After the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, I will be stopping in London to do an Neighbours Online for All seminar in Kingston upon Thames on Sat, Nov. 30.
We've shared one of a kind lessons from our efforts to inclusively connect lower income local communities across ethnicity, immigrant/native born, etc. online in similar events in LA, San Francisco, Seattle, etc. This blog post summarizes the effort to connect 10,000 residents across St. Paul (door to door combined with online): https://bitly.com/edemknight If you'd like an invite, we may have some seats for those outside of Kingston (we are working with their One Norbiton project http://onenorbiton.org.uk ). There will be a small fee. Email - [email protected] with "Kingston event" in the subject line for more info. * Monday, Dec 2?? - New Voices and Civic Technology/Open Government Round table I have about **36 hours** to consider extending my stay an extra two days IF there is interest in organizing a round table discussion about raising new and more representative voices through open government and civic technology on Monday, Dec. 2. I've hosted two sold-out gatherings in DC and San Francisco were we've reviewed and discussed the results of the PewInternet.org Civic Engagement in the Digital Age - http://bitly.com/digicivic - report. Of course these are U.S. numbers, but now is the time to deeply explore how to promote open government and civic tech that raises new voices and not just more similar or loud voices. On a related note I will be speaking on broader local open government trends (from the U.S. mostly) in Helsinki and Tallinn with a new presentation earlier in the trip. So, in addition to my interest in seeing more dialogue, I will have a fresh overview speech on trends where I will try to suss out real broad impact from isolated hype. If your organization would like to sponsor/host something, get in touch ASAP before my flights get locked in: [email protected] +1-612-234-7072 Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
