Over 40 donors giving over $1300 US can’t be wrong – join them now through Midnight Central: DONATE on Nov. 16 starting at midnight Central time U.S. Donations from E-Democracy.org supporters from the world accepted and encouraged! The third annual Give to the Max Day is Wednesday, November 16. More than 42,000 donors logged [...]
Here is a secret – politicians don’t really care about opinions expressed online … that is unless they are from their actual voters. Then watch out, because then you will see real democratic change in action. As we’ve added neighborhood level engagement with “community life” exchange to our classic city-wide online town halls, we’ve seen [...]
Whether it is Somali Independence Day in Minneapolis (video), Rondo Days, or the CHAT Hmong arts festival in St. Paul, our new outreach team will be in the field across the community this summer. Our goal is to recruit at least 1,000 new participants across our Twin Cities online neighborhood forums (15 forums open [...]
The Federal Communication Commission with the Knight Foundation have put up a very interesting challenge called Apps for Communities. Download GroupServer – We’ve put up GroupServer.org as the “app” for this competition. It is designed for technology hosts. End-users engage the app via the web and e-mail. With certain customizations that we use and most [...]
As our summer of Inclusive Social Media outreach gets underway across St. Paul and Minneapolis, we’ve put together a presentation introducing “Neighbors Forums.” Neighbors Forums The slides are detailed so you can skim or go in-depth. Additional download options are at the bottom of this post. Invite us to present in-person in your neighborhood. Our [...]
After months of extensive participant input including blog comments and an online survey, Forum Manager and volunteer consultation, and Board deliberation, the final version of our updated rules (terms of service) were adopted by the Board on April 26, 2011. The major changes include: Setting Better Expectations – We added text throughout to clarify [...]
Every few years, our Board seeks input on rules changes and reflects on how they have worked in practice so they can be improved. Online Survey (NOW CLOSED) – Read the proposed rules and comment section by section. Or read the full draft. The rules govern participation on our Issues Forums and guide our growing [...]
Editors Note: This Inclusive Social Media update is from Boa Lee, our Community Outreach and Information Leader focused on Frogtown. By Boa Lee, Community Outreach and Information Leader, Greater Frogtown Neighbors Forum This year, E-Democracy intensified outreach to two Twin Cities neighborhoods – Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis and Frogtown in St. Paul. This blog post marks [...]
When Jon Stewart appeared on CNN’s Crossfire, he essentially brought that show to an end, with the admonishment: And I made a special effort to come on the show today, because I have privately, amongst my friends and also in occasional newspapers and television shows, mentioned this show as being bad … And I wanted [...]
Editors Note: The other month we received an invitation to have a booth in the “sandlot” at the Community Matters conference. Because I’ve been in occasional contact with the head of the Orton Family Foundation, I suggested that we could step that up and also host a virtual round of introductions. The exchange, using our [...]
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