October Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup Recap - Election Themed Lightning Talks
For our pre-election Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, we had five community members give 10 minute lightning talks on different topics under the theme of elections and voting.
View the the slides from their talks:
- Matt Carey & Mateo Clarke, Open Austin - 2016 City Council Candidate Surveys
- Tommy Miller, Travis County, GIS Coordinator - Voting Wait Times & Polling Locations
- Shellee O’Brien - “The Problem with Lazy, Apathetic Non-Voters”
- Mina Adame & Dario Fidanza, Ideation League - Affecting Civic Spaces with UX Design
- Ed Ireson, FOMO ATX - FOMO.vote
Highlights from Twitter. Give us a follow to stay up to date.
Tommy Miller, Travis County GIS coordinator presents voting wait times & polling location on a GIS map. pic.twitter.com/ebWi3Yr6dr
— Open Austin (@openaustin) October 18, 2016
What do nonvoters care about? Impact, convenience, and community, says @stepwinder at @openaustin #civictech pic.twitter.com/65uLcD5KHv
— Tom O'Connell (@mrtomocon) October 18, 2016
ED Ireson talks About the inception of @FOMOvote ! 🙌🏼
— Open Austin (@openaustin) October 18, 2016
🗳#civictech #atx pic.twitter.com/BK7fXkNGAg
"We have a system error not an individual error when it comes to non-voters." 👏🏽 @stepwinder @openaustin #GetouttheVote
— Vickie (@Victoria_ODell) October 18, 2016
@ideationleague presenting a lightning talk at @openaustin with @mina_adame #openaustin #latino #vote pic.twitter.com/Z5XhkRljL1
— Dario (@ArtAwake) October 18, 2016
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