Short for “human experience,” HX is an approach to talking about, engaging with, and designing technology in a way that is aligned with our needs as humans — not users.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech

ParityBOT is a Twitter bot that spins the abuse and toxicity directed at women in politics into positive, uplifting and encouraging messages. The artificial intelligence technology that powers ParityBOT detects and classifies hateful, harmful and toxic tweets directed at women in leadership or public office

• Gender Equality
• women

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Advancing media through exploration and experimentation.

The national voice of municipalities relating to information and communications technology.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Peer networks
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Trade groups

At the Public Knowledge Workshop we apply technology to enhance democracy and to empower citizens.

The EIP Climate Tech Index is designed to track the performance of public companies primarily involved in providing technology that supports global decarbonization. The index is updated daily.

• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated,first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data,applications, and technology to help people and goods move more quickly,cheaply, and efficiently

• city
• mass transit
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Unlocking the full potential of technology and data for the common good.

• vaccines

Progressive Power Lab provides management and marketing services to nonprofit and for-profit organizations working to realize democracy, achieve justice, and restore our environment

• partisan

• Graveyard
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Technology to strengthen citizens - Transforma a tu organización en aliada de la ciudadanía.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots

Salt Lake City's govtech innovation program is focused on modernization and digital equity for residents. "Another area the department will focus on is integrating the city’s “Digital Equity For All” policy

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

We are an innovation centre dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity

• Hubs

Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology - Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank - A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the

A public grant opportunity open to registered 501(c) nonprofit organizations in the United States who are using cloud technology to solve the world's most pressing challenges

• Amazon

• Get funding
• Build something

DemGames for Debates - developed in partnership with NDI’s Citizen Participation and Latin American and Caribbean teams - provides users with a fun way to practice the terms and concepts associated with crafting arguments, identifying evidence, and justifying rebuttals.

• youth

• The Tech
• Media
• Adjacent Fields

Computer Professional’s Union (CPU) is a mass organization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals and advocates aspiring to promote ICT for the people.​

• Peer networks
• Professional associations

The mission of the Coalition for Independent Tech Research is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Academia

The Closing The Gap Conference is an annual assistive technology conference that presents an opportunity to deepen your assistive technology (AT) knowledge and strengthen your implementation strategies.

• Conferences
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Predecessors

2022 Nonprofit Software Development Summit

• Conferences

Paper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Evaluate impact

Disinformation is threatening our ability to get credible facts. Built on our trusted technology stack, Waterbear helps you fight back.

• Fight disinformation
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

The Future of Government Awards champions practitioners, teams and leaders who are transforming people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves.

• Amazon

• Govtech
• Awards and prizes

In the spring of 2022, we partnered with the editors of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology to commission a collection of papers examining what it means to have a healthy or vibrant digital public sphere.

• reports

• Reports
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Sinar Project is a civic tech initiative using open technology, open data and policy analysis to systematically make important information public and more accessible to the Malaysian people

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Open government data
• Civic apps outfits

We help public sector leaders to modernise legacy applications and working practices, accelerate digital service delivery, drive smarter decisions with data and enable improved technology skills within teams.

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors
• Service delivery

We are a worker-owned cooperative that designs and builds technology for justice and joy, working with NGOs, academics, artists, and beyond.

• coop

• Social impact design firms

The Tech We Want is four-year, $8 million portfolio of work focused on connecting and empowering a new wave of leaders, companies, and technologies that are built on inclusivity, mutualism, sustainability, accountability, and responsible innovation.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Foundation initiatives

In this "deeply empowering and practical book"(Cecilia Muñoz), two technology and innovation leaders reveal dozens of tactics that enabled them to accomplish seemingly impossible reforms in organizations of all types and sizes

• books

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Bureaucracy tech

WikiRumours is a web-based database which enables geographically distributed teams to collaborate asynchronously on monitoring, verifying, and countering the spread of harmful rumours and misinformation.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Archives

Alan 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.

• guides
• books

• Data science for social good
• Digital literacy
• Books

No Minor Futures is a public education campaign amplifying children's hopes and fears about AI technology. It uses animations, podcasts, workshops, and social media.

• youth

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital literacy
• Podcasts

The future of philanthropy built upon Bitcoin and Blockchain

• Get funding
• Fundraising tools
• Blockchain

The Digital Assessment Tool (DAT) is a free web-based application that helps nonprofit organizations assess their technology needs and understand their digital capabilities. It provides customized recommendations and tools to manage the digital transformation journey.

• Digital transformation
• Nonprofit tech

We empower people to think critically about their relationship with technology and inspire a more socially responsible future.

• workshops

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

The Demography Project is an independent youth-led civic technology and data journalism non profit registered in Kenya.

• youth
• Clean water and sanitation

• Build something
• Civic apps outfits

A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.

• city
• books

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Emerging tech

We aim to reframe the conversation about technology and labor towards issues of power, inequality, and social justice, and incorporate themes of feminism, anti-racism, and transnationalism. 

• Academia
• Awards and prizes

Undebates web-based technology allows candidates to self-record and upload their content simply by clicking a link and following on-screen instructions.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Debate

Stac labs accelerates party, state and local campaigns' analytical and technological capabilities.

• partisan
• local
• state

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Our lab is where technology, innovation, policy and community meet, one pilot at a time.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Research and policy centers

YAI’s Center for Innovation and Engagement understands how technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better participate in their community.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Adjacent Fields
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Innovation teams and labs

Volunteer part-time, full async and remote to contribute to Preptrack, the app that supports PrEP users. PrEP is a medicine that eliminates the risk of HIV when taken correctly.

• Good health and well-being
• HIV prevention and care

• The Tech
• Nonprofit tech
• Tech for public challenges

SunTec.AI is an experienced data annotation company that offers premium data annotation services across diverse industry verticals. We create customized business-specific solutions for advanced domains, like AI & ML, robotics, healthcare, and technology.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data
• Machine learning

WeVis is a civic technology aiming to empower people to reclaim an active role in political life through technology and open data. We curate, analyze and visualize any relevant data to make democracy more open and more transparent, encouraging people to express their opinions and make better decisions.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Civic data
• Data visualization

We believe that it's never been easier to use digital technology to tackle some of the world's toughest social and environmental challenges.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings
• Civic hacking meetups

Do you want to join Africa's largest civic technology // open data // digital journalism community on Slack?

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Harassment Manager is a web application that aims to empower users to document and take action on abuse targeted at them on online platforms.

• Google
• anti-harassment
• hate speech

• Solidarity networks

Bloom Works is a women-owned public interest technology company. We help our partners create elegant, accessible services that put people first.

• Govtech vendors

Empowering and inspiring civic innovators across central Virginia

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Election monitoring project of volunteer digital response teams for the upcoming Kenyan elections in August 2022

• Voting and elections
• Election observation