A couple of years ago, I attended the Second (2005) Conference on Online Deliberation: Design, Research, and Practice at Standford University. Of all the conferences I’ve been to in the last few years, this was the most academic of them all - and I loved it. I really enjoyed the mix of academic papers and […]
These video statements were collected by St. Paul E-Democracy volunteers, at the Rondo Community Outreach Library, as part of their State of the City collaboration with the Mayor’s office.
An online Issues Forum is about more than the technology necessary to host an online discussion. A successful E-Democracy.Org Issues Forum is based upon local volunteers working […]
Our work on our “Online Rural Voices” initiative is underway. Phase one, is identifying community blogs, citizen journalism projects, and other online citizen media projects in Greater Minnesota.
If you live in Greater Minnesota, we invite you to fill out our SHORT SURVEY. We’re using this survey to gather some data about how people in […]
E-Democracy.Org Program Director, Tim Erickson (that’s me), is the lunch time speaker at a symposia in Columbus, Ohio today. We’ve received late notice that the symposia will be streamed live over the internet.
For more info.
Just over two weeks ago, E-Democracy.Org launched our latest project in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Las Vegas Issues Forum launched with just over 70 participants on February 23rd.
The Las Vegas Issues Forum is being managed by Bob Wallace and Julie Olague, who became the first people to launch a local Issues Forum […]
Now that we’ve firmly established ourselves in the new year, it seems appropriate to look back at what we’ve accomplished over the last year. 2007 was a really big year for E-Democracy.Org, with lots of exciting developments.
Expansion:
1000 New Participants: Over the course of the last year, participation in our core group of forums grew […]
(Photo found on www.Flickr.com, taken by ‘Travelling Steve’)
Over the next couple of days, two new neighbourhood forums will be launching in the UK as part of the E-Democracy.Org network, bringing the total size of our network to 13 forums, spread across the UK, USA, and New Zealand.
These new neighbourhood forums are excellent examples of how […]
Another great day in the UK. I began the day by spending some time with a friend of E-Democracy.Org, MJ Ray. MJ is very interested in the work that we are doing, but also great at providing feedback and constructive suggestions. I always enjoy my conversations with MJ, whom I first met in King’s Lynn, […]
See link to podcast interview at bottom of post.
After an early start today, I was off to Bristol. In Bristol, I spend time catching up with a friend and colleague, Carol Hayward. About noon, Carol and I spoke to a small group of council staff and partners about the concepts of Issues Forums and E-Democracy, […]
Update from the road. Caution, this is a somewhat strained effort to justify the “work” connection of my relaxing day in Brighton on a beautiful autumn afternoon..
I had a something of a quiet Sunday, before the hectic of the week ahead. The big excitement was watching, with Dan Jellinek and his two children, a […]