Reflecting on Public Participation in Our Time
Frances Bula, reporter with The Globe and Mail, interviewed Susanna Haas Lyons for the national newspaper’s recent article about public engagement with online tools. The new democracy: Surrey to launch ...
Linked In has a simple to use, native visualization tool that displays the connections among your professional network. Better yet, it’s interactive, so you can click around to explore your ...
“UBC researcher Susanna Haas Lyons turned to social networking to help the Greenest City Conversations project get residents’ input on transportation,” is the photo caption on a recent Georgia Straight ...
Digital democracy pioneer Chris Quigley presented yesterday at a digital democracy event I organized that attracted over 30 Vancouverites. Chris’ shared with work with Delib, a UK-based online engagement firm ...
In what ways does Internet-enabled policy forums enrich democratic citizenship in the United States and Europe? This is the theme of a new book collaboration from 19 researchers, edited by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...