• How do we want to engage with our community through these channels?

• How can we as an org support the narrative of local dev communities?

• How do we get non-tech practitioners to invest in our brand as we engage with community?

PROMPT |

I wanted to follow up on a thread I mentioned last week around community gatherings and events.

Given that we are making a big push to connect maximize Tech Practitioner representation in the local tech ecosystem:

• Build a movement:
  • We want to increase representation of Technology Practitioners in social impact circles, and grow the Civic Technology niche within Miami Tech.
  • We will do this by laying the groundwork for a unified of technology practitioners interested in supporting social impact projects.
• "Movement Building" Opportunities:
  • OpenGovernmentHour.
    • This is our prototype podcast which we released as part of the Justice Discovery Initiative.
    • Since we are shifting our aim less toward non profits and government this may be an opportunity to rebrand it and make it a platform for local Tech Practitioners.
    • We can produce episodes biweekly with guests from individual communities focused on how we can drive existing technology interests toward the social innovation and social impact fields.
  • Monthly Community Gatherings/General Meetings
    • We put a pause on Open Hack Night because it has difficult for retention, but if we can shift our content in these meetings I think we could do so much more.
    • Might be less of a meeting, but more of a stream...but either way each one of our developer communities/personas should have some sort of representation/figurehead during broadcasts, depending on the topic or content.
  • Unconferences
    • Given COVID, it has become easier than ever to gather a bunch of people and host seminars, workshops, and conferences online.
    • We have two major dates to organize a large conference:
      • March 6th: Open Data Day
      • September: National Day of Civic Hacking
    • Format could be in break out rooms or a continuous stream. Example:
      • http://tciamn.org/d4pg