I’ll be talking about “e-democracy: New Trends in On-line Public Deliberation” at City Forum in Austin this week: City Forum is a planning and urban issues speaker series hosted by the Community and Regional Planning Student Organization (CRPSO) and the Community and Regional Planning Program (CRP) at the University of Texas at Austin. The bi-weeklyRead… Read more »
While there’s many organisations now actively beginning to experiment with social media channels and tools, just as many – if not more – are still cautious about even putting a toe in the water. “It’s not right for us”, they say, “our audience isn’t online” or “doesn’t want to engage with us” or “we don’tRead… Read more »
Myth-Busters: This week I traveled to Fort Worth and provided a policy update to the Greater Southwest Region’s 2012 Alliance for Quality Business Solutions Training Conference and Partnership Meeting. Next week I am off to St. Louis for the Heartland Region’s Facilities Maintenance and Hardware Center Industry Event entitled “The Innovation Locomotion.” GSA is toRead… Read more »
From the Davenport Institute: “Join us for a policy-focused follow up to last year’s “A Place in the World” conference. THURSDAY • MARCH 22, 2012 • 1-5 PM Pepperdine University Drescher Graduate Campus Auditorium The places where we spend our days – our homes, neighborhoods, and cities – shape us as much as we shapeRead… Read more »
Today and tomorrow (March 5th and 6th), Kansas Campus Compact is hosting The Kansas Hunger Dialogue in Overland Park, Kansas. The goal for this year’s Kansas Hunger Dialogue (this is its second year) is to develop a statewide consensus among institutions of higher learning to impact hunger with the state of Kansas and ultimately, theRead… Read more »
Several times in the past two weeks, I have had the opportunity to have in-depth conversations with colleagues looking to deepen their knowledge of social media. These individuals had a sincere desire to learn how digital engagement could add value to their work and were willing to reach out beyond their own organization to findRead… Read more »
Gerry McGovern’s recent blog post about “content strategy” got me thinking about the importance of words and – specifically – names. If you don’t know Gerry (and you should), he is an internationally known web content specialist. And one of his major products is helping his customers understand that the words they use have everythingRead… Read more »
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is launching a new open data project focused on its justice system. The provincial government has created an online portal called Justice BC, which provides several new data sets about criminal proceedings and justice reform. Government officials hope to spark broader citizen engagement and raise awareness about the current challenges justiceRead… Read more »
We all like to think that we are trendy hipsters (well some of us) and getting on down with the kids. No more cliches please (Ed.) O.K. then how many of these social media sites do you use? Be honest, when I say use I actually mean use, not just that you have heard ofRead… Read more »
There is a fascinating story in Politico: President Obama’s muddy transparency record http://politi.co/ykWK7q “Three years into his presidency, critics say Obama’s administration has failed to deliver the refreshing blast of transparency that the president promised” In general, I think the story is fair — the administration has not fully tapped the power of open government.Read… Read more »