Building tools that increase participation in civic life.
PolitiConnect wants to make advocacy easier by connecting people who already have an audience and a cause with the people, organizations, and elected officials needed to turn that attention into action.
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.
What is good for the hive, is good for the bee.
How do we make it simpler for people to get involved, make their voices heard, and take meaningful action on the issues they care about?
Can we build tools for a more participatory civic and political life?
What we are exploring.
Early and deliberately unfinished. These are the three questions we are testing with people right now.
Creators turning attention into action
Creators already have audiences that care about the issues they cover. How can we help turn that attention into meaningful action from your audience?
Innovative systems to drive action at and beyond just the ballot box
We’re exploring ways to make it simpler for people to support the causes they care about and participate in civic life beyond the ballot box.
Advocacy that reaches and sustains new audiences
How can advocacy organizations reach new people, build grassroots support, and keep supporters engaged with a cause over time?
Three kinds of people keep the hive running.
The people who turn a shared concern into a meeting, a petition, or a turnout. We want to understand how you find people, keep them informed, and show them what their effort changed.
Writers, podcasters, and video makers who explain civic life to an audience that trusts them. We want to know where your information comes from and what your audience keeps asking you.
Anyone who has knocked a door, signed up a neighbour, or shown up to a hearing. We want to hear what made it feel worth the evening — and what made it feel like no one was listening.
We are in the listening part.
Before we build anything further, we are talking with residents, local officials, organisers, and journalists about how they actually keep track of what is happening near them. Twenty minutes, no pitch, nothing to sign up for.
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