Steve Clift is one of the founders of E-Democracy.Org (10 years ago) and chair of our board. He does speaking engagements all over the world, often talking about what is happening here in St. Paul.
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Global E-democracy Trends: Leading Governments and E-democracy 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21, 2005 402 Walter Library
For those interested in an in-depth exploration of governments and leading e-democracy practices, join Steven Clift as he presents examples from around the world. A sample of presentation slides used across a many countries are available from http://publicus.net/speaker.html
Steven Clift volunteers as Board Chair of E-Democracy.Org, which is currently expanding its local citizen-based online "Issues Forums" model for citizen engagement beyond Minnesota. E-Democracy.Org is using the new open source GroupServer.Org technology along with a development guide funded by the UK Office of Deputy Prime Minister to launch forums in the UK and beyond.
Everyday Citizens: Community Life in the Information Age -- A new speech by Steven Clift, http://publicus.net -- 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21, 2005 402 Walter Library University of Minnesota, East Bank Map: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WaLib/index.html Parking details are at the end of this message
Join Steven Clift as he ties together the first decade of "e-democracy" with a citizen-centric agenda for building community life and democracy in the the 21st century. The Internet allows citizens to become everyday citizens "anywhere, any time" by deeply connecting them to things local not just global.
A reception follows Steven's talk @ 6 p.m. The reception will be Walter Library 402.
----- http://publicus.net/contact.html -------------------- Parking Parking is available in the Church Street Ramp http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/ChurchGar/index.html, the Weisman Museum Garage http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WeisGar/index.html or in the Washington Avenue Ramp http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/WashRamp/index.html
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