Stephen Goldsmith has an impressive resume as a Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Director of Innovations in Government Program, Former Deputy Mayor of New York and two term Mayor of Indianapolis. Stephen's book, "The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance" discusses the adoption of technology by citizens and government. This must read book has forever changed the relationship between the two entities.
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Big Shoulders
Chicago is emerging as a civic technology hub. As our city faces greater demand for efficient services, sustainability and economic opportunity for all, technology has the power to more deeply engage our citizens in creating solutions and making the democratic process more inclusive. That is what civic technology is all about. On Big Shoulders, we meet Chicago’s leaders, participants and drivers of this new space.
The MIS Department, Inc. is an IT services and consulting firm based in Chicago. In 2012 Rajeev served as the CIO at Obama for America, President Obama's reelection campaign, where he was responsible for the overall strategy and implementation of internal IT infrastructure, security, inward-facing application development, personal technology and HQ and office infrastructure in more than 900 field offices across the country.
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Anna Bethune, Co- Founder and Director of Research for Brave Initiatives, empowers high school girls to be agents of change in the world through design, coding, and leadership training. Participants who complete their program develop a sense of purpose and a strengthen their ability to be leaders and drivers in technological innovation.
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A University of Chicago Public Policy Student and Civic Technology Fellow at Microsoft, Erin Simpson discusses the next generation of civic technology in Chicago!
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Adam Hecktman interviews Valerie Groth to discuss her role as an Executive Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Workshop Facilitator at Valerie Groth LLC and Founder of the Ryan Banks Academy.
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Beth Bond is the Executive Director at GoCivic Chicago which is an intuitive technology-based platform that provides citizens with an opportunity to further engage in the future of our city. The platform helps individuals identify ways to get involved with various nonprofits and charities, government organizations, committees, neighborhood coalitions, civic/social groups and special projects. GoCivic also helps citizens stay up to date on community news/events, share and comment on Chicago-focused ideas, and collaborate with other socially responsible citizens and peers.
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Haven Allen is the Executive Director at mHUB which is a non-profit organization that exists to ensure that Chicago and Heartland’s manufacturing industry continues to accelerate, grow and thrive. They are best known for being Chicago’s first innovation center focused on physical product development and manufacturing.
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Anyone who lives in Chicago will know just how awful traffic is. However, thanks to Sharon Feigon, Executive Director of Shared Use Mobility Center, it is becoming easier and easier to avoid traffic. How you may ask? It's simple and right in the company name: shared mobility.
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Collaboration and the sharing of ideas is a big part of business and no one knows that better than Chris Foreman, CEO of North America at AvePoint. In this episode of Big Shoulders, Chris will discuss how his company helps facilitate collaboration through their software.
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Grant Niksereshet and Chester Hsieh, Masters Student's at the Illinois Institue of Technology sit down with Adam Hecktman to discuss some of the tough challenges surrouding the Great Lakes. They are currently working on a solution to track Lake Erie's toxic algae problem.
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It's not a secret that CPS has struggled with money due to low state funding. To compensate, many schools have cut programs or lessened the use of the arts. To help combat the drop of art, music, ect. classes, Ingenuity has started doing research. Listen as Adam sits down with Data Associate, Tom Bunting to discuss the not-for-profit work Ingenuity does.
Non-profit, working in partnerhsip to track and share arts education data,
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