Andrew Arrieta

The Crowd Works

Hello! I am Andrew Arrieta 2015 IDEX Fellow Former Public Policy Analyst; Political Campaign Coordinator; Compliance Auditor Co-Founder, The Crowd Works

①  Idea ②  Goals ③  Progress ④  Road Map

“ A government can be no better than

the public opinion that sustains it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Idea

▧  Citizen Movements fueled by technology

▧  Information easily spreads

▧  Participatory government trends

INSTITUTIONS + PUBLIC = THE CROWD WORKS

A collaborative platform bureaucrats, legislators, and NGOs to find innovative policy solutions from researchers, scholars, and engaged citizens.

Goals

Collaboration Non-partisan collaboration of high-level policy discussion.

▧  Threading of Responses

▧  Solution Seeker Active: AMA, live chat, meetups

Knowledge Base Solutions provided as casual analysis, creative ideas & case studies from around the world. ▧  Active in India &

USA next 6 months

▧  Different professions & motivations

Participatory Change Actionable solutions that can be implemented.

▧  Progress reports & open dialogue

▧  Variation of solutions

Targeting on Social Media ▧  Supportive of think tanks,

public policy NGOs

▧  Influential individuals in civic tech & public policy

Progress: Early Adopters

Offline Engagement ▧  Events with diverse

speakers

Progress: Early Adopters

Original Content q  Resource guide delving into

the causes, creative ideas to solve and case studies around social problems

q  Guest posts from policy experts

Political Institutions: Early Adopters

India: Policy Institute; Civic Engagement Foundation; Communications Authority of India

USA: NYC City Council Candidate; Mayor of City

South East Asia: Visiting in June/July interested parties

Road Map

Launch June (India)

Build Contacts

South East Asia

Launch August

(USA)

Usage of Website

Q & A

Any questions?

Contact:andrew@thecrowdworks.org