Upcoming IAP2 NorCal Lunch Meetup Featuring Loomio

by Tim on December 7, 2013

in Events

Quick note that I’m coordinating a lunch meetup for IAP2 NorCal (the Northern California chapter of IAP2 USA, where I serve as co-chair). From the IAP2 USA blog: IAP2 NorCal Lunch Meetup with Loomio: December 16 Loomio is an interesting new online decision making tool coming out of New Zealand. The Loomio team is currently [...]

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An ExpertNet Pilot at the FDA?

by Tim December 7, 2013 Crowdsourcing

Another interesting tidbit from the U.S. Open Government National Action Plan that was released yesterday: 3. Continue to Pilot Expert Networking Platforms Expert networking platforms offer the potential for Government officials to find and connect with Federal colleagues, academic researchers, or members of the general public that have specialized skills or unique expertise. The pilot [...]

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Second U.S. Open Government National Action Plan Endorses Participatory Budgeting

by Tim December 6, 2013 Open Government

The White House today announced the release of the second United States Open Government National Action Plan. In the public participation category, the document (PDF) includes several noteworthy elements, e.g. improvements to the We The People online petition infrastructure, further improvement to the rulemaking process, and a promise to continue the work on “best practices [...]

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2014 National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation: October 17-19, 2014 in Reston, VA

by Tim December 6, 2013 Events

This morning, NCDD had a little announcement to make: It’s time to save the date for the 2014 National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation! We’re excited to announce that our next national conference will take place in the DC area October 17-19, 2014. Intellitics was a sponsor at the 2012 NCDD conference in Seattle, WA. [...]

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Top Posts November 2013

by Tim December 2, 2013 About

Recent posts (from the period September through November) that were most popular last month: Deliberative Television Internet Usage Germany 1997-2013 By Age Group Build Peace Conference: April 5-6, 2014 at MIT Media Lab And here are November’s three most popular legacy posts: What Is Public Participation? 2014 Event and Conference Radar What Is Public Participation? [...]

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NCDD 2013 Membership Drive

by Tim November 25, 2013 Radar

Quick commercial break: The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) is doing a membership drive right now through Thanksgiving: As part of our 2013 member drive, we want to encourage our existing members to invite others to join NCDD as a Supporting Member for just $25. Word-of-mouth from those of you who know NCDD [...]

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Real Dialogues: Watch Hangout #2 Today!

by Tim November 20, 2013 Uncategorized

Real Dialogues, our NCDD Catalyst project, is headed into its second live hangout today. We’ll continue our conversation on employment and the minimum wage with our citizen participants and plan to bring in several policy experts. Tune in at 11am Pacific (2pm Eastern) today. You can follow Real Dialogues on the blog, Twitter, Facebook and [...]

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Build Peace Conference: April 5-6, 2014 at MIT Media Lab

by Tim November 18, 2013 Conflict Resolution

Just added this to our 2014 conference radar: Build Peace Conference, April 5-6, 2014 at MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA. From the website: The Build Peace Conference brings together practitioners, activists and technologists from around the world to share experience and ideas on using technology for peacebuilding and conflict transformation. How to build peace? [...]

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