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Summary
In the May Community call, we talk about all things conference presentation proposals! The Civic Design Call for Presentation (CFP) will be open for submissions until June 1 to present at the conference on November 16th - 18th, 2022.
Key Insights
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Speakers at the Civic Design Conference receive paid honorariums, professional and subject matter coaching, and participate in an iterative development process.
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Conference themes focus on reflecting on the past decade of civic design, shifting power structures in design practice, and balancing long-term systemic change with near-term impact.
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The curation process is identity-blind, ensuring proposals are judged solely on content quality and alignment with themes to promote equity and diversity.
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Workshops are virtual adaptations of full-day in-person sessions, spread over about 10 hours in multiple segments with ample breaks.
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The conference is single-track, creating a shared experience and encouraging deep engagement and discussion within the community.
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Slack and randomized attendee cohorts foster ongoing discussion and deeper connections beyond the sessions, combating the isolation common in virtual conferences.
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Speakers like Jennifer found the conference a safe space to discuss challenging and often taboo topics like white supremacy culture in design.
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Contributors come from diverse sectors globally including government, nonprofits, consultancies, and academia, although academia remains underrepresented.
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The Civic Design Community welcomes submissions from niche areas like public transit and encourages abstracting specific insights to broader applicability.
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The conference team and community actively support participants facing resistance or isolation to gain confidence and amplify their voices in civic design.
Notable Quotes
"We pay all of our speakers and provide both subject matter and professional coaching to polish your presentation and speaking skills."
"It was such a special experience to say things that generally get me in trouble in my day-to-day work, like white supremacy culture."
"We want the people that we’re serving to lead the process, and we as designers have to drop our egos and let go."
"The conference is single track, so everyone is focused on the same content at the same time for a robust, engaged experience."
"Our workshops stretch the usual 6-hour in-person content across 10 virtual hours in multiple segments with breaks to ease virtual fatigue."
"The identity-blind review of proposals ensures we prioritize content and diverse viewpoints over names, organizations, or geography."
"Attendee cohorts are small groups with facilitators who meet daily, creating deeper conversations and community beyond the main sessions."
"We want to be a big tent for civic design, welcoming all kinds of people, from everywhere, to define and scope out this field together."
"If you feel isolated fighting alone for inclusion, the community and curators can give you the backbone and confidence to be outspoken."
"Sharing very specific experiences, like public transit, helps everyone extrapolate lessons that apply across other aspects of civic service delivery."
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