CiviCo Launches Unified Web Presence to Drive Civic Engagement and Growth

DJ Wetter, Denver, Colorado, CEO of CiviCo CiviCo is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to igniting and uniting cultures of leadership for a better Colorado. So no matter who you are in the state of Colorado, we want you more engaged in the big opportunities and the big challenges that make our communities and state better, healthier, and more prosperous for the future. And we create events, programs, and opportunities for everyday Coloradans to connect into so that they can be more engaged in making Colorado a better place. Our mission is to bring together the private, nonprofit, and public sector to create civic ownership around our biggest opportunities and challenges in the state. And we think to do that, we have to create more capacity for everyone in Colorado to exercise leadership. Leadership is not about role or title. It's an activity that everyone has available to them if they care enough about the purpose. And so in a world where fewer and fewer people are getting engaged, CiviCo's mission is to create a civic pathway for every Coloradan. The new site and brand really reflects CiviCo's mission because when you stop by our website, the first thing the website does is ask you who you are and what type of engagement you're looking for. And what was so difficult about our work is everybody shows up to Civic Engagement differently. Everybody has a different story or why behind why they might get engaged with CiviCo. And creating a site to answer all those questions was nearly impossible. But we are so excited about our new web presence that allows folks to jump in, imagine where they might fit into CiviCo right away, join an event as soon as possible. And we know when they get around the crowd of people that are already engaged with CiviCo they're going to be a partner for life. But we've got to get them in that front door and our web presence is helping us do that. Launching the new website was so important to us because for a nonprofit, often the website gets ignored. Somebody goes there once and says, ⁓ doesn't give me everything I need. I couldn't even find all the events. I can tell that, you know, they don't have all their stuff together. That's not the case with CiviCo and that's not the case with this new website. And so it's so important that even folks that may be engaged with us five, 10 years ago know that CiviCo is kicking off a new season and we wanted to show that in a lot of ways including this new amazing website. What's in it for them is an easy way to understand where they fit both in finding partnership and community within CiviCo so that they might be in a more effective Coloradan out in the world. They might be a more effective civic citizen and I believe better in their businesses, better in the organizations they work with and even better at home around their family and friends. So they are truly becoming a part of an organization that wants to help them build their capacity. And this website and jumping on there is that first step to finding a community that I think everyone is really looking for today. If you want to get involved with CiviCo, your first step is come to one of our monthly purpose hours. Every month we hold a networking event wrapped around a big topic that is affecting Colorado, be it mental health, be it civic ownership, ⁓ artificial intelligence, quantum technology. And so every month we're bringing together guest speakers, panelists, all sorts of amazing folks to talk about the biggest issues and challenges in Colorado. And that is a great place to get in the door with CiviCo. And if you hop on our website, the first thing it's going to ask you to do is learn about Purpose Hour and get your free ticket. So it is the easiest way to get engaged, be connected to the amazing folks in the room at CiviCo, and find your pathway with us.