Whitney Quesenbery makes the case for strengthening democracy through design, and shares how she’s making this happen. This episodes includes:
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What is Civic Design and why is it important?
How is democracy a design problem?
What impact can good design have on elections?
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Who is Whitney Quesenbery?
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Whitney is the co-founder and Director of the Center for Civic Design - a non-profit UX consultancy, working to "ensure voter intent through design". She serves on numerous advisory boards, including The Center for Tech and Civic Life, VotingWorks, and The Participatory Budgeting Project.Â
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And, among many other things, she is also the co-creator of the first course on Election Design, for the University of Minnesota and the author of three books on UX.
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Before starting the Center for Civic Design, Whitney invested over 23 years solving complex problems, as a consulting UXer, for organisations like the National Cancer Institute, the New York Times, and Sage Software.
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Find Whitney here:
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyq/
Website: https://civicdesign.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/whitneyq
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Center for Civic Design:
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Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent - https://civicdesign.org/fieldguides/
Projects - https://civicdesign.org/projects-2/
Showcase - https://civicdesign.org/showcase/
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Whitney’s books:
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A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences - https://bit.ly/2T9EOwJ
Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design - https://bit.ly/3bMLlUs
Global UX: Design and Research in a Connected World - https://amzn.to/3vjRWh1
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Host: Brendan Jarvis
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