Experiments in Civic Sensemaking
From the monthly archives:
As you know, we’re trying to get our panel “14 Ways to Make Online Citizen Participation Work” accepted to SXSW 2010. Yes, the polls are still open so head on over to the Panel Picker and sign up to cast your vote of support, thanks!
I am very excited to join forces with two exceptional co-panelists, [...]
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Our panel idea for SXSW 2010 from a few weeks ago made it to the next round and is now up for community voting. Here’s the final phrasing as submitted:
14 Ways to Make Online Citizen Participation Work
What is public participation? (incl. definition of the term, design principles, common success metrics)
What are typical challenges of web-based participation? [...]
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At the Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy 2 event in DC this week, IAP2 Director John Godec was one of the 100 or so attendees. He shared a brief summary on Facebook. With his permission, I am re-posting it here:
I had to run to catch a flight immediately after our Tuesday afternoon presentation to three key, [...]
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A number of organizations (listed below) are doing a survey to capture participant feedback from the recent Open Government Dialogue. From the survey introduction:
On his first day in office, President Obama issued a memorandum to leaders of executive departments and government agencies calling for the development of recommendations for an Open Government Directive, that would [...]
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I just heard about two upcoming online consultations at the federal level that might be worth keeping an eye on.
First, the Department of Defense (DoD) Web 2.0 Guidance Forum. From their site:
The Department of Defense (DoD) Web 2.0 Guidance Forum is a new initiative to solicit input from the public that has been undertaken in [...]
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