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E-Democracy: Engaging times for all. Panel Speech - Community of Democracies 8 th Ministerial Conference Steven Clift @democracy K H ub.net & E-Democracy.org Slides: e-democracy.org/learn

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Breaking the ice …

“I believe in people”

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I also believe in cats … see second video for context.

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1994 – I woke up hearing my name on the radio …

World’s 1st election information website

E-debate, citizen forum online

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Government by day… Citizen by night

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20 Years, 6 Lessons

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1. About People

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Social Media – Private Life First

… about “Public

Life” second

Relevance,necessity

key

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2. Local Matters

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Problem

• Online public engagement disconnected from place

• Representative democracy and participatory democracy based on place – geography matters!

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Solution:

Digital town square via local online groups

With democratic intent

E-Democracy.org’s Neighborhoods today – up to 30% of households – more

Lessons apply to Facebook Groups et al today.

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3. Groups

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Online groups and place

• Freedom of assembly online –

Place + online groups = powerful impact in real democracy, in real community

• “The most democratizing aspect of the Internet is the ability of people to organize and communicate in groups.”

Steven Clift in “Democracy is Online” article published by Internet Society, 1998

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City Hall

In-personConversations

Shared onFacebook

YourNetworks

Local Media

You

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Councillor

Candidate

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Park Staff

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LocalOnline Groups

Join Group

New Resident

Online public space in “real” community

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4. Agenda-Setting

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Sharing power –

People to people

Social media today: FB News Feeds, Hashtags

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Why do local online spaces strengthen representative democracy? Elected officials:

•“They are my voters.”

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5. Engage Inclusively

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Raising New Voices?

US-widenumbersshowdivide

Source: PewInternet

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Facebook-Native Local Politicians● Minneapolis Councillors asking questions,

directly engaging, case study

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6. Glocal Knowledge

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How do we connect “what works” across communities?

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Digital connecting with dem. intent

• Local online spaces everywhere across multiple platforms

– Need improved discovery, connecting leaders, joint promotion

• Connect people/govs/civsoc by topics/projects globally ACROSS local communities – bring “what works” home- Beyond, but building on the Twitter hashtag

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Work socially, work smarter - KHub.net

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Example groups and themes

Social care Health care Environment Flood defense

Voluntary services Transport Police & Fire Education

Housing Benefits Foster care Community services

Digital projects Technology National policy Regional initiatives

Connect with over 1,500 groups working to improve public services

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OpenGov Facebook Group

Join 4,000 members from 100+ nations

Sharing daily

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Conclusion

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Let’s be the

Engagement Generation.

Let’s build it local everywhere. Together.

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Slides I took out for length

For dozens more recent slides, see my June 2015 slide collection used

in Taiwan and the Philippines

Extra Slides

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Global media attention

A new Athens of democracy??!

Media over-hype.

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Who We Are

E-Democracy.org's mission:

Harness the power of online tools to support participation in public life, strengthen communities, and build democracy.

Creating online spaces for civic engagement since 1994.

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Today’s work, Ask me about …

• KHub.Net – Knowledge Hub online groups for government and NGOs globally

• E-Democracy.org – Leader… mySociety/Poplus.org outreach

• 1RadioNews.com – Android app small start-up company

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You are in the center

“networked individualism”

You

Friends

Family

Communities

Prof. Peers

Public

“Entities”

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My Neighborhood

Standish and Ericsson Neighborhood, Minneapolis

About 10,000 residents - Small homes, big hearts

Shared online “Neighbors Forum” for 7 years

1400 members, ~30% households

Survey shows +7% in freq. civic activities online in Edem hoods, more

“All politics is local.” – Tip O’Neill, former US House Speaker

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Knowledge Hub – KHub.net

Digital collaboration space for public and non-profit sectors

Where public service professionals connect, exchange knowledge, experiences to improve public services

100,000+ registered professionals across 450 public sector organisations and 11 countries – started in United Kingdom

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#blacklivesmatter #hashtag fueled urgent news and protest info sharing

Good Fight podcast

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X. Info/Data Notice

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Open Government Partnership

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Open Gov Data“demand” from technical public, government has supply

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With, not for