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DavePress » Personal learning and technology
I blogged over on the Learning Pool site about the personalisation of learning and development in public sector (indeed, any) organisations, and the role of technology in it. Thought DavePress readers might also be interested. One of the interesting developments of web technology has been the increasing focus on individual, personal choices. Don’t like what’s on TV? Choose something for … [weiterlesen/Read more]
PEP-NET » IFIP ePart 2010, Lausanne
The sub-catagories of the ePart 2010 (dedicated to topics on eParticipation and eDemocracy) were foundations, eParticipation initiatives, understanding & evaluation and ICT & eVoting. The conference was colocated with and held in parallel tracks to the EGOV 2010. KEYNOTE ANN MACINTOSH (UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS): ARGUMENT VISUALISATION ‐ THE KEY TO UNLOCKING ONLINE DELIBERATION? „The trouble with socialism is that it … [weiterlesen/Read more]
PEP-NET » IFIP E-GOV 2010, Lausanne
From August 29 to September 2 both the EGOV 2010 and ePart 2010 conferences (the ninth conference of the IFIP WG 8.5 group) took part in Lausanne, Mouline – a rather rural but overally nice area (one was literally facing cows when getting off the metro). This year the conferences were hosted at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration … [weiterlesen/Read more]
eDemocracyBlog.com » eDemocracy Blog » What is eDemocracy?
I've been prompted by this kind post from Mick Phythian to think again about what eDemocracy is. Previously, I've been content with this explanation of the differences between eGovernment and eDemocracy. "To simplify, eDemocracy can be thought of as the application of technology to the legislative branch and other bodies with elected representatives (including the parties and politicians within them), … [weiterlesen/Read more]
DavePress » Quick thoughts on open government
I rather like using the phrase ‘open government’ to cover – if I’m honest – the stuff I’m interested in. Indeed, the eagle eyed among you may have spotted that the tagline for this blog is now the suitably pompous “Open government and everything else”. In many ways I like it because it enables me to put the use of … [weiterlesen/Read more]
The Great E-mancipator » e-democracy
My congratulations to Richard at e-Democracyblog.com for setting up the Tech Policy Scorecard. If we are to measure this government’s progress we need a line in the sand at the start and I could not have presented a better one (apart from adding the satisfaction of the citizenry at the next review stage). What is e-democracy? I kept falling over … [weiterlesen/Read more]
The Great E-mancipator » Rude behaviour
Culture in the back office can obviously have fall-out in service to the citizen. This is subject of studies published in the Journal of Consumer Research and covered in a recent podcast from Scientific American. Although not directly associated with government service, I am sure the effect will apply equally. If employees are witnessed being rude to each other, the … [weiterlesen/Read more]
DavePress » Yay for Kindle
Amazon have just relaunched the Kindle e-reading device in the UK, with a new model, which looks rather spiffy. Mine is one of the old, white ones – but I still love it. The new one features a new layout which makes the device smaller overall but keeping the same sized screen. The Kindle now supports wifi, which is cool … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Intellitics » Five Participation-Related Topic Proposals at SXSW ‘11
Like last year, the vast majority of session proposals for SXSW ‘11 in the Open Government category seem to focus on transparency and open data. Here are five sessions that look interesting from a participation perspective (including ours, of course): Social Powered Community Planning – How Now Open Government through Participation: Designing Successful Online Consultations Rebooting Iceland: Crowdsourcing Innovation in … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Intellitics » Conversations Elsewhere
Three interesting threads to highlight this week: For the second time, NCDD ran a “featured member” post and attracted a few good questions and answers: Today’s Featured NCDD Member: Healthy Democracy Oregon Over on the NCDD Forum, Matt Leighninger asks (great discussion, to be continued): Better to convene, or to aggregate? (and how?) My own post on online/offline integration got … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Intellitics » How to Do a Citizens’ Assembly
Over the past few weeks, Melbourne, Australia-based Ron Lubensky has written an series of posts explaining the concept of a Citizens’ Assembly and defending it against unfounded criticism: July 23, 2010: Open letter to Julia Gillard, Prime Minister July 26, 2010: Assembled citizens make sense July 26, 2010: Another good op-ed supporting Citizens’ Assembly about climate policy July 26, 2010: … [weiterlesen/Read more]
PEP-NET » The Conference Season Is Open
speicherstadt by Jens Pletsch As we head full-speed towards autumn, this weekend will see the first eParticipation conference of the season: the EPart2010 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is into its second year and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary eParticipation. We have a lot to look forward to in terms of conferences: also in its second year is … [weiterlesen/Read more]
PEP-NET » Argument Visualisation tools helping eParticipation
Argument visualisation might not be seen as a suitable tool for eParticipation at first sign. However, when properly deployed, it can serve as a useful tool for eParticipation projects, where citizens can engage in stimulating brainstorming, exchange of information and knowledge, as well as in active involvement on the issues in interest. An example of such deployment of an argument … [weiterlesen/Read more]
PEP-NET » The MOMENTUM Project has reached its conclusion.
MOMENTUM launched in January 2008 and was designed to last for 30 months (until the end of July 2010). The Project aimed to monitor the existing and on coming eParticipation projects co-funded by European Commission, to consolidate their results and to provide feedback to them and to the respective EC bodies and other designated stakeholders, advancing the high-level political and … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Intellitics » Second Life and Empathy
Reading up on the Knight Foundation’s Technology for Engagement Inititative as they’ve just announced their first round of five projects to receive funding, I came across Boston, MA-based Engagement Game Lab. From their mission statement: The Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College is devoted to forging a place for games in urban civic life. The faculty, students, and affiliates of … [weiterlesen/Read more]
The Great E-mancipator » Digitising the Job Centre Plus
From Loughborough University via the Department of Work & Pensions comes a report regarding what that government department might need to consider when applying e-government to the Job Centre Plus channel, which “provides services that support people of working age from welfare into work, and helps employers to fill their vacancies”. The report entitled “RR 679 Literature review to inform … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Intellitics » Public Participation: Ten Simple Ideas for Better Online/Offline Integration
In preparation for the upcoming series of NCDD 2010 Regional Events (including the one right here in the Bay Area, October 29), Sandy Heierbacher (Director, NCDD) has asked for input on a question I know has been on the minds of many in the NCDD community for the past few years: “How can we best meld/combine face-to-face engagement with online … [weiterlesen/Read more]
Intellitics » Certified
IAP2 Certificate in Public Participation I had the distinct pleasure to attend all five days of IAP2’s Certificate Training Course in Public Participation last month (check their training calendar for upcoming training opportunities in your area). As I mentioned at the time, it was time well spent! As per the training materials, here’s what the three training units encompass: Planning … [weiterlesen/Read more]
PEP-NET » WAVE’s Workshop at ePart2010: “On the Use of Argument Visualisation Tools to support Policy Formulation”
WAVE will participate at the 2nd International eParticipation Conference that will be held between 31 August and 2 September 2010 in Lausanne, Switzerland (http://www.demo-net.org/epart). Specifically, the first day of the conference WAVE organises a workshop titled “On the Use of Argument Visualisation Tools to support Policy Formulation”. Apart from presentations and discussion, hands-on exercise on the WAVE platform will also … [weiterlesen/Read more]
mySociety » Job Advert: Commercial Product Manager for Mapumental
mySociety is looking for someone who loves building relationships, and who enjoys thinking about travel, property and what makes for a great day out. We are a non-profit group of staff and volunteers that builds websites that help people do things like find out how their politicians vote, or get broken street lights and potholes fixed in their road. We … [weiterlesen/Read more]
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