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 […]
E-Democracy.Org is leading the online outreach for the Minnesota Minute effort of the Bell Museum.
As a complement to public service ads that will run on television, the Bell Museum invites you to submit your own Minnesota Minute (and become eligible for a prize). Visit minnesotaminute.org today.
If you find yourself standing out in nature or perhaps […]
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 […]
Hey all, I’ll be interviewed live online next week by David Witzel with PolicyCommon.Org and Forum One Communications.
If you have any questions on the topic of “Building Town Halls Online” or e-democracy in general, send them in now.
Here is the text of the announcement from LIVE Interviews Online:
Interview with Steven Clift on Building Town […]
Over the last couple months, I’ve had the privilege to participate in an independent online exchange hosted by OpenDemocracy.Net with the goal of assisting the UK Ministry of Justice with plans for a large scale online engagement. Whether they engage thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even top a million people, the fact that a government […]
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.
(NOTE: This position has been filled. - posted April 16, 2008)
Last week, E-Democracy.Org’s Board approved an extended consulting contract with Tim Erickson to serve as our paid Program Director and to coordinate our grant funded Rural Voices and Neighborhood Forum projects. While Tim has been paid for small projects in the past, this is a […]
E-Democracy.Org will be participating in the first “BarCamp” on e-democracy in Washington, DC March 1-2, 2008. Tim Erickson from E-Democracy.Org will be there to help:
eDemocracyCamp will connect citizens, researchers, developers, practitioners and anyone else interested in the topic to learn about the current state of e-democracy and share their visions for its future direction. Topics […]
“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who […]
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 […]