Author: Steven Clift

Community Engagement Online for All Workshop

Seattle, Washington

If you can’t make it – note our Nov. 14 webinar.

Time and Date: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct 11
Place: Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave. S, Free Parking

On Light Rail, 24 min from Airport, 15 min from Westlake DWTN

Cost: Free, Space is Limited

Introductions: After you register, join our special Facebook Group for pre-event virtual introductions.

Not in Seattle? Get e-news about our Nov. 15 webinar sharing BeNeighbors.org outreach lessons. Also join the free Locals Online or Digital Inclusion communities of practice.

Join us for a dynamic two part conversation on building inclusive online community engagement in neighborhoods.

• 1. Seattle Neighbors Online Networking – Who is doing what?
• 2. Inclusive Community Engagement Online – Lessons to adapt and deploy locally

 

The gathering will be facilitated by Minnesota-based E-Democracy.org. They are in town for the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation national conference starting October 12. The event will have a dynamic mix of local and national participants excited to learn from each other.

1. Seattle Neighbors Online Networking – Who is doing what?

Part one will start with a friendly networking roundtable where you are invited to share a few minutes about your online neighbor connecting efforts or put your “I am just getting started” questions on the table. Let’s highlight great online neighbor connecting efforts already happening in Seattle.

Together, we will briefly introduce conversation-based neighbor connecting “tools” many of us use like simple e-mail lists, forums, Facebook Groups, NextDoor, etc. and dig into why, when, where, how (public v. private) as well as introduce inclusive outreach and engagement that matters to diverse local communities. Seattle has one of nation’s most vibrant placeblog and parent forum scenes which in addition to local online groups/lists are neighbor to neighbor connecting instigators.

 

2. Inclusive Community Engagement Online – Lessons to adapt and deploy locally 

Part two will provide an in-depth presentation with extended discussion on E-Democracy’s BeNeighbors.org outreach effort to build inclusive and integrated online community engagement in lower income, highly diverse, high immigrant neighborhoods in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Why inclusion? Online neighbor connecting is useful and powerful for those who discover it, yet among the divides, the Neighbors Online study of the Pew Internet and American Life project found that households making 75K a year are 5 times more likely than those making 50K or less to be a member of a neighborhood e-mail list or forum.

With 2 years of pilot funding from the Ford Foundation and now extended St. Paul funding from the Knight Foundation through 2014, the BeNeighbors.org effort hopes to exchange lessons with projects around Seattle and beyond. By openly sharing our challenges and insights, we hope to learn from the work of other great projects.

Background Links:

• Public Outreach: BeNeighbors.org
• Project Details: e-democracy.org/inclusion  
• Blog: blog.e-democracy.org 
• Best of topics via Twitter: @edemo     
• 60 Page Pilot Evaluation: e-democracy.org/evaluation
• 2011 Presentation and Video

Sponsors

This is event is being organized by the non-profit BeNeighbors.org outreach initiative of E-Democracy.org. Co-Sponsors include the City of Seattle, the Seattle Foundation, and the National Conference of Dialogue and Deliberation. We invite additional co-sponsors in exchange for helping promote this event to diverse cultural communities and community groups. In addition to local community participation, this gathering is an official pre-conference workshop for the NCDD national convention: http://ncdd.org/events

Contact

If you have questions about this event, please contact E-Democracy.org at team@e-democracy.org or 612-234-7072.

Attendee ListSort by: Date | First Name | Last Name

Meredith Arena, WA, WA Nina Carduner, HERE, Inc. , WA, WA Website: http://here-inc.com Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @H_E_R_E Sean Kean, HERE, Inc., WA, WA Website: http://here-inc.com Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @H_E_R_E Toryan Dixon, Program Associate, 21 Progress, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: 21progress.org Jackie Leone, Seattle, WA, WA afsaneh J Haddadian, Research Assistant , Kettering Foundation , Centerville, OH, Dayton , OH Website: http://kettering.org Your Twitter Handle: Afsaneh JH BERYL FERNANDES, WA, WA Jack Becker, Research Assistant, Kettering Foundation, Kettering, OH, Dayton, OH Website: http://kettering.org Your Twitter Handle: @jackabecker Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @ketteringFdn Al Boss, Web developer, King County, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.kingcounty.gov Your Twitter Handle: alboss Your Orgs Twitter Handle: kcnews Sarah Schacht, WA, WA Colin Shannon-Garvey, Retired, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://montlake.net What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.:Montlake Forum montlakeforum@yahoogroups.com Janis Foster Richardson, Executive Director, Grassroots Grantmakers, Hallettsville, TX, Hallettsville, TX Website: http://grassrootsgrantmakers.org Blog: http://janisfoster.blogspot.com Your Twitter Handle: janisfoster Your Orgs Twitter Handle: GrassrootsGM Maria Batayola, WA, WA Irene Gomez, Project Manager, City’s Ofc of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.seattle.gov/arts Ken Gillgren, Tech Support/Trainer, Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition, Shoreline, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.seseattlefreedoment.org Blog: http://patterns.gillgrencommunication.com Your Twitter Handle: kengillgren ellie kemery, Co-Founder, MakerHaus, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.makerhaus.com Your Twitter Handle: @elliekemery Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @makerhaus Naomi Chang, WA, WA LILY BERTICEVICH, DIGITAL MEDIA EDUCATOR, YMCA, SEATTLE, WA, SEATTLE, WA Website: http://pugetsoundoff.org/ Blog: http://youthdigitalmedia.com/ Your Orgs Twitter Handle: pugetsoundoff Judy de Barros, consultant, Seattle Foundation, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Theodore Thomas, Project Advisor (pro bono), Partnership for Transparency Fund, Washington, DC, WA What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.:Cleveland Park listserve, Cleveland Park Citizens Association Listseerve Betty Knighton, Ex. Director, WV Center for Civic Life, Charleston, WV, Charleston, WV Website: http://www.wvciviclife.org Jonathan Cunningham, Manager, Youth Programs and Community Outreach, EMP Museum, Seattle, WA Website: http://empmuseum.org Blog: http://www.facebook.com/thesoundboard Your Twitter Handle: @wordlush Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @empmuseum Glenis Joyce, Saskatoon, SK, WA Kia Franklin, College and Family Engagement PM, TAF, Seattle, WA, WA Your Twitter Handle: kiacharon Your Orgs Twitter Handle: STEMbyTAF Kizha Davidson, Events Specialist, YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.ywcaworks.org Your Twitter Handle: @yaykizha Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @ywcaworks Steve Dodds, Executive Director, Every Voice Enaged Foundation, Scotts Valley, CA, Scotts Valley, CA Website: http://everyvoiceengaged.org Yemane Gebremicael, President, African Diaspora Of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://N/A Blog: http://N/A David Keyes, Community Technology Program Manager, City of Seattle Dep’t of IT, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://seattle.gov/tech Blog: http://techtalk.seattle.gov Your Orgs Twitter Handle: diginclusion What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.: City directory of neighborhoods online and tools: www.seattle.gov/communitiesonline Marina Gordon Gordon, Community Manager, EveryBlock, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.everyblock.com Ivan Orbegozo, WA, WA Subeida Mukhtar, Self, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Tobias Eigen, Executive Director, Kabissa, Bainbridge Island, WA, Bainbridge Island, WA Website: http://www.kabissa.org Blog: http://www.kabissa.org/4313 Your Twitter Handle: tobiaseigen Your Orgs Twitter Handle: kabissa What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.:Olympus Beach Neighbors http://groups.yahoo.com/group/olympusbeach/ Kabissa – Space for Change in Africa http://www.kabissa.org  Lisa Uemoto, Community Builder, Seattle Housing Authority, WA, Seattle, WA Anthony Davis, Resident Manager, Monica’s Village Place I, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Michelle Ackermann, Director of Communications, Seattle Housing Authority, WA, WA Laura Gentry, Technical Communications Specialist, Seattle Housing Authority, WA, WA Lizzie Evans, Founder, UFSC PS Chapter, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.ufscps.org Your Orgs Twitter Handle: ufscps_chapter What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.: Youth Intern Community Program Jim Singletary, Seattle, WA, WA Stella Gran-O’Donnell, WA, WA Lois Maag, WA, WA Your Twitter Handle: @SeaNeighborhood Laurie Bohm, WA, WA Janet Heubach, Senor Program Officer, Washington State Mentors, Issaquah, WA, Issaquah, WA Website: http://wamentors.org analia bertoni, seattle, WA, WA Carolynne Wilcox, Graphic Designer, Self, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.carolynnewilcox.com Blog: http://www.carolynnewilcox.com/caroblog.html Your Twitter Handle: carowilcox Your Orgs Twitter Handle: eseteatro Toi Sing Woo, Consultant, New Directions Consu, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://newdirectionsconsulting.org/ Andrew C Gordon, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Blog: \ Debbie Carlsen, WA, WA Marquise Roberson-Bester, Community Builder, White Center-Commuity Development Association, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.wccda.org Kevin Burke, WA, WA malik russell, Director of Communications, everyday Democracy, Hartford, CT, East Hartford, CT Website: http://www.everyday-democracy.org Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @EvDem Donna Manders, WA, WA Your Twitter Handle: @SmokeFreeLife Cheryl Honey, Community Weaver, Family Support Network, Long Beach, WA, WA Website: http://www.goodneighbors.net What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.:NeighborsNetwork@googlegroups.com  Anne Stadler, Lake Forest Park, WA, WA Tim Erickson, Trouble Maker, E-Democracy.org, Circle Pines, MN, WA Blog: http://e-democracy.org Jennifer Martin, Senior Officer, Grantmaking & Community Leadership, The Seattle Foundation, WA, Seattle, WA Corrine Bruning, Outreach Coordinator, E-Democracy.org, Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis, MN Your Twitter Handle: incensenhoney Your Orgs Twitter Handle: edemo What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.: E-democracy.org Phillips Neighbors Forum Sheryl Shapiro, Seattle Public Utilities, WA, Seattle, WA Website: http://www.seattle.gov/util/cac Steven Clift, Executive Director, E-Democracy.org, MN, Minneapolis, MN Website: http://e-democracy.org Blog: http://blog.e-democracy.org Your Twitter Handle: @democracy Your Orgs Twitter Handle: @edemo What’s your neighborhood’s online group/list/forum? Name and link if you know it.:Minneapolis Standish Ericsson Neighbors – http://e-democracy.org/se