What can you do when you have 300+ neighbors gathered everyday via a local Issues Forum? Consult them. Below is letter from Sam Newberg – both a Standish Ericssson Neighbors Forum member and a member of the Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor Community Advisory Committee asking participants to provide input into county government led community investment project. I’ve [...]
E-Democracy News February 2009 Volume 1, Issue 2 In This Issue From the Founder ‘Knowledge Raiser’ Underway through March 1 Featured Volunteer Around the Issues Forums Online Civic Engagement 101: What Is a Wiki? What’s Hot Online: EuroPetition and more From the Founder What’s New Is Now With each new post, with each new participant, with [...]
Local volunteers recently launched the Cass Lake Leech Lake Issues Forum. It is the first of four new local online Issues Forums opening acrorss rural Minnesota communities as part of E-Democracy.Org‘s network with the support of the Blandin Foundation. The Cass Lake area has a majority Native American population and is part of the Leech [...]
New – See our May 2010 webinar on Using Technology for Community Building – Webinar Hosted by Grassroots Grantmakers. Update: The webinar recordings are now available for free: Local Citizen Media Slide Video with Audio – Slides Only – Listen/Download Only in MP3 Issues Forums Slide Video with Audio – Slides Only – Listen/Download Only [...]