Civic Tech Field Guide
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Geotarget campaigns by zip code
San FranciscoA short case study using ESRI to focus your campaign on the areas with the most potential supporters.
Video creation case studies
San FranciscoShort case studies and guides to using free tools to create campaign videos
The Turing Way: Community-led guides for data science and open research
The Alan Turing Institute, Euston Road, London, UKAlan Turing has long proved a subject of fascination, but following the centenary of his birth in 2012, the code-breaker, computer pioneer, mathematician (and much more) has become even more celebrated with much media coverage, and several meetings, conferences and books raising public awareness of Turing's life and work.
Curated list of links to help you publish open data
Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JEHow to publish open data: a list of advice and tools
Standards Lab
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)This handbook provides an overview of the creation, maintenance and adoption of a policy-related open data standard.
A guide prepared by Codeando México and Code for Pakistan as part of the Code for All Exchange Programme.
The Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Open Data Toolkit is an instructional manual that provides a step-by-step guide on how to develop your open data initiative. It brings together training materials, best practices, tools and resources to help you prepare for and implement an open data project.
Este documento fue realizado por el equipo de la Dirección de Datos Abiertos junto con la Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos (ILDA).
A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa
Improve your team's data knowledge and skills
This overview highlights resources that are available for TU Delft researchers in their Open Science journey.
Demtech Navigator
University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UKThis is an online resource guide for civil society groups looking to better deal with the problem of disinformation. Let us know your concerns and we will suggest resources, curated by civil society practitioners and the Programme on Democracy and Technology.
A training guide for journalists and writers on how to respond to online harassment and abuse, including building a community of supporters and developing counterspeech messages.
A user guide for civil society organizations and researchers to assess the vulnerability of a country’s electoral integrity to online manipulation.
The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.
The Digital Democracy Monitor Toolkit seeks to empower researchers with the knowledge, tools and examples to analyse democratic discourse online.
The purpose of this handbook is to increase public communicators' awareness and understanding of information influence campaigns and develop their ability to respond.
Poynter's global guide on existing attempts to legislate against what can broadly be referred to as online misinformation
A Voter's Guide: 7 tips to detox your data
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, GermanyPart of the Data Detox Kit
Tools and practices for making products and services accessible to everyone.
A guide on how to apply the principles of agile to procurement.
City of NY Virtual Meeting Accessibility Guide
New York CityThis guide is meant to provide information on how you can make your virtual meetings accessible to people with disabilities.
A handy guide to financial support for open source. "I do open source work, how do I find funding?" This document aims to provide an exhaustive list of all the ways that people get paid for open source work
Discover how deepfakes work and the visual clues you can use to identify them. We are a group of communication designers that have created this project to demonstrate our research into making our own deep fake, and to communicate the signs you can spot to identify them.
A guide to help progressive donors consider more political choices. Key learnings on the journey from non-political to political giving. The political donor experience is terrible
This list of resources is curated and maintained by MERL Tech and The Engine Room.
A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe
This tool kit, developed by a national workgroup of civic data stakeholders, aims to support data sharing and integration done well.
Algorithm Tips
Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, USAResources and leads for investigating algorithms in society
We designed Tactical Data Engagement to help cities go beyond a policy and portal, and facilitate opportunities for the community use of open data to improve residents’ lives.
The purpose of this guide is to standardise accessibility features and ensure accessibility compliance across Code for Africa’s projects. Please feel free to copy and adapt it for your organisation.
When to Use Them, How to Choose & Tips for Maximum Results
data.org Resource Library
The Rockefeller Foundation, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USAPractical information and inspirational ideas to help social impact organizations use data science to solve the world's biggest problems.
This repository contains curated list of different urban & regional planning data & technology resources. Those interested in the built environment are invited to review and contribute to this repository.
US Digital Service Accessibility for Teams guide
United States of America (the)A guide to digital accessibility created by US Digital Services
Best ways to communicate your data.
*privacy not included
Mountain View, CA, USAMozilla Foundation's annual naughty and nice list of consumer tech's privacy policies
Based in marginalized neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California, we look at digital data collection and our human rights, work with local communities, community organizations, and social support networks, and show how different data systems impact re-entry, fair housing, public assistance, and community development.
Beautiful Rising
New York CityA toolkit of social movement resources by and for global changemakers
Quartz Bad Data Guide
Quartz, East 48th Street, New York, NY, USAAn exhaustive reference to problems seen in real-world data along with suggestions on how to resolve them.
OnlineSOS empowers people facing online harassment
Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.
Open Data Lab Jakarta
JakartaWe’re the Web Foundation’s Open Data Labs. We empower people through data.
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
113 Moses Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
The purpose of this guide is to help PB implementers understand how they can use mass text messaging to effectively engage underrepresented communities in participatory budgeting (PB).
The Skeptic's Guide to Open Government
Washington, DCWhen you open government, what do you get in return? If you are asking this question, this guide is for you.
Digital Defense Fund
United States of America (the)We are Digital Defense Fund, and we do digital security for the abortion access movement.
Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods
Government of South Australia Open Data Guide
State Administration Centre, 200, Victoria Square, Adelaide SA 5000, AustraliaThe South Australian open data toolkit, contains resources to help agencies release open data. The resources can be tailored to suit your requirements.
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