TICTeC 2018: Knowledge from failure: learnings from the Civic Tech Field Guide
Channel: mySociety
Date: 08/05/2018

Speakers: Matt Stempeck & Micah L. Sifry (Civic Hall, US) 

The Q&A session which followed this presentation may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDmvD8XrRIM

This was part of the annual TICTeC conference. Find out more at http://tictec.mysociety.org.

The Civic Tech Field Guide is a living database of tools, projects, and organisations worldwide.

Of the roughly 800 initiatives covered, about 50 have been discontinued. Guide co-creators Matt Stempeck and Micah Sifry describe common reasons that Civic Tech projects fail, and then engage the audience in an interactive conversation about the major modes of failure.