The Civic Hacker Podcast

In this special bonus episode, we are featuring a conversation between two phenomenal past Civic Hacker Summit speakers; they are Allen Hillery, data storyteller, instructor, and cofounder of Be Data Lit, an educational resource for data literacy advocates, and Samuel Sinyangwe, a data scientist and policy analyst who founded Mapping Police Violence and the Police Scorecard, and co-founded Campaign Zero, to advance data-driven solutions to end police violence in America...

Today’s conversation is with Dr. Christina J. Colclough, founder of the Why Not Lab and co-creator of WeClock. She shares how they are working towards putting workers at the center of digital change. Christina works with unions, interest organizations and governments across the world on issues such as AI governance, workers' data rights and human rights, and the development of responsible digital technology...

Today we speak with Max Lynam who is the founder of isgood, an organization that he created to lead an intelligence revolution in the way we measure value. Max shares with us how he came to the work of impact measurement, and his vision for “AI Guided Social Impact” that uses thousands of indicators and millions of data points to enable outcomes that can only be achieved when we focus on what really matters...

This discussion features Jan Ainali, who served as the CEO of Wikimedia Sverige after co-founding the chapter and being its chairman. Besides his current project with Govdirectory he is also the co-founder of Wikimedians for Sustainable Development, a user group in the Wikimedia movement coordinating sustainability efforts across languages...

In today’s episode we connect with Andrew Means who is the founder of the Goodtech Fest conference, co-founder of Brighthive, senior Director for Global Impact Data Strategy at Salesforce.org, and founder of Data Analysts for Social Good. He shares with us what he has learned from dedicating his career towards developing data tools and technologies that help organizations improve their impact, and the ways that you can join him in achieving these goals...

Today’s episode features a discussion with Deb Halliday who is a prominent community builder, writer, artist and a nationally recognized leader for multi sector collaborations. Through her firm Halliday and Associates, she regularly speaks with groups large and small about how we can work together in order to have a real impact on our communities and the lives we share...

This episode features the insight and wisdom of Alanna Irving, Executive Director of Open Collective Foundation and Chief Operating Officer of Open Collective, Inc...