RE: [DDN] Town meetings

2004-10-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
try http://www24.brinkster.com/alexweir/UniPoll/index.asp which is a 'post-your-own-questions' open global voting system, where the answer is not a simple yes or no, but a grey-scale 1 thru 9. This kind of functionality can be very useful if the town meeting moderator(s) can set concise que

Re: [DDN] Town meetings

2004-10-19 Thread Lars Hasselblad Torres
Take a look at www.americaspeaks.org/final -- the site is in beta -- i'd be happy to answer questions. Lars torres -- Researcher, americaspeaks 802-223-4288 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/19/04 9:19 AM, "Larry Elin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anybody answer this question sent to me by a friend? >

Re: [DDN] Town meetings

2004-10-19 Thread Taran Rampersad
Larry Elin wrote: > Can anybody answer this question sent to me by a friend? > > Q: "I've been assigned the task of developing an 'electronic town > meeting' for > Evergreen by our local Chamber of Commerce. Any single piece of advice or > resource that might be more valuable than others?" > I thi

RE: [DDN] Town meetings

2004-10-19 Thread Lisa Hinely
My single piece of advice would be to start by getting information about more exactly what they think they want (in terms of functionality, not technology). Something referred to as 'electronic town meeting' could be all sorts of things... Lisa Hinely [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-836-8452 PO Box 4233,

Re: [DDN] Town meetings

2004-10-19 Thread Audrey Borus
Rather than a blog, try a forum such as CWIS offers. Once installed, it's fairly easy to use. http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/CWIS/downloads.php?PHPSESSID=d8a78bdc99adc772e39f8747cb9b39aa ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.ed

Re: [DDN] Town meetings

2004-10-19 Thread John Hibbs
I've conducted dozens of electronic meetings. Rule One: Keep It Simple Stupid. Rule Two: Use free telephone conferencing systems where callers pay ordinary costs of a call to some location in the United States. I use www.mrconference.com. Works just fine. Rule Three: Set up a blog and point peop