Intellitics SXSW 2010 Session Proposal: “14 Ways to Make Online Citizen Participation Work”

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? (incl. review of recent examples)

What are some of the tools that are currently being used for public participation online?

How to design an e-participation project from scratch?

What are some of the common risks and how to best address them?

How to pick the right tool(s)?

How to take things to scale?

Where to share your successes and failures (so others can learn from your experience)?

What’s *your* experience? (trying to keep it interactive)

What do *you* think? (trying to keep it interactive)

1. What is public participation? (incl. definition of the term, design principles, common success metrics)
2. What are typical challenges of web-based participation? (incl. review of recent examples)
3. What are some of the tools that are currently being used for public participation online?
4. How to design an e-participation project from scratch?
5. What are some of the common risks and how to best address them?
6. How to pick the right tool(s)?
7. How to take things to scale?
8. Where to share your successes and failures (so others can learn from your experience)?
9. What’s *your* experience? (trying to keep it interactive)
10. What do *you* think? (trying to keep it interactive)

Description: Using the web to engage citizens in public decision making is becoming increasingly popular. However, most online tools are not equipped to support the right processes. This panel of public participation experts will share 14 tips how you can get results despite these shortcomings and still make your citizens happy!

Please add your vote if you’d like to see this panel happen.

In case there’s enough support and the session does in fact move forward then I’d imagine we could do some nice collaborative prep work over the coming months. Time is usually very limited at these sessions so it would be helpful if we could provide a collection of materials and resources people could refer to prior to, during and after the panel.

Related posts:

1. Intellitics SXSW 2011 Session Proposal: “Open Government through Participation: Designing Successful Online Consultations”
2. 14 Ways to Make Online Citizen Participation Work: “Keep Folks in the Loop!”
3. 14 Ways to Make Online Citizen Participation Work: “Be Careful What You Promise!”

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