Labs
Manor Labs is the official home to what drives City of Manor innovation. It is a proud launch partner with the Stanford University Peace Dot program led by the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University.
What can I do on Manor Labs?
Citizens can:
- recommend suggestions to various city departments
- offer new ideas
- offer ways to improve what the city already does
- vote up/down other’s ideas
- participate in the conversation to improve Manor
How do I get started?
- Go to Manor Labs
- Create an Account
- Submit an idea under the ‘View All Ideas’ tab.
Manor Labs in the News
Wall Street Journal
A Hotbed of Tech Innovation: the Government of Manor, Texas
If you want to see high technology’s potential to change the way people interact with their government, look no further than … Manor, Texas?
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Blog
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Blog article, Open Government Laboratories of Democracy, cites Manor Labs as a leading example of bottoms up government innovation:
Just as the federal government is using online brainstorming with government employees and the public to generate ideas for saving money or going green, state and local governments are also using new technology to tap people’s intelligence and expertise. The City of Manor, Texas (pop. 5800) has launched “Manor Labs,” an innovation marketplace for improving city services. A participant can sign up to suggest “ideas and solutions” for the police department, the municipal court, and everything in between. Each participant’s suggestion is ranked and rewarded with “innobucks.” These innobucks points can be redeemed for prizes: a million innobucks points wins “mayor for the day” while 400,000 points can be traded for a ride-along with the Chief of Police.
Austin American Statesman
Not your ordinary suggestion box: City officials launch Manor Labs as part of Stanford initiative
Last week, city officials launched an innovative version of the suggestion box. Manor Labs is the city’s user-driven research-and-development division located online at manorlabs.org, where city staff members, residents — anyone — can submit ideas and solutions for the city’s betterment.
O’Reilly Radar
Government 2.0: Five Predictions for 2010-12
Local governments as experiments – Increasingly some of the most innovative ideas are being independently developed in small communities. For example, the tiny city of Manor, TX has launched Manor Labs to improve services. Citizens sign up and suggest ideas for local services like law enforcement, and their ideas are ranked by the community.
The Peace Dot Initiative
The Peace Dot initiative, sponsored by Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab, seeks to establish a circle of organizations who are leading the way in building the antecedents to peace. Key values include:
- The belief that peace is possible
- Empathy
- Meeting basic needs
- Tolerance
Within the City of Manor we believe government that serves its people well is key to promoting a stable, more peaceful community. Working together, individuals, organizations and communities can progress toward a goal of world peace in 30 years.
Join the Peace Dot initiative here.
