Launching The GovLab Academy Coaching Programs

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From: The Govlab Academy
Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Launching The GovLab Academy Coaching Programs
To: Steven



Thanks to the generous support of the Knight
Foundation
,
this term the Governance Lab Academy – a training program designed to
promote civic engagement and innovation – is launching a series of coaching
programs.

Geared to the teams and individuals inside and outside of government
planning to undertake a new project or trying to figure out how to make an
existing project even more effective and scalable, these programs are
designed to help participants working in civic engagement and innovation
develop effective projects from idea to implementation.

Convened by leading experts in their fields, coaching programs meet
exclusively online once a week for four weeks or every other week for eight
weeks. They include frequent and constructive feedback, customized and
original learning materials, peer-to-peer support, mentoring by topic
experts and individualized coaching from those with policy, technology, and
domain expertise.

There is no charge to participants but each program is limited to 8-10
project teams or individuals.

You can see the current state of programs below and check out the web site

for
more information and to sign up.

-

Citizen Science on the Web
,
convened by Francois Grey

(Citizen Cyberscience Centre, Geneva). Program begins the week of February
16, 2015.
-

Civic Tech for Local Legislatures and Legislators
,
co-convened by Benjamin Kallos

(New York City Council Member and Chair of the Committee on Governmental
Operations of the New York City Council) and Arnaud Sahuguet

(Chief Technology Officer of The GovLab). Program begins the week of March
2, 2015.
-

Freedom of Information and FOIA Project Coaching: Breaking Down the
Walls and Opening Up Communications
,
convened by Miriam Nisbet

(Former Director of the Office of Government Information Services). Program
begins the week of March 2, 2015.
-

Citizen Engagement Projects
,
co- convened by Beth Noveck

(Founder of The GovLab) and Tiago Peixoto

(Open Government Specialist at The World Bank). Program begins the week of
March 2, 2015.
-

Tech Procurement Projects: Making the Supply Chain Work
,
convened by Clay Johnson

(CEO of The Department for Better Technology and Former Presidential
Innovation Fellow). Program begins the week of March 16, 2015.
-

Leveraging Crowds in the Public Sector
,
convened by Karim Lakhani

(Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard
Business School). Program begins the week of March 23, 2015.
-

Open Source Technology Practices For Civic Engagement Projects
,
convened by Brian Behlendorf

(Managing Director at Mithril Capital Management and Co-Founder Apache).
Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.
-

Humanitarian Innovation Project Collaborative
,
co-convened by Brian Forde

(Senior Former Advisor to the U.S. CTO, White House Office of Science
Technology and Policy) and Alexandra Clare

(Founder of Iraq Re:Coded). Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.
-

Lab Design: Bringing Agility and Empiricism to Public Problems
,
co-convened by Geoff Mulgan

(Chief Executive of NESTA), and Joeri van den Steenhoven

(Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of MaRS Solutions
Lab). Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.
-

Open Data Data-Driven Decisions for All
,
co-convened by Arnaud Sahuguet

(Chief Technology Officer of The GovLab) and Stefaan Verhulst

(Co-founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of The GovLab).
Program begins the week of April 6, 2015.


*Our mailing address is:*
The GovLab
295 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10012