Awards
I’ve been honored to receive a number of awards for products or service.
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CUTGroup Named one of 15 “bold urban policies with a proven record of success”
Today the Center for an Urban Future published a report, Innovation and the City, that lists the Civic User Testing Group, a community-based UX test ing methodology I invented in February 2013, as one of 15 “bold urban policies with a proven record of success”. Here’s a snip: What most civic tech projects have lacked, how- ever, is…
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Foodborne Chicago: Top 25 Innovation in Government
I designed, named, and helped launch Foodborne Chicago, which was recognized by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Here’s their writeup: FoodBorne Chicago City of Chicago, IL On March 23, 2013, the Chicago Department of Public Health and the SmartChicago Collaborative launched the FoodBorne Chicago web application with the goal of improving food…
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Award: Swartz Law Day / PACER Campaign
Today I participated in the PACER Postcard Campaign as part of my work at Smart Chicago. We collected lots of postcards and received the Swartz Law Day Award from Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org.
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Award: CUTGroup is an Ash Center Bright Idea 2015
The Civic User Testing Group, a program I invented at Smart Chicago, was recognized today as an Ash Center Bright Idea 2015.
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Gordon Tech Inspiration Celebration: 2014 Inspiring Minds Award
This evening I was honored at my alma mater. Here’s some details: Gordon Tech College Prep will host the 2nd Annual Inspiration Celebration honoring minds that inspire. The gathering will showcase the school, its talented community and its unique partnership with DePaul University which started in October of 2012. The event usually draws 300 Chicago area business and…
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2014 Healthy Chicago Award for Public Health Infrastructure
Today Smart Chicago was honored by the Chicago Department of Public Health for Public Health Infrastructure. The full annual report is available here The 2014 Healthy Chicago Awards individual and organization recipients are listed below, along with the Healthy Chicago priority area for which they are recognized.
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White House Champion of Change for Open Innovation
Today I was honored to be a part of the White House Champions of Change event at the White House. Here’s the White House coverage of the event:Here is a blog post I wrote this morning, with an excerpt description of the event: You have been selected by United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra…
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“Outstanding Effort” Certificate for Teaching CCD
Out here.
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Award: IPRA Community Service
On Wednesday I got an award from SWSRA, the Southwest Special recreation Association, for community service. I’ve done their website for a couple years now. Extremely nice people doing great things.