ep39 - Manjit Basi: Backstory on how the Citizens Academy / Synapcity was created

Stories from the Open Gov

Manjit Basi is a coach, learning facilitator, shift disturber and co-founder of the Ottawa-based Synapcity (formerly the Citizens Academy), a community organization whose mission is to create space and inspiration for citizens to change the city they live in. And today Manjit will tell us the journey on how the Citizens Academy was created and why it was re-branded into Synapcity. Time stamps: 1:11 - What was the catalyst behind the Citizen's Academy? 6:16 - Would you say being a community organizer or change agent is a calling for the people involved with the Citizen's Academy? 9:29 - How did the concept change from its original inception? 14:30 - Tell us more about how you were able to execute on your vision. 20:40 - Tell us more about how you were able to integrate the Civics Boot Camp so well with the City of Ottawa. 26:48 - Tell us the story behind the rebranding of Citizens Academy to Synapcity. 30:45 - Were there any doubts about the new rebrand? 40:35 - Final thoughts from Manjit. Manjit Basi Twitter account twitter.com/manjitbasi Synapcity Twitter account twitter.com/synapcity Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro Re: Open Gov Twitter account twitter.com/re_open_gov ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/