Experiments in Civic Sensemaking
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Beth Offenbacker of Public Decisions just announced they will be hosting a weekly Twitter chat on public engagement, starting two weeks from now:
Starting on Tuesday, August 17, PublicDecisions will begin hosting a weekly Twitter chat from 18:00-19:00 Eastern (New York) / 22:00-23:00 GMT on topics related to public engagement. (Check your respective time zone at [...]
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About a couple of weeks ago, the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) — in collaboration with a few other organizations in this field — launched the Public Engagement Principles project, an effort to craft a recommendation for the Obama administration as they work on the Open Government Directive. From the NCDD website:
Get involved [...]
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A few days after the launch of the new WhiteHouse.gov website, President Obama issued a memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, which announced that the new administration
… is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, [...]
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Intellitics will attend this year’s National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation, October 3-5, 2008 in Austin, Texas.
Here’s a quote from the NCDD email newsletter from today that gives you the details:
1. Latest on the 2008 National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation: Creating Cultures of Collaboration
We know your budget is tight this year, but if you [...]
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The following are a few Facebook groups we watch that deal with various aspects of dialogue, deliberation, public participation, e-government or e-democracy (membership numbers as of today):
C2D2 – Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation (18 members)
Community of interest on dialogue and deliberation. Conference held every two years.
Conversation Cafe (308 members)
Conversation Cafes promote community, democracy [...]
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These are the slightly modified slides from a quick presentation I gave last night at Web Monday Silicon Valley in San Francisco. It’s a first high-level introduction to our first product, a web application for problem solving and decision making in large groups.
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We hope to have the initial [...]
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Following a recent IAP2 Northern California chapter meeting, I came across this definition of public participation:
What is Public Participation?
Public participation is the process by which an organization consults with interested or affected individuals, organizations, and government entities before making a decision. Public participation is two-way communication and collaborative problem solving with the goal of achieving [...]
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