Yasmin Fodil

Yasmin Fodil is a Senior Strategist at GOOD/Corps, a Strategy Consultancy that works at the intersection of engagement and social impact. Before joining GOOD/Corps, Yasmin founded and ran BYO consulting, a consultancy that helps non-profits and government agencies use design technology to make the world a better place.  Ms. Fodil received a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where she focused her studies on democracy, politics, and institutions.  Prior to graduate school, Ms. Fodil was the Information Officer for the Office of the Arts and Special Projects at the NYC Department of Education and received her Bachelor’s degree in Government from Cornell University.

Ms. Fodil is a frequent speaker on issues related to strategic design, technology and engagement in the social sector, and has created and collaborated on several notable projects and reports related to engagement strategy, public policy, Government 2.0, and technology service design: BYO projects, a collection of projects that make the world a better place through creative problem solving, experience design, technology, and community engagement; Experience Hacking Lab, a space that uses experimental research methods to create concepts for new products and services; the conceptual design of the Massachusetts Veterans and Family Benefits Finder; the “Key Performance Indicators Toolkit: New Methods for Measuring a Library’s Community Impact_”_ for Chicago Public Library; a report on how _“_U.S. Federal Agencies can Use Social Media to Increase Civic Participation”; the first New England Government 2.0 Camp and the Government 2.0 Professional Interest Council at the Harvard Kennedy School. 

Areas of Expertise

Education

Governance

Information Technology

Politics

Public & Nonprofit Organizations

Social Innovation