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@SmartChicago | #ConnectChicago | #CUTGroup
Cases in Civic Engagement & Community Information through TechnologyThe McCormick Foundation
Denise Linn & Sonja MarzianoMarch 2, 2016
AgendaIntroductions
Overview of the Smart Chicago’s Model, Mission, Areas of Work
Case #1: Array of Things Civic Engagement
Case #2: CUTGroup
Case #3: Connect Chicago
Questions + Discussion
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Introductions
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Smart Chicago CollaborativeWe were founded in 2011 by the City of Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust & the MacArthur Foundation.
We care about access to the Internet, digital skills, and data.
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Array of Things Civic EngagementAt Smart Chicago, we seek to help build a smart city that works for everyone — a city
where the technical infrastructure, data, tech tools, and tech training that are shaped by residents and serve them.
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Array of Things Civic EngagementSmart Chicago is leading the civic engagement process to educate residents and gather input from communities
We will host public meetings. The first will be on March 22nd in Homan Square Community Center. The second will be on March 31st at Harold Washington Library
To gather public edits and feedback on the Array of Things Privacy Policy
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Civic Engagement Goals for this ProjectTo educate Chicago about the Array of Things project, process, the potential of the research, and the sensors’ capacities
To gather public input on the Array of Things Privacy Policy
To gather community input on the livability factors most of interest to them and most pressing to their neighborhoods
To spur a national conversation about privacy, the Internet of Things and civic engagement in these issues across the GovTech community
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CUTGroup“If it doesn’t work for you, it doesn’t work!”
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Civic User Testing Group (CUTGroup)CUTGroup is a community of over 1,300 residents in Cook County who are paid to test websites and apps and help create better technology.
New model for UX testing, digital skills development, and community engagement
If it doesn’t work for you, it doesn’t work!
Civic Engagement Goals for CUTGroup
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Reach new people who are not typically part of the tech community and ask for their feedback
Introduce people to new technology (websites and apps) that they may have never used before
Include resident voice and feedback in building better technology
Connect ChicagoConnect Chicago is a citywide, cross-sector initiative that seeks to make Chicago the
most digitally skilled, connected, and dynamic city in America.
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% No Internet Access
% No Internet Subscription
% Income <35K with no Internet subscription
% No Computer % of Internet Subscribers mobile alone or w/ dial-up
U.S. 20.1% 24.2% 45.6% 14.9% 7.8%
New York City 21.1% 24.6% 43.7% 16.2% 3.7%
Los Angeles 19.6% 23.4% 41.9% 14.3% 7.0%
Chicago 24.1% 30.2% 52.0% 19.5% 7.9%
Houston 25.9% 30.3% 50.6% 17.9% 18.1%
Philadelphia 27.0% 31.9% 48.8% 20.1% 8.0%
*Percentages in households, American Community Survey Estimates 2014
Gaps in Chicago:
About Connect Chicago
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Connect Chicago aims to increase access to the Internet, increase digital skills. and increase engagement through technology
We work with a collection of dynamic partners — the City of Chicago, World Business Chicago, the MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Public Library, LISC Chicago, and Chicago Public Schools. Smart Chicago has primary responsibility for managing the coordination of the initiative
There are 250+ places in the city where residents can access training and public computing. We foster this network through direct funding, community-building, and impact assessment
Community Information Goals
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To support reliable, accessible community information infrastructure
To increase economic & civic engagement through technology — whether it’s using government digital resources, filing taxes online, researching local issues online, or applying for jobs
To empower the digital/tech trainers in Chicago and emphasize that they a key piece of our city’s tech & information pipeline
Guiding Principles for Engagement
Guiding Principles for EngagementHost events at trusted institutions
Create accessible ways for people to sign up and participate
Give people relevant, easy-to-use incentives for participation (ex: gift cards)
Meet people where they are in terms of language, skill, and geography
Have an interactive component to the engagement
Document everything
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Questions + Discussion