Civic Spark
Case ID: CASE-LLE-2025-009
Executive Summary
Civic Spark was a one-time conference celebrating 10 years of Civic Tech Toronto. This wasn't just another event—it was organized during this "civic tech winter," a time when energy around community technology work was low in both Canada and the United States, especially after the pandemic. This article gives you a high-level overview of how the event happened and how the core organizers worked together to organize it.
Key Insight: Leading time really helps, to build a team it would be the best to get people excited to help, manage money and tasks is non-trivial, and avoid common mistakes by starting small to learn from small fails.
