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What’s the best technology to sign-up new participants? Updated sign-up forms

After over a decade of experience, we are going to let you in on a little secret. Shhhh.
A common assumption when launching a new local forum or promoting a recruitment drive is that most participants will find the website through various promotions and sign-up. Bullarky.

We’ve found that the best way to reach the 100 registered […]

Two New Neighbourhood Forums in Oxford, UK

(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 […]

On the Road Again

Well, as of tomorrow, I’m on the road again. I’ll be in the UK for 8 days for the “e-Democracy 07” conference and other meetings, followed up by a short visit to Scottsdale, Arizona - where I’m co-presenting a full day workshop called “Using Online Tools to Support Public Participation.”

As usual, I’m always eager to […]

Two New Grants - Rural Voices and Online Citizen Engagement and Media, Neighborhood Forums and Immigrants

We are proud, no make that ecstatic, to announce two new grants we’ve received:

Rural Voices - Online Citizen Engagement and Media - The Blandin Foundation awarded us $49,000 for an 18 month project to promote rural voices in Minnesota online (full proposal PDF). The first six months will focus on a series of online citizen […]

Minneapolis Neighborhood Forums Grant Proposal - Feedback Request

We’ve received word that the MSNet fund advisory committee is now reviewing our grant proposal and preparing some follow-up
questions.
Please help us prepare for those questions by taking a look yourself. See the grant application as well as the slides link from here:
e-democracy.org/nf
Send your feedback to:
[Email address: […]

Building a new project blog

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