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 […]
E-Democracy.Org is a proud sponsor of 10Questions. We’ve embedded a window into our site where you can vote on which video questions from citizens you want forwarded to the candidates.
I’ve also blogged about this in more detail on my DoWire.Org blog as well as on the PBS Media Shift IdeaLab blog where I am blogging […]
In the aftermath of the bridge collapse on I-35W, E-Democracy.Org Issues Forum participants are coming online to share information and check up on each other. However, for some of the important discussions that need to take place, our network of local Issues Forums has proven insufficient for what really needs to be a state wide […]
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Given that E-Democracy.Org is based in Minneapolis and many of our board members and volunteers are quite familiar with the I-35W bridge that spans the Mississippi - its safe to say that this tragedy has hit us pretty hard. Several of our volunteers and their families (including both Steve and myself) are […]
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In early January, we announced that we made it to round two of the Knight Foundation’s New Challenge with our proposal for a Pre-Primary Presidential E-Debate. We hosted the first e-debate back in 1994.
We will find out if our proposal wins funding in mid-April. Ultimately, our goal is to see this idea […]
Are you tired of the highly partisan use of the Internet in politics? Do you have a vision for something different that brings people and communities together rather than simply tearing politicians apart?
I’ll (Steven Clift) be in Boston for a number of conferences from Thursday, February 22 through Saturday, February 24. Let me know - […]
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 […]
The other week E-Democracy.Org submitted a letter of inquiry (text far below) to the Knight Foundation as part of their exciting multi-million dollar 21st Century News Challenge. We proposed a pre-primary US Presidential online debate using a mix of video, audio, images, and text over two weeks in November _2007_. Yes, a full […]
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 […]
I am currently the Forum Manager for the E-Democracy.Org project in Roseville, Minnesota (The Roseville Issues Forum). Recently, someone posted a short announcement about another forum that opened in a neighboring community. I took a look and decided to write a short comparison of the projects, which I posted to the Roseville Issues Forum. I […]