Clear your calendar - It's going down! National Day of Civic Hacking: Boston 2015 kicks off on June 5th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Microsoft (255 Main Street) is our meeting spot for a weekend of  fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!
Our goal at NDoCHÂ is to bring together government folks, technologists, and regular citizens to start working on local problems in their communities, facilitated by open data. Before the event, we'll be developing several different thematic tracks that will help to frame up the discussion.
At NDoCH, we'll bring together government employees, technologists, and regular citizens to start working together on creative solutions to some of these issues. We're aiming for CodeAcross to have something for everyone - this is definitely not a just-for-coders type of event - by combining the best elements of unconferences and hackathons.
At the event, attendees will get to pitch ideas to work on projects in several focus areas. After forming groups, teams will spend the rest of the weekend developing their idea together. We expect that outputs will take many forms, everything from map-based apps to long-term research projects are welcome!
We invite you to join us as we work together to make positive change in our community!
It's that time of year again! Please join Code for Boston for a weekend of discussion, civic hacking, and data-driven exploration as we kick our our third annual National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) right here in Boston!
At NDoCH, we'll bring community members together with government employees and technologists to start working together on creative solutions to local issues of public safety & justice, health & human services, and economic development. NDoCH will have something for everyone by combining the best elements of unconferences and hackathons - this is definitely not a just-for-coders type of event.
We invite you to join us as we work together to make positive change in our community!
About Code for Boston
Part of the Code for America Brigade network, Code for Boston is a volunteer group of developers, designers, data geeks, and citizen activists who use creative technology to solve civic and social problems in the Greater Boston area.
Part mission-driven non-profit, part technology meetup, part advocacy group, part social club, we provide a way for citizens to give back to their communities by building civic applications, opening public data sources, and generally helping to leverage technology for use in the public sphere.
Our goal at NDoCHÂ is to bring together government folks, technologists, and regular citizens to start working on local problems in their communities. Before the event, we'll be developing several different thematic tracks that will help to frame up the discussion.
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At the event, attendees will get to pitch ideas to work on within one of those tracks, and form teams to work on those ideas. After forming groups, teams will spend the rest of the weekend developing their idea together. We expect that outputs will take many forms: one team may develop a map-based data visualization, another may draft a policy recommendation, and a third may come up with a business plan for a new non-profit or civic startup.
We want all the good ideas you can come up with, no matter what the format.
You can check out the main National Day of Civic Hacking site at http://hackforchange.org/
Amazing, thank you so much! If you're interested in becoming a partner, donating a meal, or learning how you can contribute, please contact kristen@codeforboston.org or becky@codeforboston.org
Welcome to Code for Boston's Ignite! talks. Grab a drink, a snack, and a seat and settle in for an evening of high-energy civic tech fun and education. Networking to follow talks. Beer provided by Aeronaut Brewing Co. of Somerville.Â
Matt Cloyd, Code for Boston
Nadeem Mazen, Cambridge City Council
Alisha Ukani, civic tech, K-12 education
Alex Soble, CfA Fellow
Zoe Anetakis, TUGG
Micah Martin, Resilient CodersÂ
