E-Democracy.Org UK Meeting in the UK on Oct. 2 , local e-democracy Let me know if you’d like to help advise E-Democracy.Org local Issues Forums
efforts in the UK. We hope to gather representatives from our four local
communities - Oxford, Bristol, Brighton, and Newham in Oxford on October 2 along
with supporters of our volunteer-driven, citizen-based approach.
RSVP to: team@e-democracy.org
We need to plot out the [...]
Updated Issues Forum Presentation, Rural Voices in Native American Last week, Steve Kranz and I had a great time up in northern Minnesota spreading
the word about Issues Forum as part of our Blandin Foundation funded Rural
Voices effort. I’ve blogged about it on E-Democracy.Org and shared my updated
slides (which have evolved from a training on Issues Forums in Estonia!) and a
short video clip:
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US oGosh! IRC (chat) Meeting Sat Aug 16 4pm EDT More cross-posting. Steven Clift
Subject: oGosh! IRC Meeting Aug 16 4pm EDT
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:55:15 -0400
From: Josh Tauberer
Reply-To: open-government@googlegroups.com
To: openhouseproject@googlegroups.com, poliparse@googlegroups.com, open-government@googlegroups.com, “Open(Data).Open[Govt]”
(Apologies for four-way cross-posting!)
Hi all,
A current interest of mine is now how to build a larger, coherent
developer community around U.S. civic-technology projects of the types
we all work on. Something [...]
Webcast-Report - Web 2.0: The Future of Collaborative Government Subject: Web 2.0: The Future of Collaborative Government [Real Player, pdf]
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:06:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Knauss
Web 2.0: The Future of Collaborative Government [Real Player, pdf]
www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D208669,00.html?WT.mc_id=USRSS
Many units of government have their own websites, though their quality
varies widely. With that state of affairs in mind, the Deloitte
Consulting Group and the National Academy of [...]
Article - E-Constituent Relationship Management for State Legislators Also check out the good work of Washington State-based:
knowledgeaspower.org
See:
www.ipdi.org/uploadedfiles/CRM_June17.pdf
Subject: New IPDI White Paper – eCRM for State Legislators
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:03:38 +0000
From: Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (www.ipdi.org)
is pleased to announce the release of its latest white paper,
/e-Constituent Relationship Management for State Legislators/, which [...]
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Using multimedia tools in participation is such a broad topic, that the guide only just scratches the surface (and I've tried to focus on social media where possible). However, I hope it can prove useful for those who want to start thinking about how new technology can be at least part of their engagement approaches.
Recent stories from socialreporter I'm currently doing most of my blogging about social media, e-democracy and open collaboration over at Socialreporter.com. Here's some recent items Citizen journalism: what happens if no-one comes? Charlie Beckett wonders whether the potential joining up of citizens and pro...
CoPs at boundary of institution and innovation Click to play also at blip.tv Steve Dale designed the IDeA online platform that enables local government officers to share knowledge across a wide range of topics, and last week he invited me to a workshop with some of the...
New jobs in nonprofit e-learning and innovation I've come upon a couple of interesting projects and jobs ... the Cass Business School in London has spent the last three years putting together plans and funding for an innovative programme to provide online learning for people in community...
Innovation camp needs imitators I spent much of last weekend at the London Social Innovation Camp, and as I have written over at Socialreporter, I think we need more of these events that bring together social activists and techies to brew up bright ideas...
Professor questions the value of e-democracy centre Professor Stephen Coleman, guest blogging at Connecting Bristol, an acknowledged leader in local e-democracy, has now turned his questioning gaze on the government-funded International Centre for Local e-Democracy (ICELE). After listing a range of well-known e-democracy projects in the UK,...
Neighbourhoods(rss_1.0) (Kevin Harris on neighbourhoods and neighbourliness, social capital, citizenship, space and place...)
v r begin u dnt shut da library Back in June I was involved in setting up a treasure hunt and SMS consultation exercise around the proposed development of Manningham Library in Bradford. A few more text messages have come in recently, rather neatly demonstrating how important the local library is to some people. These appear to be written by the same person, alternately 'begging' for the building to be kept open while the building work is going on, and threatening to write a petition. If u shut da library durin da winter it wil b very depresin 4 all da localz especialy if v av a bad...
Of youth clubs and ASBOs Here's Rowenna Davis in today's Guardian - 'For many young people, simply raising their heads in the community is grounds for a thwack. In the last year we have seen a wave of policies penalising young people before they've committed an offence. Mosquitoes [sound-emitting surveillance devices] are punishing young people simply for "hanging around" public spaces. Blanket curfews are being imposed for youths on estates in Cornwall. Stop and search policies are on the increase, and they've even started in schools.' I link back to last week's 'news' that there are more ASBOs issued in places where fewer youth clubs...
Crap cycle lanes About a year back I pointed to Warrington Cycle Campaign's 'Facility of the Month', always worth revisiting for a chuckle. I missed the moment, but they've published a book of the finest samples, Crap cycle lanes. Only £4.99, delivery method not specified.
Communities, regeneration and democracy conference STUC (Scottish Trades Union Congress) is running a conference on 'Communities, regeneration and democracy', Friday 5th September 2008, in Glasgow. 'This conference will examine policies at all levels of government which impact on regeneration and local democracy. The event will also explore community and campaigning initiatives with an emphasis on how trade unions, grassroots community organisations and the voluntary sector can work together on shared priorities.' More.
Five per cent have no contact with neighbours A couple of points in the Full of Life survey which I mentioned the other day got me rummaging among other surveys looking for similar questions to see if there are comparable answers which tell us something. Health warning: some of these sources can only be found in press releases or newspaper articles with little or no supporting evidence (a boringly familiar complaint which applies to the Full of Life findings also). With one exception, they're all UK, GB or English sources. First, evidence about the more prominent neighbourly connections: Neighbours known well enough to say 'hello' Full of Life...
thinkpublic.com(rss_2.0) (we help people make things better)
How to win gold medals in 5 easy steps
According to UK sport, our recent haul of medals in Beijing is down to more than just great athletes, it’s down to a streamlined 5 step process: A simple step by step guide by Daisy Waugh, head of UK sport, explains how to find and develop gold medal athletes.
Step 1: Find it
Look at your talent [...]
positive psychology at thinkpublic
My name is Emily Cutts and I work as a Psychology Researcher for the Centre for Confidence and Well-being in Glasgow, Scotland. I also study Positive Psychology part time on the MSc at The University of East London. For the past week I have been working with Thinkpublic doing some writing.
The Centre for Confidence and [...]
Integrating Social Documentary with Public Services
Yesterday I watched Paul Watson’s documentary “Rain in My Heart”. Toni, a 27 year old alcoholic from Medway in Sheffield says “If I’m not the best advertisement for why not to drink then I don’t know what is.” He’s right, I’ve never seen something that has so powerfully portrayed the negative medical effects [...]
Be Good. Get Fit.
We’ve just launched The Good Gym website.
The Good Gym aims to connect people who want to get fit with good causes in a way that is mutually beneficial. The site aims to encourage people to engage with the idea and to allow organisations and individuals from within Tower Hamlets to get involved.
Last weekend [...]
BritDoc Film Festival 2008
On Thursday 23rd-Friday 24th July I attended the 2008 Britdoc Documentary Film Festival at Keble College in Oxford. It was a lovely, sunny and friendly affair, packed full of people bursting with documentary ideas they wanted to make happen.
I was particularly excited to watch the “Good Pitch”, offering filmmakers to pitch socially focused films [...]
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