Participation 3.0 2010 Progress Report At the beginning of 2010, we announced our new Participation 3.0 initiative, funded by the Ford Foundation, that has opened the third phase of E-Democracy.org’s activity since its founding in 1994. Participation 3.0 initiatives focus on connecting local people everywhere with the best ideas and opportunities for includes local online [...]
E-Democracy Issues Forums Connecting neighbors and communities with new hyper-local spaces Since 1994, E-Democracy.Org has worked to build democracy and community online, from the local level up. Our model is unique – we create spaces governed by universal rules that promote civility and individual responsibility, facilitated by local volunteers, with participants who use their real [...]
Give to the Max Day is Nov. 16 We only have a few short days until Give to the Max Day 2010, your opportunity to join 40,000 other donors to support your favorite Minnesota-based charities in one day. From midnight Nov. 16 to midnight Nov. 17, donors can use the online donation feature to give [...]
From the Executive Director By Steven Clift In the United States, we’ve just finished a historical election, where a significant percentage of the incumbent officials elected to Congress were defeated. In Minnesota, where I live, we also experienced significant turnover in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, which resulted in the minority parties [...]
From the Executive Director Throughout 2009, we provided glimpses into the new Participation 3.0 concept that will build on local issues forums as ways citizens connect with one another. Now that 2010 has begun, so have the tangible efforts related to this new concept. We’ve received funding from the Ford Foundation (stay tuned for our [...]
Programmers get ‘Neighborly’ at Hackathon On Dec. 12, E-Democracy.Org invited programmers to join a local, Minnesota version of the Sunlight Foundation’s Great American Hackathon, which focused on ideas for making public data more accessible and useful for public, civic purposes. If you’ve ever wondered what a Hackathon is, put aside all your pre-conceived notions of [...]
e-Governance Africa Forum The 2010 e-Governance Africa Forum, scheduled from March 23-25 in Maputo, Mozambique, will focus on effective governance, transparent public services and citizen empowerment through information and communication technologies. The event is aimed at facilitating and promoting information and communications technology development through knowledge-sharing events. For more information, visit the conference site. Transparency [...]
Around the Forums: More new forums coming soon Two new communities in the United States are in the midst of starting up local issues forums. Residents in both Westborough, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois both have start-up efforts. In Minneapolis, three new neighborhoods – Longfellow, Nokomis East, and Corcoran – are in start-up mode as is [...]
Hot Topics: Top Digital Cities, Government 2.0 Trends, and More Editor’s Choice: Top digital cities for 2009 The Center for Digital Government recently announced results of its annual survey of the efforts of U.S. cities to use information technology to serve citizens. This year’s survey identifies innovations and creative solutions to improve government services, despite [...]
GiveMN.org fundraiser nets more than $3,000 for E-Democracy.org E-Democracy.org was one of dozens of non-profit organizations that participated in the GiveMN.Org “Give to the Max” fundraising event in November 2009 that provided. About 50 people from around the world donated to E-Democracy during the day-long event, raising more than $3,000. The funds will largely be [...]
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