Archive for February, 2006

Larry Brillant – Do any e-democracy supporters know him?

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

I have a dream that E-Democracy.Org’s decade in the trenches of promoting active citizen participation online will be discovered by the Google Foundation’s new head Larry Brillant. He’ll note our track record for volunteer passion and sustainabilty, but help us scale.
Google Names Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org
Our vision for a “Rotary-style” network of [...]

Elected reps revert to personal megaphones, microphones deemed too political (Guardian article about local blogging Councillors)

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

I was outlining a slide about elected officials as online activists for my outcoming e-activism speech in Bristol when my Google alert on “e-democracy” sent my PDA this article from the Guardian:
E-democracy: tied up in red tape
The article focuses on the policy in the UK that the “political” views/actions of individual local Councillors shouldn’t have [...]

Democracy TV

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

I’m checking out Democracy TV – an Internet television platform to “ensure that individuals are always in charge of their own media.”
Meanwhile, on the flip side of open source and multimedia, I am continuing work on Democaster, the platform for community groups and government s to share low cost audio of their meetings and events.
I’ve [...]

Youth as E-Citizens

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation
. Something I meant to mention months ago.
From the site
Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation
By Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D., Barbara Gottlieb-Robles and Gary Larson, Ph.D.
Primary funding by Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation provides a groundbreaking overview [...]

3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies – 2007

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies – 2007. Plan ahead.


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