From the category archives:

Ideas

Anonymity in Public Participation

by Tim on December 3, 2009

Following their recent informal survey, Lucas Cioffi just shared a comprehensive list of arguments why requiring citizens to register on government websites with their real names may not always be such a good idea: Protect Anonymous Comments Online
Here’s the comment I just left:
Nice list of arguments.
I wonder what opportunities there are to design systems that offer [...]

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Creative leadership skills and public participation

by Tim on July 25, 2009

Thanks once again to a most distinguished network of people we follow on Twitter, I came across an interesting paper yesterday: Leading Complexity: The Art of Making Sense (by Charles J. Palus and David M. Horth)
Introduction
This article is about developing and using creative leadership in the face of complex challenges. What has emerged from seven years [...]

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Open Government Dialogue: “Create an Open Government Project Directory and Knowledge Base”

by Tim on May 28, 2009

As the first phase of the Open Government Dialogue is almost drawing to a close, here’s Intellitics’ humble contribution (as posted a couple of days ago):
Create an Open Government project directory and knowledge base
The basic idea is to make sure that any important information about past, current or upcoming government projects or programs in the areas of [...]

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1771

by Tim on March 18, 2009

I feel like sharing a few of the ideas that have accumulated on our wiki over the past couple or so years.
Most of these are related to the hosted e-participation service we’ve been working on, and hopefully some will see the light of day very shortly.
First, though, one general note on what has been driving a [...]

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