On March 29 at 4:00 p.m EST, the GovLab will feature a half hour online demo and conversation with ELGL member Colleen Hardwick, Founder and CEO of PlaceSpeak, a location-based citizen engagement platform that seeks to address the problem of how to consult with people online within specific geographic boundaries to produce verifiable data that supports evidence-based decision-making and public policy development at the local level.
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Colleen Hardwick is the founder and CEO of PlaceSpeak, a location-based platform that authenticates online citizen engagement. A serial entrepreneur, Colleen has an academic background in urban geography and political science. She spent many years in media as a film and television producer and segued into internet technology. In 2006, she won the Vortex award for excellence in new media innovation from the Marshall McLuhan foundation.