On October 2, 2008, local E-Democracy.Org volunteer leaders and participants from Bristol, Brighton and Hove, Oxford, and Newham along with e-democracy/community empowerment/social media experts from around the UK will be gathering at Oxford Town Hall. We hope to gather 15-20 people for a highly interactive and dynamic exchange. Steven Clift the founder and leader of […]
Local volunteers working to start up the online Chicago Region Civic Forum as part of the E-Democracy.Org network will be meeting over lunch with Board Chair, Steven Clift. If you’d like to join us at this open gathering, RSVP via our wiki at:
pages.e-democracy.org/Chicago
My first encounter with TwitterMania, was at eDemocracy Camp, back in March. Since them, I’ve been slowly testing the waters and trying to figure out what this goofy tool is all about and whether or not its of any use to me - or to E-Democracy.Org.
It wasn’t until I attended a Twitter Workshop at Minnebar […]
On June 23-24, Steven Clift with E-Democracy.Org will be speaking at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City.
I’d like to invite those interested in discussing the topic “Uniting Americans Online” on June 25, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to
RSVP via our wiki: pages.e-democracy.org/Uniting_Americans_Online_discussion_in_New_York_City
The general theme is to discuss “local up” ideas for […]
Scott Aiken’s one of the founders of E-Democracy.Org (with Mick Souder, Steven Clift, and Scott Fritchie) reports some exciting news from his Michigan 2.0 blog:
E-Democracy & Michigan
… the Board at the Birmingham Community House agreed to invest in a partnership with e-democracy.org to develop an Online Issues Forum for Birmingham / Bloomfield Hills. The Online […]
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 […]
Tim is meeting up with E-Democracy.Org co-founder Scott Aikens to present in Birmingham, Michigan on “Local E-Democracy: Online Issues Forums.” if you are in the Detroit area, come on along:
“Local E-Democracy: Online Issues Forums,” featuring Tim Erickson of E-Democracy.org. 9 a.m., Birmingham Community House, 380 S. Bates, Birmingham. For more information, visit www.communityhouse.com or call […]
(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 […]
Tim Erickson will be visiting the UK in early November to check in with our growing network of council-wide and neighbourhood level Issues Forums. This includes a pre-conference event tied to Headstar’s E-Democracy 07 conference on November 8. Details were posted to our Liftoff online group. Liftoff is where you join if you are interested […]
Up in northern Minnesota along the Gunflint Trail a major forest fire is slowly coming under control. A community network and citizen media initiative called Boreal Access is keeping people up-to-date online and aggregating a number of the local blogs.
How do we learn from this effort and small town projects like Northfield.Org and Locally Grown […]