TICTeC 2020: How to last in civic tech (especially now) - Matthew Stempeck & Micah L. Sifry
Channel: mySociety
Date: 02/04/2020

Matthew Stempeck is a Senior Researcher at Civic Hall, and Micah L. Sifry is the Founder of Civic Hall in New York. 

This presentation was part of mySociety's The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC) held virtually on 24 & 25 March 2020. 

The Q&A with Matthew and Micah about this presentation can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/w1v9fVEZm4M

TICTeC 2020 bought together 180 people from over 30 different countries. 

It was the sixth in an annual series of conferences from mySociety, focusing on the impact that civic technology and digital democracy are having upon citizens, decision makers and governments around the world.

To find out more about TICTeC please visit: http://tictec.mysociety.org

Session description:

Of the many live organisations listed in the Civic Tech Field Guide, only about 75 are more than ten years old. What are the factors that bring about such organisational longevity?

We all have our theories, including product-customer fit, lean management, critical pivots, and, last but not least, generous funding sources. It’s time to add more data to those theories.