Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Session: Design Principles for Online Democracy: Connecting Government and Constituents in the Internet Age
Description
Why is it that the best designed government web portals are for collecting your taxes, and the worst ones are for gathering your input? Maybe it's time for Government 2.0. This panel of experts are are pioneers of e-democracy, and they will wrestle with these questions:
-How can we help elected officials listen and interact more effectively with their constituents?
-Can government be reinvented as a platform for civic collaboration?
-What lessons have you learned from your own e-democracy projects?
-What obstacles stand in the way of progress?
Moderated by Justin Hamilton
-How can we help elected officials listen and interact more effectively with their constituents?
-Can government be reinvented as a platform for civic collaboration?
-What lessons have you learned from your own e-democracy projects?
-What obstacles stand in the way of progress?
Moderated by Justin Hamilton
Session Details
| Speakers: |
Sarah Schacht  Tom Steinberg Steven Clift Sheila Campbell Alan Rosenblatt Ph.D. |
| Date: | Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
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| Location: | Breakout Room A |
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By: Lou Klepner
on Jun 24 2008 at 08:09 PM EDT
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Notes
- Robin Barrett
on Design Principles for Online Democracy: Connecting Government and Constituents in the Internet Age:
Mission is to build effective citizens and responsive legislators.
Personal letters actually matter to legislators. The individual messages coming from different people matter.
Knowledge is power is a software that enables people to connect to their legislators. "politicus" is a new email system fo ... - David GalielDavid_Galiel
on Design Principles for Online Democracy: Connecting Government and Constituents in the Internet Age:
Sarah Schacht, knowledgeaspower.org
Founded as citizen's legislation tracking project in the Seattle area.
Knowledge As Power's main design principle:
We don't make "chicken salad". - narrow focus on building effective citizens and responsive legislators (without getting distracted by "chicken salad" ... - Mr. Jordan Raynor on Design Principles for Online Democracy: Connecting Government and Constituents in the Internet Age: Sarah Schacht - Sarah Schacht is the founder and executive director of Knowledge As Power, an online nonpartisan system that helps individuals effectively participate in the legislative process. She's been a Republican, a Democrat, worked on presidential campaigns and in Congress; her mission now is ...
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