for informing our hosts as to your availability -- and I hope to see you there! Warmly, Kate >From the RSVP page: http://bit.ly/Krontirisberkman America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation with Berkman Fellow, Kate Krontiris. Kate will be joined by research colleagues John Webb (Google) and Charlotte Krontiris. Eric Gordon will be moderating the discussion. Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 12:00 pm [NEW LOCATION] Harvard Law School Wasserstein Hall, Room 2004 (second floor) RSVP required for those attending in person via the form: http://bit.ly/Krontirisberkman Event will be webcast live on this page at 12:00 pm but will not be recorded. This talk will explore the results of research conducted over the past year by the Google Civic Innovation team. The research includes a joint qualitative and quantitative study for understanding “Interested Bystanders,” or that portion of the population that is paying attention to the world around them, but not regularly voicing their opinions or taking action. As applied research, this work sought to 1) inform the design of civic-related products and services at Google and 2) be of actionable value across the civic technology community more broadly. In reporting what we learned, we also have attempted to share how we learned it, and offer a case study for the use of human-centered research to inform civic interventions. About Kate Kate is a researcher, strategist, and facilitator working to transform civic life in America. In pursuit of a society where more people assert greater ownership over the decisions that govern their lives, she uses ethnographic tools to design products, policies, and services that enable a more equitable democratic future. During her fellowship with the Berkman Center, Kate will explore two topics: 21st century girlhood, and Americans' awareness of their government's presence in their lives. With full research support from Google’s Civic Innovation portfolio, Kate just finished traveling across the United States to ascertain what motivates everyday Americans to take civic actions and what holds them back. The goal of this research is to understand how we have become a nation of interested bystanders, and what can be done to nudge everyday people to take small actions that could radically transform the fabric of civic participation. The findings are being used to inform the design of civic products and services at Google, and will be shared with the civic tech ecosystem publicly, likely later this year. Kate is best known for her applied research on how citizens use technology. Earlier this year, Kate led a discovery and design process on behalf of Personal Democracy Media to investigate and envision a new center for civic innovation in New York City. In spring of 2013, she led a first-of-its-kind ethnographic investigation into American elections, assessing the human motivations, technological systems, and institutional landscapes that define elections administration at the most local levels. This year, the non-profit, non-partisan civic startup TurboVote is prototyping with elections officials a series of tools whose specifications flow directly from the findings, in order to effect a wholesale re-visioning of the voter experience by 2016. Kate also spent time in the U.S. Department of State and at Google Ideas, exploring how technology might be used to improve judicial outcomes. Prior to her graduate education, Kate built a career in problem-solving justice and mediation. Working with the Center for Court Innovation around New York City, she shepherded a multi-stakeholder task force on prison reentry in Harlem and developed meaningful community service initiatives for the Bronx Criminal Court. She also mediated over 150 conflicts through youth court and conflict resolution programs. Kate is a graduate of Columbia University. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She serves as a member of the Harlem Justice Corps Community Advisory Board and is also an alumna of the AmeriCorps National Service Program. http://katekrontiris.com/ || @katekrontiris ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/68NaUF3rdCOPDBLanUGDg5 Leave group mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Unsubscribe
