We applied our Community Engagement Impact Framework to the open data programs of Louisville and Pittsburgh.
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Our new Roadmap to Informed Communities offers tools for community-centered open data
We’re excited to launch a new set of tools for local governments to collaborate with community members around important issues using open data.
Continue readingTwo models for increasing community impact of open data
On February 27, we hosted a webinar with our colleagues at Canadian non-profit Open North designed to help city staff collaborate more with community residents on open data. The recording of the webinar is now available on-demand in this post.
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For city data to have the biggest impact, it needs to be open and it needs to involve residents. For many city staff, this can be unfamiliar, unclear, or even intimidating. How can city staff recognize these fears, understand the powerful potential of public collaboration, and cultivate that power to create a robust and enduring open data program? Join us for a webinar conversation with Canadian nonprofit OpenNorth about two models for what engaged, collaborative data publication and use looks like.
Continue readingOn cities, open data, and storytelling: Meet Alex Dodds, our new Open Cities Storyteller
This week, we’re thrilled to welcome Alexandra Dodds to Sunlight's Open Cities team! As Sunlight’s new storyteller, Alex will be sharing how cities are putting their open data policies to use as well as listening to your stories about how cities across the country to make government more transparent and effective. Stephen Larrick, our Open Cities director, sat down with Alex to discuss the perspective she brings to our team and what she’s looking forward working on.
Continue readingHere’s how city officials can make open data more useful
City leaders are brainstorming new strategies to make government data more appealing and useful to their residents. Find out how we're helping cities to be more open with members of their communities seeking public information.
Continue readingConnect open data to residents’ lives with our Tactical Data Engagement guide
Announcing "Tactical Data Engagement," a new Sunlight resource to help city open data programs go beyond mere access toward co-creation for community impact.
Continue readingHow to invite feedback on an open data policy
Matt Bailey spoke to us about his experience with collaborative drafting of an open data policy for Washington, D.C.
Continue readingWhat can we learn from the G8 Open Data Charter Action Plan?
Although the G7 countries need to work harder to improve their national action plans on open data, the efforts made so far may be able to provide a useful lesson for the international community to learn from or to avoid.
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