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Sören Fillet
May 14, 2025

Boosting resident satisfaction through improved responsiveness: 3 key challenges & their solutions

Ever wish you’d known sooner? That a new policy was quietly frustrating residents in one neighborhood. That a group felt shut out of the planning process again. Or that something was up with service delivery long before it hit your inbox as a complaint.

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Sören Fillet
February 19, 2025

5 essential features to have in your community engagement software in 2025

We've never had more tools to connect with our communities and countless promise to “revolutionise” community engagement. Yet, a paradox exists: too many engagement initiatives still fall short. What's the missing ingredient? In 2025, it's understanding the five critical features that drive genuine connection and lasting impact.

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Sören Fillet
October 3, 2024

What is GovTech?

Governments are strategically combining multiple tools and techniques to achieve a 10x improvement across operations, service delivery, customer experience, and mission outcomes. In this article, we'll explore what GovTech is, its benefits, how to implement it, and what the future holds for this exciting field.

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Sören Fillet
June 21, 2023

Pioneers #1: Audrey Tang, Taiwan's Digital Minister

Born in 1981 in Taiwan, Audrey Tang has made waves as a software programmer and civic hacker-turned-Digital Minister.

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Wietse Van Ransbeeck
August 27, 2025

What’s the Difference Between Civic Tech and GovTech?

This article was published on Apolitical. Find the original article here.

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Sören Fillet
January 19, 2023

5 ways online engagement leads to better data-driven decisions

Local governments are tasked with some of the toughest decisions for future-proof policy and program planning. Making those decisions behind closed boardroom doors, in silos, is not the solution. Turning to community members and tapping into real-time community data is a better alternative. A digital community engagement platform will get you more data, speed up data processing, and makes it easier to extract actionable insights.

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