Reflecting on Public Participation in Our Time
The Alberta Climate Dialogue just released a series of short videos exploring the benefits of deliberative democracy, featuring well known practitioners such as Matt Leighninger (DDC), Janette Hartz-Karp (Curtin University), ...
The Citizens League asked a group of teens how to best involve their peers in online civic engagement. At two Students Speak Out Design Challenge workshops, held in Minnesota and ...
I presented recently to Net Tuesday Vancouver, which is a monthly series for people interested in how online tools can advance the work of non-profits, foundations, government agencies and service ...
Some of the brightest minds in digital engagement strategy have just released a report and series of articles on the Standford Social Innovation Review about how digital work happens in ...
Pathways to Participation is a new report from the UK that explores why and how people participate in their society. A critical finding for public engagement efforts is that too often public consultation changes nothing for citizens but a decreased willingness to continue to be engaged. Also useful is the findings on why participation starts, continues or stops.
After reviewing a number of guides written to help public managers consider how to best choose and apply online tools for public engagement, I’ve selected five as my favourites. Here ...
There are so many options when it comes to using digital tools to engage the public, it can be hard to know where to start. If you only do three things to engage the public online, and you’re a small to medium sized municipal government, here’s what they should be:
This September, I’m joining a group of interesting speakers with perspectives on the use of social media in government, including the City of Edmonton’s CIO Chris Moore, BC Ministry of ...
My Everyday Earth is a Facebook application that encourages pro-environmental behaviour through social competition and personalized measurements. At it’s core, participants sign up for challenges, input progress to get feedback ...
There’s a bunch of great e-democracy events happening this June, all of which are accessible remotely. Check out these talks, which feature folks like the White House’s Macon Phillips, Pew’s ...