For our readers in the San Francisco Bay Area, please join us next month for a casual meetup to celebrate International Day of Democracy and, along with it, the seventh anniversary of the launch of ParticipateDB, the online catalogue for all things digital engagement. Please register so we know roughly how many tables to reserve. Thanks, [...]
The good people at Etalab, the French Prime Minister's task force on open government and open data, are doing interesting work, and I'm thrilled to be speaking at an informal meetup they're hosting at the Easter-egg office in Paris, France this coming Monday, July 4: Mapping digital engagement tools 7.00 to 9.00pm Easter Eggs 44/46, rue [...]
I'll be spending the day in Brussels, Belgium this coming Thursday, June 30 and look forward to attending the local EU Tweetup in the evening: #EUtweetup Brussels – Thursday, 30 June 2016 – Holyrood meets Brussels About the event: ‘EU tweetups’ are informal pub nights about EU politics. They are relaxed friendly gatherings of people [...]
For the fifth year in a row (see here, here, here and here), we're putting together a list of 2016 conferences and events at the intersection of technology and: public participation, dialogue and deliberation, planning, conflict resolution, open government, civic engagement, and related fields. This page will be continuously updated. Please leave a comment below or contact us if you [...]
The international Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM), is celebrating its tenth anniversary next year. The conference: ... brings together e-democracy, e-participation and open government specialists working in academia, politics, government and business to critically analyse the innovations, issues, ideas and challenges in the networked societies of the digital age. Tracks include: E-Democracy and E-Participation [...]
IAP2 USA just announced their 2016 Skills Symposium, February 21-25, 2016 in San Diego, CA. We are excited to present our new one-day digital engagement training course. Digital Engagement in Public Participation This entry-level course covers benefits, tools, design considerations, and cutting-edge practices in using information and communications technologies in support of public participation, for [...]
I look forward to speaking at Arizona State University's upcoming By the People conference on participatory democracy, civic engagement and citizenship education, December 3-5 in Tempe, AZ (see our earlier mention here). My talk will take a stab at the following: The secret of successful digital engagement: It's not (just) about the technology! As the need for participatory governance [...]
International Facilitation Week is upon us, October 19-25, courtesy the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). For the third year in a row (see here, here), we're involved in organizing an online unconference for practitioners from around the globe interested in sharing and learning about facilitation in virtual environments. Topic brainstorming is set to kick off [...]
Following two events earlier this year (see here), The GovLab will host another online conference on crowdlaw this Thursday, September 24. From the Eventbrite page: The GovLab is organizing its third global online conference on #CrowdLaw, that will bring together practitioners to share their experiences and learn from others about crowdsourced legislative and regulatory lawmaking. [...]
The 7th International Conference on eParticipation (ePart 2015) is currently under way in Thessaloniki, Greece. Topic areas include: eParticipation and social media, deliberation and consultation, evaluation, and policy formulation and modeling. A number of interesting papers are being presented. Here's one co-authored by Todd Davies (mentioned here): Equality of Participation Online Versus Face to Face: Condensed Analysis of the Community [...]