The newly-relaunched Utah.gov is getting rave reviews from across the Open Government community. Here’s one more reason to like it: Not only do they list all upcoming public meetings and public hearings online, they also allow citizens to create their own “Public Notice Widget”, a custom notification filter. Not sure if this feature was partRead… Read more »
We had another good trial run today, with a number of new people joining the #edem IRC for the first time. Thanks for coming, everyone! Nothing too momentous was discussed, aside from some general resource sharing and logistics planning for futures chats. If you’re curious, Michael Allan of Votorola has put up a log ofRead… Read more »
Following a slow April, things did start to pick up again in May. Our three most popular posts: What Is Government 2.0? Micro-Participation In Online Consultations New York Times Budget Puzzle Onwards to June! Original post
Following the inaugural IRC chat earlier this month, we’ll be meeting again this coming Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 2pm Pacific (9pm Berlin): irc.freenode.net #edem The idea is to establish this as an additional standing backchannel to be used especially during conferences and events related to e-participation and e-democracy. In the meantime, we’ll do monthlyRead… Read more »
The other day, this promising-looking conference popped up on my radar: Collective Intelligence 2012. From the site (emphasis mine): Overview Collective intelligence has existed at least as long as humans have, because families, armies, countries, and companies have all–at least sometimes–acted collectively in ways that seem intelligent. But in the last decade or so aRead… Read more »
My previous post on micro-participation included a definition of civic engagement that I hadn’t referenced before. According to Michael X. Delli Carpini, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, civic engagement can be defined as: Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. I haveRead… Read more »
I’ll be in San Francisco this Thursday night to meet up with fellow members and friends of the IAP2 NorCal chapter. From the IAP2 USA blog: NorCal Chapter Meetup This Thursday in SF As promised, here are the details for this week’s get-together of the Northern California chapter: IAP2 NorCal Meetup Thursday, May 5 fromRead… Read more »
I’ll be in San Francisco this Thursday night to meet up with fellow members and friends of the IAP2 NorCal chapter. From the IAP2 USA blog: NorCal Chapter Meetup This Thursday in SF As promised, here are the details for this week’s get-together of the Northern California chapter: IAP2 NorCal Meetup Thursday, May 5 fromRead… Read more »
Sandy Heierbacher, Director of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD), gives a nice two-paragraph summary this morning of what her organization’s work is all about: […] Our most urgent problems seem even more unsolvable because of our inability to come together civilly and discuss issues and potential solutions in depth with all “sides.”Read… Read more »
It’s great to see the IAP2 Affiliates form in the US and Canada. IAP2 USA, where I serve on the Board, is making great progress, and Canada is only a few weeks behind us it seems. Anyway, I would love to go up to Vancouver for this one: IAP2 BC Chapter Spring Symposium May 19,Read… Read more »