Session 15: What is the future of social services? A civic tech perspective

During COVID-19, the community noticed that there were cracks in the ways we attended to the needs of marginalised communities. A Good Space conducted an experiment through a civic tech tool, OPPi to coalesce views from different social sector players. We uncovered key insights for what the future of social services might be. These insights can shed deeper light into what we can do as a community to help support the current and emerging needs of these marginalised communities.

We invite you to come view the insights and tension points that arose from this civic experiment. Share your wisdom to help us see the situation better in an Open Space Tech format. Help the community uncover opportunity statements that we could act on.

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As Community Lead at A Good Space, Vincent Ng cares deeply about the issue of youth mental health and has cultivated a passion for education and contributing to positive social change. He brings an intimate knowledge of the different changemakers in the A Good Space community and experience from curating over 300 of their events to designing transformational events that inspire social change.

Santosh Kumar is passionate about helping society to listen to and surface the voices of the people at scale. At OPPi, his mission revolves around people who are unseen, voices that are unheard and feelings that are unfelt. With the power of AI, he gauges the pulse of the people and channels their voices to where they need to be heard. Santosh is fascinated with themes such as complexity economics, spiritual wisdom in the workplace and conscious capitalism.