DXO: Smart Chicago, You, Power, Poetry, and Pictures

DXO: Smart Chicago, You, Power, Poetry, and

Pictures

Daniel X. O’NeilYouth-Led Tech North Lawndale

July 2015

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Points

• Where you from?• Smart Chicago: you are a part of this• Let’s talk about power• How about some poetry?• Time for pictures@

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Where you from?

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Where you from?

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Where you from?

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OK enough of that. Let’s talk about something that really matters.

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Our PrinciplesTechnology

OpenEveryoneChicago

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First thing I want you to know is that we love you and we are never going to let you go.

@danxoneil @smartchicago #youthledtech

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Access, Skills, and Data

Smart Chicago is a civic organization devoted to improving lives in Chicago through technology. We work on increasing access to the Internet, improving skills for using Internet, and developing meaningful products from data that measurably contribute to the quality of life of residents in our region and beyond.

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AccessIf you’re not connected to the Internet, it is difficult for technology to be of much use to you.

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SkillsIf you can’t use the Internet, being connected isn’t going to be all that meaningful.

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DataWe construe data as content. Because there has to be something meaningful to look at once you’re connected and skilled.

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Our PrinciplesTechnology

OpenEveryoneChicago

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We’re all about technology

• Everything we do relates to technology

• We are of and about the Internet• We believe in the transformative

power of the Internet to change lives and build the economy for all

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We are open

• Open source code• More importantly: open processes,

open minds, open methods• Allowing others “in”, wherever that

may be

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Target market: everyone

• We believe in the power of the network

• The network needs everyone in it in order for it to be powerful

• We work on solutions that cover the entire city

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Chicago is our middle name

• All of our work is done here• Unique and thriving ecosystem • We serve as a model for others

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Power

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Let’s talk in more detail about where we’ve been.

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

• A center for ideation and conception

• Julia Stasch: 2007 report, “The City that NETWorks”

• Our primary source of funding

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The Chicago Community Trust

• Provides housing for the organization and is fiscal agent

• At the center of funding and knowledge for the region

• Critical financial, human resources, and other support

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The City of Chicago

• The most important policy lever in the region

• Departmental relationships

• A critical partner for having impact and getting things done

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Get IN Chicago

• Get IN Chicago’s mission is to identify, fund and rigorously evaluate evidence-based programs that lead to a sustainable reduction in violence for individuals and communities most affected by violence and poverty.

• They gave Smart Chicago $294,324 to run this program

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I am accountable for this money.

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I get to go into a lot of rooms in this city. It’s a part of my job.When it get in those rooms, it’s my job to keep you in my mind and on my lips.That’s accountability, and lasts longer than any grant agreeement.

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And I am accountable to you.We all are.

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I write poetry@danxoneil @smartchicago #youthledtech

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Legit.

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Poetry and technology go together.

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Focus on infrastructure

We make technology, programs, and initiatives that allow others to be more effective— to provide clarity and impetus

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CUTGroup

• Civic User Testing Group as a new model for UX testing, digital skills development, and community engagement in civic tech

• 800+ residents are available• We pay you a $5 VISA gift card

on signup— right now• Then you get a $20 VISA gift

card if you get chosen for a test

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And we produce a lot of software.@danxoneil @smartchicago

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Foodborne Chicago

• We use computers & code to search Twitter for tweets related to food poisoning in Chicago

• We do as much as we can to automatically zero-in on the tweets we think are really about a possible food poisoning case and really coming from Chicago

• Then real humans review the tweets and @reply back to people with a link back to our site, hoping to generate legitimate service requests

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Chicago Early Learning

• Easily find early learning programs near your home or work

• Compare programs side-by-side to select the highest quality option for your child

• Kick off the enrollment process

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Chicago Works For You

• Citywide dashboard with ward-by-ward views of service delivery in Chicago

• Slice, dice, view, review• Sort by whatever interests you• Automatic, running totals

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I take pitctures. Let’s draw out your website on the white paper and take a photo of each

of you with them.

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Together.

@danxoneil(773) [email protected]

@danxoneil @smartchicago