Impact
Our Partners
Cortico has worked with 300+ partners across sectors to help them understand community sentiment at scale.
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Zealous
Small-group conversations with people directly impacted by the criminal legal system revealed a vision of what freedom could actually look like, from the people closest to the harm.](/content/partners/zealous/index.html)
Hemophilia Federation of America
The Hemophilia Federation of America asked their community to imagine the future of their own care, gathering voices to inform years of advocacy ahead.](/content/partners/hemophilia-federation-of-america/index.html)
NYC Department of City Planning
Community conversations captured how people living along the Cross Bronx Expressway understand its legacy and are shaping a new story for the corridor’s future.](/content/partners/nyc-department-of-city-planning/index.html)
Our Impact
Partner Testimonials
"Listening became our strategy. The project validated what our community has long felt but rarely sees reflected. It gave us a blueprint grounded in lived experience, and that’s shaping how we expand our coverage and community work."
Vania Andre
Editor in Chief, The Haitian Times
The information that we collected with Cortico is so rich. It helps us illuminate data points in a different way, communicating through people's stories and experiences.
Alia Stevenson
Chief Program Officer, Foundation for Black Women's Wellness
Through Cortico, we're able to efficiently and powerfully invite our community of youth around the world to inform our strategic direction. Cortico enables us to analyze and amplify youth voices and opinions from around the world in a way that traditional survey instruments and focus groups cannot do.
Asheesh Advani
CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide
Working with Cortico has provided a new way to share underheard community voices and strengthen our data-driven approach to City decision-making. The Portal tool, in particular, provides a more expansive and transparent way to share what we’ve learned from residents. We heard from residents that they felt heard and valued as participants in the conversation.
Constance Stancil
Director of Neighborhood Improvement Services, City of Durham
Having the ability to use this incredible technology is such a boost for us to think about new ways to report, to identify innovative ways to reach people and connect with new audiences.
Katie Dean
Executive Editor, Cap Times
Cortico has supported us in making sense of the moment that we’re in, by offering ... the ability to listen efficiently and economically, in a way that’s connected people across Arkansas.
Sara Bishop
Founder, Reimagine Arkansas
The platform made it possible for us to address fundamental challenges in public engagement: building trust in marginalized communities to bring in their voices.
Ceasar McDowell
MIT Professor of the Practice, Project Lead, RealTalk for Change Boston
Cortico tooling provides an engaging and intuitive mechanism for organizing, structuring, and interpreting rich narratives with efficiency … bolstering our capacity to identify shared goals and meaningful insights.
Rachel Tache
Qualitative Researcher at Child Poverty Action Lab
As we engage the community and ask for feedback, Cortico has been a powerful tool to absorb and understand what residents across Cambridge are looking for in the next City Manager.
Sumbul Siddiqui
Mayor, City of Cambridge, MA
One of the most exciting things about building this program has been the spirit of experimentation we've all had. Branch staff have really embraced figuring out what their intended audience is for this program and getting to know their community in the process.
Erica Parker
Associate Manager of Adult Programming, New York Public Library
Our journalists learning that facilitation skill was huge for us because it helped put community engagement in practice and supported a shift from traditional reporting towards really connecting with communities.
Jennifer Tufts
Project Manager, America Amplified
As we work to strengthen student voice in RSU 5, Cortico's partnership has allowed our students to be empowered in leading positive change in their school culture in a way that is meaningful, collaborative and has led to increased student engagement.
Dr. Becky J. Foley
Superintendent of Schools, RSU5 in Maine
Working with Cortico taught us that anecdotes and stories have information in them that is community input. It’s real and it’s valid.
Jacquelyn Boggess
Chairperson of Madison, WI Police and Fire Commission