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InnovateUS
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InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital, innovation, and AI skills for public service professionals like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 3h
Most AI projects don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because of skipped conversations. In our latest workshop, Michael Navin shared why stakeholder engagement isn't just a checkbox—it's the difference between what works and what doesn't.

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Building Trust Through Engagement: How Courts Can Responsibly Integrate AI in Daily Operations - InnovateUS Blog
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 8h
Join us for a new session in our #AI for public communications workshop series! In this workshop, participants will learn about AI tools, along with their risks and opportunities. Co-hosted by @northeasternu.bsky.social and @burnescenter.bsky.social

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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 1d
Public service doesn’t stop, and neither does learning. InnovateUS continues to host open training sessions for public professionals throughout the government shutdown. Use a personal email to join workshops and explore new skills in AI and innovation.

🔗 Learn more at innovate-us.org
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own-pace, and live learning
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 1d
In this session, participants will learn how to systematically analyze and structure participation feedback. Explore live dashboards for ongoing process monitoring and post-participation analysis tools.

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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 2d
🎉 DuPage County, Illinois, has officially partnered with InnovateUS to provide no-cost, at-your-own-pace training on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) use for its workforce.

Read more on our blog here innovate-us.org/blog/dupage-...
DuPage County Illinois Partners with InnovateUS - InnovateUS Blog
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 7d
This workshop will focus on how improving customer experience can ensure that government is accountable to and responsive to the needs of its people, and how to navigate the complexity of delivering services in the public sector. @newamerica.org

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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 7d
Ohio's Safeguard Ohio app uses #AI to interrogate citizens reporting suspicious activity.

What happens when it faces its first legal challenge? Our latest blog covers how to build legal defensibility into your AI framework. Read more here innovate-us.org/blog/ai-poli...
The AI Policy Legal Shield - InnovateUS Blog
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 8d
📅 Join us NEXT WEEK for our AI for Communications Professionals series!

Led by Jill Abramson and John Wihbey, this workshop will explore what’s changing in public communication, why AI matters, and how public professionals can adapt.

➡️ Register here! events.zoom.us/ev/AiFsShzJ8...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 9d
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 13d
These insights come from our recent workshop featuring experts from @peoplepowered.org

This session is part of our AI for Democratic Engagement workshop series.

🎥 Watch the full workshop here: us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/MjH...
🔗 Register for the workshop series here: innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 13d
Stop fitting your process to the technology. Make technology serve your process.

Government agencies are rushing to adopt #AI tools for public engagement. But they are forcing their participatory processes to fit whatever new AI platform catches their attention.

Instead, map your goals.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 13d
Stop fitting your process to the technology. Make technology serve your process.

Government agencies are rushing to adopt #AI tools for public engagement. But they are forcing their participatory processes to fit whatever new AI platform catches their attention.

Instead, map your goals.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 13d
This workshop is part of our AI for Democratic Engagement workshop series, and is brought to you in partnership with the @harvardash.bsky.social, @thegovlab.org, and the Reboot Democracy Blog. Learn more here: innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 13d
In this session, participants will learn how AI can help communities identify and frame policy challenges collaboratively, moving beyond expert-driven problem definition to inclusive priority- and agenda-setting.

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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 14d
Applying for benefits is time-consuming and expensive. Due to the complicated process, $142 billion in benefit funding goes unspent every year.

➡️ Read the full story of how human-centered #AI is transforming benefit access: innovate-us.org/blog/meeting...
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Meeting People Where They Are: How Human-Centered AI Can Transform Benefit Access - InnovateUS Blog
Meeting People Where They Are: How Human-Centered AI Can Transform Benefit Access
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 29d
Join us on September 30 for a free workshop on AI-supported public engagement! @bethnoveck.bsky.social and Dane Gambrell will explore how to define clear goals, reach the right participants, and turn public input into actionable results using #AI. Register here events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social · 15d
Participation only works when tools match purpose.

Dane Gambrell reflects on @peoplepowered.org 's new platform guide + how to design engagement that works. Read the post rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/choosin...

Then join us tomorrow at 3pm ET for a workshop: innovate-us.org/different-ai...
Choosing Wisely: A New Resource for Picking the Right Participation Platform
Choosing a digital participation platform is a governance choice. Dane Gambrell's latest post explores what the new Guide to Digital Participation Platforms gets right, the idea that participation onl...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 16d
Hosted by John Wihbey, Professor at Northeastern University and Jill Abramson, former executive editor at The New York Times, participants will learn how to leverage AI to translate technical and policy-heavy content into clear, accessible language.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 16d
📣 NEW WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNICATORS

This series explores how AI tools—when used responsibly and transparently—can strengthen communication, broaden outreach, and counter disinformation.

➡️ Register now for our first workshop on October 7 at 2 PM Eastern - innovate-us.org/amplify
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Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck.bsky.social · 16d
Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster) 👂⚡

@aguedaq.bsky.social of @innovateus.bsky.social and
Sarah Hubbard of @harvardash.bsky.social reflect on insights from my recent workshop w/Danielle Allen: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/public-...

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Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster)
Agueda Quiroga (InnovateUS) and Sarah Hubbard (Allen Lab) reflect on insights from the Reboot Democracy workshop series with Beth Noveck and Danielle Allen, and why 21st-century democracy needs better...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 19d
In this workshop, experts from Work for America and the County of Santa Clara will share how the cities of St. Louis and San Francisco reimagined their hiring practices with people—not paperwork—at the center.

➡️ Register here and don't miss out! events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 20d
Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era workshop series is offered in partnership with the @harvardash.bsky.social and @thegovlab.org. Register here innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era
InnovateUS provides no-cost, at-your-own pace, and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public servants like you.
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 20d
The digital democracy movement promised that if everyone could speak up, then democratic engagement would follow. However, as @bethnoveck.bsky.social and Danielle Allen note, public engagement requires infrastructure for listening to and acting on public input.

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Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster)
Agueda Quiroga (InnovateUS) and Sarah Hubbard (Allen Lab) reflect on insights from the Reboot Democracy workshop series with Beth Noveck and Danielle Allen, and why 21st-century democracy needs better...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 21d
Unlike many other roles in a governor’s office, there is no established template to follow for State COOs and their teams. In this session, speakers will share how CO's Governor’s Office of Operations & Cabinet Affairs has grappled with this ambiguity.

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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 22d
On Sept 4, InnovateUS hosted its first AI in Law Enforcement workshop session. According to Mark Genatempo, when implementing #AI in your agency, it is essential to treat the technology like any other power tool in your professional toolkit.

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AI is a Power Tool, Not a Decision Maker: Essential Lessons for Law Enforcement
Law enforcement agencies are under pressure to explore AI, but the real lesson is to treat it like any other power tool. In a recent workshop, Rutgers Senior Fellow Mark Genatempo stressed that AI sho...
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InnovateUS @innovateus.bsky.social · 23d
This workshop is part of our AI for Law Enforcement Workshop Series, brought to you in partnership with State of New Jersey, the AI Center of Excellence for Justice, Public Safety, and Security, and the Rutgers Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience.