Welcome to The Crowd Works

Andrew Arrieta The Crowd Works

Hello!

I am Andrew Arrieta 2015 IDEX Fellow Former Public Policy Analyst; Political Campaign Coordinator; Compliance Auditor Co-Founder, The Crowd Works

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Idea Goals Progress Road Map

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A government can be no better than the public opinion that sustains it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Idea ▧ Citizen Movements fueled by technology ▧ Information easily spreads ▧ Participatory government trends

INSTITUTIONS + PUBLIC = THE CROWD WORKS A collaborative platform bureaucrats, legislators, and NGOs to find innovative policy solutions from researchers, scholars, and engaged citizens.

Goals Collaboration

Knowledge Base

Participatory Change

Non-partisan collaboration of highlevel policy discussion.

Solutions provided as casual analysis, creative ideas & case studies from around the world.

Actionable solutions that can be implemented.

▧ Threading of Responses

▧ Active in India & USA next 6 months

▧ Progress reports & open dialogue

▧ Solution Seeker Active: AMA, live chat, meetups

▧ Different professions & motivations

▧ Variation of solutions

Progress: Early Adopters Targeting on Social Media

Offline Engagement

▧ Supportive of think tanks, public policy NGOs

▧ Events with diverse speakers

▧ Influential individuals in civic tech & public policy

Progress: Early Adopters Original Content q Resource guide delving into the causes, creative ideas to solve and case studies around social problems q Guest posts from policy experts

Political Institutions: Early Adopters

South East Asia: Visiting in June/July interested parties

USA: NYC City Council Candidate; Mayor of City

India: Policy Institute; Civic Engagement Foundation; Communications Authority of India

Road Map

Launch June (India)

Build Contacts South East Asia

Launch August (USA)

Usage of Website

Q&A

Any questions?

Contact: andrew@thecrowdworks.org