Seattle has a vibrant civic spirit and booming tech economy, but for too long it’s been surprisingly difficult for socially conscious individuals to find opportunities to contribute their most valuable skills to projects that benefit our local communities. That changed…
As we approach FullConTech, we’ve been gathering collaboration stories from a wide variety of sources in an effort to learn more about how people are working together to solve problems and what lessons they’re learning along the way. I recently…
With FullConTech approaching, we’re exploring organizations that focus on civic collaboration and innovation. One group that’s supporting and inspiring new approaches is Bloomberg Philanthropies, established by businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg Philanthropies provides grants to…
Seattle CityClub will be joining WTIA on May 22 for FullConTech, an event that brings people together from across the public and private sectors for a morning focused on Civic Collaboration. CityClub, founded in 1980, is a non-partisan civic organization that “fosters civic engagement…
As we prepare for our May 22 FullConTech, the WTIA team has been immersing ourselves in all things civic collaboration, collecting great engagement and innovation stories and talking to community leaders who are working to inspire more people to get…