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Partner-Driven Innovation Living Cities City Accelerator First Cohort Kickoff Session September 4, 2014 1 @danxoneil @smartchicago

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Living Cities City Accelerator First Cohort Kickoff Session September 4, 2014

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Partner-Driven Innovation

Living Cities City AcceleratorFirst Cohort Kickoff Session

September 4, 2014

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@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Points

• A civic organization devoted to improving lives in [place] through technology

• The philosophy & why the model works• The founders & their roles• The strategy & why it is important• The funding & how it gets done• Apps• Infrastructure

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Our PrinciplesTechnology

OpenEveryoneChicago

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Philosophy: technology; open

• We are about technology– Everything we do relates to technology. We are of and

about the Internet– We believe in the transformative power of the Internet to

change lives and build the economy for all

• We are open– We are a small organization looking to make the biggest

impact possible. We can’t do that by being tight or closed

– We work in the open, using & publishing open source technology

– We have methods for others allowed “in”, whether as contributors, observers, users, whatever

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Philosophy: everyone; Chicago

• We seek to be of use to everyone–We believe in the power of the network– The network needs everyone in it to be

powerful–We work on solutions that cover the entire

city

• We focus on Chicago– Our middle name–We do seek to scale our solutions, but not

without serving Chicago

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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The Strategy

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Access, Skills, and Data

• Access to the Internet for all– Broadband at home– Public computer centers and Community technology

centers– Next generation stuff

• Skills once you’re on the Internet– All on ramps

• Data so that there’s something worth looking at once you’re on and know how to work it– Apps– Infrastructure

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The Founders

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2 Philanthropies, 1 Municipality

• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation– A center for ideation and conception– 2007 report, “The City that NETWorks”– The primary source of funding

• Chicago Community Trust– Provides housing for the organization and is fiscal agent– At the center of funding and knowledge for the region– Critical financial, human resources, and other support

• The City of Chicago– The most important policy lever in the region– Departmental relationships– Getting things done

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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The Funding

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Sources of Capital

• Founders– MacArthur: primary; essential– CCT: critical support; real dollars– City: BTOP; possible new sources at the

Department levels

• Other philanthropies– Sprague: on-target programs– Pritzker: allied goals; serving as an IT shop– ISTC: expertise in the field of open data/

hackathons/ gov policy, etc

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The Work

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I could talk about cool apps all day.@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Focus on infrastructure

• We make technology so as to serve as examples rather than to compete in the marketplace

• Amazon Web Service: we host dozens of apps for civic hackers

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Amazon Web Services

• We host dozens of apps for civic hackers

• At a moment’s notice and for as long as they want

• This allows us to be helpful at the moment of inspiration

• Eliminating stoppers

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CUTGroup

• Civic User Testing Group as a new model for UX testing, digital skills development, and community engagement in civic tech

• 800+ residents are available• We’ve paid each of them a $5 VISA gift

card. When they participate in a test, they get a $20 gift card

• We help the developers design and implement UX testing and it allows us to be deeply engaged with communities while improving digital skills

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Eliminate The Digital Divide Advisory Committee

• I am the chair of this state-based grant program

• They give grants to community technology centers all over the state of Illinois

• Allows me to be more plugged in to the investments happening outside of a particular jurisdiction

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Cook County Open Data Work

• We have a contract with the County to assist them with their data portal

• Pure block-and-tackle technical assistance

• Helping publish data that grows the ecosystem

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Connect Chicago

• Loose network of more than 250 places where you can use a computer for free

• We maintain a website with listings for all of these locations

• Location admins sign up (94, currently) to maintain these pages

• We also do meetups in order to create a community of shared learning

@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Moar

• There’s always more• @danxoneil• (773) 960-6045• [email protected]

@danxoneil @smartchicago