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 alway [...]
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 each new community [...]
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 [...]
Update: The webinar recordings are now available for free (although you still are encouraged to donate if you find them useful):
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 in MP3
Each slightly less than an hour section stands [...]