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 […]
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 […]
E-Democracy.Org started out as the worlds first election orientated web-site (so the legend says) and has a long history of voter education and hosting online candidate debates or “conversations.” In our original local Issues Forum in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Winona, we’ve always found that activity and membership reach peaks in the weeks prior to […]
Last weekend (Jan 25th-28th), Dan Jellinek visited St. Paul, Minnesota from his home in the UK (where he is co-chair of the Brighton & Hove Issues forum steering committee) for the first face to face meeting of the E-Democracy.Org board, since it expanded early last year.
The board met all day on Jan 27th to […]
A recent discussion in the St. Paul Issues forum demonstrated the power of Issues Forums to:
• touch upon very practical issues that members of the community must deal with
• to draw out illustrative personal stories / examples that inform policy discussions
• share ideas for personal action
A member of the forum posted his frustration at trying […]
In the St. Paul Issues Forum, the big topic in the forum, of late, has been the local Sheriff’s race. Its been a very long campaign and the Sheriff’s race has been an ongoing issue in the forum since last December, when the local police union voted to endorse Fletcher and the president of the […]
The E-Democracy.Org project blog has been fairly active for about 6 weeks now. When Steve Clift set it up, I was a little bit skeptical about how useful it would be and whether or not it would be worth the time. It took me several weeks to post my first entry, but was hooked almost […]
As part of their outreach efforts at the Rondo Community Outreach Library, St. Paul E-Democracy volunteers are trying to demonstrate the power of various digital media tools and how easy they are to use. Last week, three SPED volunteers (Kevin Marshall, Marc Trimble, and Tim Erickson) recorded and published the first SPED Report, a podcast […]
Members of St. Paul E-Democracy have launched an outreach program at the newly opened Rondo Community Outreach Library, in St. Paul. Every week, volunteers from St. Paul E-Democracy sit at a table answering questions about the internet and showing folks how they can use digital tools to voice their concerns.
In addition, they have scheduled […]
As E-Democracy.Org grows we are exploring the launch of a new project blog.
It will go live in the coming weeks as we tweak its settings and theme.
Each local Issues Forum team as well as leaders of various projects will have the opportunity to share details on their efforts via this multi-editor blog.
Welcome.
Steven Clift
Board Chair, E-Democracy.Org