Civic Tech Exchange
An online platform connecting skilled volunteers with civic technology projects to increase participation and collaboration in the civic tech movement.
What is Civic Tech Exchange?
Civic Tech Exchange is an online platform that connects skilled volunteers with technology-for-good projects to foster civic innovation. It uses marketplace dynamics to allocate effort, resources, and attention, aiming to increase participation, collaboration, and transparency within the civic tech movement. The platform helps evolve new civic innovations capable of addressing society's significant challenges.
Skilled volunteers looking to contribute to civic technology projects, and organizations or projects in the civic tech space seeking volunteer talent and collaboration opportunities.
It provides a structured marketplace specifically for civic tech, enabling efficient matching of volunteers with projects and fostering a collaborative ecosystem that traditional volunteer platforms or general job boards don't offer for this niche.
Overview
Civic Tech Exchange is an online hub for civic innovation that uses marketplace dynamics to allocate effort, resources, and attention. It aims to increase participation, collaboration, and transparency within the civic tech movement, helping evolve new civic innovations to address society's significant challenges.
Key Features
- Volunteer-Project Matching — Connects skilled volunteers with technology-for-good projects to improve civic technologies and citizen engagement.
- Marketplace Dynamics — Uses marketplace principles to allocate effort, resources, and attention efficiently across projects.
- Stakeholder Engagement — Engages multiple stakeholders in the civic tech ecosystem to foster collaboration and transparency.
- Civic Innovation Hub — Serves as a central platform for evolving and scaling new civic innovations.
Philosophy
Civic Tech Exchange believes that by creating a structured online marketplace for civic tech, it can mobilize talent and resources more effectively, leading to better civic technologies, more active citizens, and more efficient institutions.
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