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What should our city do with $500,000?
Wouldn’t it be cool if you were the one deciding how your own tax dollars are spent in your own city?If you live in Cambridge, MA you now have that option! I’ve joined the Steering Committee of the...
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Duty Free is really #winning on package design and product...
Duty Free is really #winning on package design and product display. Creative, weird, colorful. Istanbul, Winter 2014
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Kitengela Glass Workshop Outside Nairobi, Winter 2014
Kitengela Glass Workshop Outside Nairobi, Winter 2014
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After extensive renovations, the Harvard Art Museums have...
After extensive renovations, the Harvard Art Museums have reopened and I finally had a chance to visit today.They were wonderful – and I highly recommend a trip to anybody in or passing through the...
View ArticleTEDxBeaconStreet || Interviewing David Moinina Sengeh on His...
TEDxBeaconStreet || Interviewing David Moinina Sengeh on His Life and WorkLast November, I had a chance to ask David a few questions about why he does what he does - as a designer of prosthetic...
View ArticleWhat motivates everyday Americans to do things that are civic?
This is a question that I have spent the last year and a half trying to answer, in collaboration with the Google Civic Innovation team. We finally have some answers!Please join the ranks of hecklers...
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Shedding New Light on Civic Life in America
This week, I got to do something I’ve been excited about doing for a long time: share the results of a comprehensive look into what motivates everyday Americans to do things that are civic. With...
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Pretty cool when the Harvard Law School blog has women in all...
Pretty cool when the Harvard Law School blog has women in all the headlines. Very grateful to have our work on what motivates #InterestedBystanders to do things that are civic covered in this publication.
View Article"There are monochronic people and polychronic people. The monochronic succeed...
“There are monochronic people and polychronic people. The monochronic succeed only if they work on one endeavor at a time. They cannot read while listening to music; they cannot interrupt a novel to...
View ArticleThe Interested Bystander Effect: Why Even People Who Care About The World...
The Interested Bystander Effect: Why Even People Who Care About The World Don't Vote: We know plenty about the issues, we just don’t act unless there’s something in it for us.Coverage from Ariel...
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The Durham Residency This summer will see the launch of the...
The Durham Residency This summer will see the launch of the inaugural Durham Residency, a DIY week-long facilitated workshop for 6 creatives to develop individual projects, in a collaborative...
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I’ve been a lifelong public radio listener, so it was an...
I’ve been a lifelong public radio listener, so it was an honor to sit down with Kara Miller of Innovation Hub at WGBH to talk about recent research on what motivates people to do civic things that I...
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#InterestedBystanders Research Release
For the past year or so, I’ve been working with a team at the Google Civic Innovation portfolio – John Webb, Chris Chapman, and Charlotte Krontiris – to understand what motivates everyday Americans to...
View ArticleIt was a privilege to share the results of our year-long study...
It was a privilege to share the results of our year-long study into everyday Americans’ attitudes toward civic life with the Personal Democracy Forum crowd this year.Full findings report available at...
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Immigration System, Meet the Digital Age
For the past few months, I’ve had the honor of conducting user research on behalf of the United States Digital Service. Born from the recognition that solid policy implementation in today’s age...
View ArticleThe most recent Knight Foundation News Challenge was focused on...
The most recent Knight Foundation News Challenge was focused on elections, and I was invited to give a keynote address about Interested Bystanders in the United States, their perspectives on civic...
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