Episode 0022: Going Big

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Guest: Mary Norris - Summary: Mary has joined our Board of Directors to help us reach out beyond Nevada for civic volunteers looking to make a difference and to Innovate! - Produced with Ennuicastr at https://ecastr.com for free, as the Innovate for Vegas Foundation is a public charity AND a fellow developer and supporter of Open Source, Thanks Ennuicastr! First things First, Brigades - What was a brigade? - The substantial change to the Code for America Brigade Program in early 2023 - What comes next? Going Big - The world is a big place - Las Vegas is a so-called Destination City, why not include civic volunteerism and innovation? - 40 Million Tourists visiting Vegas, a great opportunity to expose people to projects! Broadly Applicable Projects - Local news, social interaction and discovery, public transit… these are not Vegas-only projects. - A focus on Open Data is nearly universal, should work for any locality - We have projects here, others have projects there, collaboration and cooperation are key! - Don´t forget the International Space Apps Challenge! Participation in Vegas - Could be better… our Innovator Culture is nascent at best - Our name change to avoid Code for America AND be more inclusive of non-coders - Civic Volunteerism is simply not popular here when it comes to long-term projects Coding, Creating, Winning - Non-code elements are as important, if not more so! - All projects, and participation, are essentially job skills development - Results will ideally be experienced thanks to people nearby using the tools, benefiting from the efforts! - People need to believe in deferred reward, not so common in Vegas…