The Future is Caring About the Civic Experience

Hear Tiasia O'Brien of co:census discuss how technology can be best used to amplify the voices and needs of overlooked community members.

April 6, 2022

Sponsored Webinar

It's 2022 and the cities are concerned with IOT, smart cars, and micro-mobility. With all of this technology and enough innovation, we still have yet to figure out how we can empower and lift up the voice of community members to solve local urban issues.

Why? One theory is because we have such a limited understanding of the lived experience.

In this talk & conversation aimed at engaging Urban Planners, Designers & Consultants, the Founder of Seam Social Labs shares the history of human communication & storytelling, our common threads, and how we can transform the future of cities by caring about human narrative and the civic experience using technology.

Guest Speaker

Tiasia O'Brien, M.A. is a social scientist obsessed with empirical research methods, inductive methodology, and civic innovations. Four years ago, she founded Seam Social Labs, a public interest technology company, to design solutions that address barriers to civic engagement.

Since then Seam Social Labs has conducted & produced research through co:census for institutions such as SFCTA, MTC, and the City of Oakland. Her career is centered on research, advocacy, and community co-designed solutions that promote a more participatory democracy—especially for intersectional communities.

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