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Platformland: A Book Talk with Richard Pope
Join the Digital Service Network (DSN) for a book talk with Richard Pope, author of Platformland: An anatomy of next-generation public services.
In his 2024 book, Platformland: An anatomy of next-generation public services, Richard Pope lays out how and why the promises of digital have yet to be realized in the public sector and offers a strategic vision for how to “share the benefits of digital with the public fully.” The book offers practical solutions to realize this vision with design patterns, strategic interventions, and leading examples from across the globe. It’s a must-read for technologists, program managers, and policymakers alike who are looking to digital solutions to help make government more understandable, accountable, and democratic.
Join us on Wednesday, February 12 at 10am PT | 1pm ET to hear more about translating the book’s ideas into practice from Richard Pope and ask him questions about how public institutions can get digital right.
We’re excited to offer a select number of registrants a free copy of Platformland! Register and opt in to future communications from the DSN by noon ET on January 31 to be entered into the raffle.
More about the Author: Richard Pope was part of the founding team of the UK Government Digital Service and the first product manager for GOV.UK. He created many of the initial design concepts for both GOV.UK and the digital account for Universal Credit (the UK’s social security service). He was a senior fellow at Harvard in 2018/2019, researching and lecturing on ‘Government as a Platform.’
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Digital Public Goods Landscape Scan Launch Webinar
The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University invites you to an exclusive virtual event: Digital Public Goods Landscape Scan Launch. This complimentary online session will unveil the possibilities of leveraging DPGs for transformative public service delivery at state, territorial, and tribal levels.
The Opportunity Project for Cities’s (TOPC) Fireside Chat on Sustainability in Design and Practice
This upcoming session will share experiences and lessons learned from building and sustaining a product and maintaining a culture of sustainability with a resident focus
FormFest 2024
FormFest is a free virtual event showcasing governments working to make services accessible to everyone through online forms. Discover best practices and tools that are shaping the future of form design and service delivery. Whether you’re a government decision-maker, a designer, a civic tech enthusiast, or simply curious about the future of government service delivery, you’ll find your people at FormFest.
Civic Tech Live
The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University kicks off our Civic Tech Live event series on November 18 with an intimate and inspiring conversation with former Ambassador Susan Rice. This series is kindly sponsored by the Erica Pincus Arabesque Foundation and the Knight Foundation, and will provide attendees an opportunity to engage with and learn from leaders in the civic tech space.
Former Ambassador Rice is a distinguished American diplomat, policy advisor, and public official known for her significant contributions to both foreign and domestic policy across multiple presidential administrations. Her career encompasses key roles in the Obama and Biden administrations, with a notable focus on technology policy and initiatives during her tenure at the Domestic Policy Council.
She will discuss her journey in public service and her role as a senior tech policymaker. Attendees will gain insights on the importance of digital delivery skills for senior policymakers and how content can be shifted to highlight these essential skills.
After the panel discusion join Ambassador Rice and other attendees for networking recpetion. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served.
The Opportunity Project for Cities Demo Day 2024
Join us for TOPC Demo Day 2024 on November 14, 2024. Learn how governments, community organizations, and Google.org technologists co-created solutions to local challenges using the power of open data and community engagement.