I've blogged a whole week of UK activities that start next Tuesday: http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/887
In terms of “what’s new” and exciting since my last UK visit - note the emerging digital inclusion lessons from our Inclusive Social Media efforts in lower income, high immigrant neighborhoods: http://e-democracy.org/inclusion I hope to build connections so we can leverage our current Ford Foundation funding with partners in the UK to build on and adapt these lessons so local e-democracy can become far more inclusive and useful to everyday people. This blog post on a PewInternet.org survey puts number to huge divide in "Neighbors Online" that we must close: http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/858 Please pass this on to others in the UK you think would be interested. Steven Clift E-Democracy.org http://stevenclift.com P.S. Big thanks to Kevin Harris and Hugh Flouch for organizing the July 2 event and to the Guardian's Activate conference for the keynote invitation on July 1 which is getting me over the pond: http://www.guardian.co.uk/activate Register at: http://commorgandlocalonline.eventbrite.com Community Organising: what contribution local online? Friday, July 02, 2010 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (GMT) London, United Kingdom Event Details What are the policy and practice implications of stimulating local online activity? What are the winning arguments for policy makers to support active citizens and community development workers in getting local sites set up and buzzing? And what would practitioners have to do to make stuff happen? This Networked Neighbourhoods roundtable gives us the chance to hear about the unmatched experience of Steven Clift, who sparked interest in ‘e-democracy’ back in 1994 and has been busy working on the local implications ever since. Steven will be sharing his considerable expertise in community building online. We will also take the opportunity to share some early findings from the ongoing London's Digital Neighbourhoods study; and in discussion we will try to align this material with the community organising and civic involvement aspects of the Big Society agenda. The discussion will be chaired by Emer Coleman, London Alliances Project Director at the GLA. Short presentations from: US e-democracy pioneer Steven Clift, founder of e-democracy.org, on a rare visit to London. Hugh Flouch / Kevin Harris, Networked Neighbourhoods, reporting on early findings from the London's Digital Neighbourhoods study. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy New Tel: +1.612.234.7072 _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
