The Changemakers Action Playbook: How Activists & Makers Build Real Solutions Together

Advocates lack digital tools, and builders lack the context of the issue. How can the two work together? I was invited to speak at FreedomFilmFest 2026 in Malaysia, where I drew on a survey of Taiwan's civic tech community and cases such as g0v.tw and LawTrace to lay out four actions.

The four actions are to bring your skills and join in, find a partner with different skills, answer three questions before you build, and build a demo first so the government can take over.