Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-15 Thread Steven Clift
Fyi - E-Democracy is also exploring how Discourse might be used YET still fully function like a mailing list for all of our users. Let's trade notes. We have the domain name opengroups.org. Also in terms of fiscal agency, if someone out there would put up 100K you'd have a lot more options. Or

[liberationtech] Correction: Re: Tech Tuesday Free Webinar: Digital Democracy and Participatory Budgeting Tools - Feb 13

2018-01-31 Thread Steven Clift
Sorry about that ... corrected date in subject line! This is Feb 13. On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Steven Clift <cl...@e-democracy.org> wrote: > NCDD, one of the world's leading civic practitioners networks*, invites > you to their next Tech Tuesday webinar on February 13. >

[liberationtech] Tech Tuesday Free Webinar: Digital Democracy and Participatory Budgeting Tools - Feb 16

2018-01-30 Thread Steven Clift
NCDD, one of the world's leading civic practitioners networks*, invites you to their next Tech Tuesday webinar on February 13. This is must attend for those interested in positive examples of tech in democracy, community, and government. The webinar will include open source tools for idea

[liberationtech] Facebook Asks - Hard Questions: Social Media and Democracy

2018-01-22 Thread Steven Clift
See: http://po.st/facebookhardquestionsdemocracy Discuss: https://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup/permalink/2063068567258062/ Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 http://twitter.com/democracy Join in: http://facebook.com

[liberationtech] Fwd: Internews: In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women Report Mixed Feelings

2018-01-09 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Steven Clift" <cl...@publicus.net> Date: Jan 9, 2018 6:12 PM Subject: Internews: In Study of Social Media in Afghanistan, Women Report Mixed Feelings To: "newswire" <newsw...@groups.dowire.org>, <cl...@e-democrac

Re: [liberationtech] Circumventing audio/podcast censorship?

2017-12-22 Thread Steven Clift
he project, drop me a note at: comme...@1radionews.com Thanks, Steven Clift On Dec 18, 2017 10:43 AM, "Steven Clift" <cl...@e-democracy.org> wrote: > I received a couple of private replies from LiberationTech. Others? > > I am plotting a quick and possible proposal to thi

Re: [liberationtech] Circumventing audio/podcast censorship?

2017-12-18 Thread Steven Clift
has any interest in audio, how competitive it is to receive funding, etc.? (Is the effort to required to submit a proposal a waste of time?) Thoughts? Suggestions? Possible project advisors? Thanks, Steven Clift Radio app: comme...@1radionews.com NGO: cl...@e-democracy.org On Dec 9, 2017 7:04

[liberationtech] Circumventing audio/podcast censorship?

2017-12-09 Thread Steven Clift
repressive regimes? 3. What are great examples of diaspora produced podcasts that are getting decent home country distribution? Thanks, Steven Clift P.S. The proposal would extend my 1 Radio News app - http://1radionews.com - beyond the English news from 65+ countries to additional languages

[liberationtech] Public Good App House Festival - Free 3 Day Event in DC - Nov 13-15

2017-10-24 Thread Steven Clift
st/pgahfsharetwitter1>. To stay in the loop, join the Public Good App House email news list <http://po.st/pgahupdates> and/or on Twitter follow Caravan Studios <http://po.st/caravanstudiostwitter> and #PublicGoodAppHouse <http://po.st/pgahhashtagtwitter>. Thanks, Steven Clif

[liberationtech] Submit Ideas to 4th US Gov National Action Plan for Open Government - By Oct 2

2017-09-28 Thread Steven Clift
, but the public can also submit ideas online until October 2nd. For more information see: https://open.usa.gov/national-action-plan/4/ Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 http://twitter.com/democracy Join in: http://facebook.com

Re: [liberationtech] Hack for Change - Disrupt Inequity event in Saint Paul, Minnesota - National Day of Civic Hacking #hackforchange #ndoch

2017-09-23 Thread Steven Clift
, "Steven Clift" <cl...@e-democracy.org> wrote: Put the National Day of Civic Hacking <https://www.codeforamerica.org/events/national-day-of-civic-hacking-2017> on September 23rd on your radar. Here is a list of events <https://www.codeforamerica.org/events/national-day-of-c

[liberationtech] Hack for Change - Disrupt Inequity event in Saint Paul, Minnesota - National Day of Civic Hacking #hackforchange #ndoch

2017-09-14 Thread Steven Clift
courage you to check out the second CodeSwitch event <http://codeswitch.mn> in Minnesota. If you would like to be put in touch with organizers, drop me a note <t...@e-democracy.org> and I will introduce you in case this inspires you to organize something similar or to trade note on you

[liberationtech] Important mySociety Update: Contributing to the Democratic Commons

2017-09-05 Thread Steven Clift
knowledge, and then in a decade or two start from scratch once they realize how much they sacrificed by funding the new shiny object rather than the core foundation of what we all need to support democracy in the digital era. Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org Date: Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:58

[liberationtech] What's App civic tech group

2017-07-21 Thread Steven Clift
I'm experimenting with a global What's App group for civic tech related chatting. Email me a private reply to request an invite. Space is technically limited, so a commitment to engage is important. Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org -- Liberationtech is public

[liberationtech] #PDF17 Watch Live - June 8-9 from NYC

2017-06-08 Thread Steven Clift
ember Open Government and Civic Technology Facebook Group to share content related to the conference if you like: http://facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup Thanks, Steven Clift From: Personal Democracy Forum <he...@personaldemocracy.com> Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:48 AM Subject: #PDF17 Wat

[liberationtech] Fwd: [PMO Network] TICTeC@Taipei: Only 10 days left to submit a session proposal

2017-06-07 Thread Steven Clift
From: "Gemma Humphrys" Date: Jun 7, 2017 8:38 AM Subject: [PMO Network] TICTeC@Taipei: Only 10 days left to submit a session proposal To: , , "Foianet" < foia...@foiadvocates.info>, Cc: Hello

[liberationtech] #DisInfoWeek Fwd: NDI EVENT: Computational Propaganda Worldwide

2017-06-01 Thread Steven Clift
See http://disinfoweek.org From: "National Democratic Institute" Date: Jun 1, 2017 2:52 PM Subject: NDI EVENT: Computational Propaganda Worldwide Join us in DC on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 DisinfoWeek: Computational Propaganda Worldwide [image: NDI logo]

[liberationtech] Fwd: Organizer = Tech Person

2017-05-31 Thread Steven Clift
From: "Jane Booth-Tobin, Wellstone Action" Date: May 31, 2017 11:32 AM Subject: Organizer = Tech Person [image: Wellstone Action]

[liberationtech] Journal of Public Deliberation: Equity and Inclusion in Online Community Forums

2017-05-02 Thread Steven Clift
and Inclusion in Online Community Forums: An Interview with Steven Clift Abstract Online forums pose unique challenges and opportunities for creating equitable public discussions. In this interview, Steven Clift, Executive Director and Founder of E-Democracy.org, shares lessons learned about how

[liberationtech] UK: mySociety: Here’s how mySociety can help you during the 2017 General Election

2017-04-19 Thread Steven Clift
Two key places to join IF you want to get involved more closely in these UK efforts are: https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/forum/#!forum/mysociety-community https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/democracy-club - Steve From:

[liberationtech] Facebook: Building Global Community - What's your response to Mark Zuckerberg?

2017-02-17 Thread Steven Clift
cebook's next mission is so well aligned with our scrappy work. Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org P.S. You can jump in deeper now (we are just getting started): 1. Supportive Communities: https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingglobalcommunity/permalink/502355863485702/ 2. Safe Co

Re: [liberationtech] [progressiveexchange] Re: How can I help you? | Steven Clift | Pulse | LinkedIn

2017-02-16 Thread Steven Clift
Also, since 1998, I've offered the free Democracies Online Newswire email announcement list: http://dowire.org Thanks, Steven Clift http://linkedin.com/in/netclift On Feb 15, 2017 11:52 PM, "Yosem Companys" <ycompa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Steven did no

[liberationtech] Fwd: Democracy News: February 15, 2017

2017-02-15 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: "World Movement for Democracy Team" Date: Feb 15, 2017 12:57 PM Subject: Democracy News: February 15, 2017 To: Cc: *Renewed Crackdown on Egyptian Civil Society * On February 2, 2017, Citizen Lab published the

Re: [liberationtech] Our commitment to civility, freedom of assembly, and our volunteers - Join our legal defense network

2017-02-07 Thread Steven Clift
eb 7, 2017 5:28 PM, "Yosem Companys" <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > From: Steven Clift <cl...@e-democracy.org> > > Our volunteers were recently attacked by white nationalists when we > challenged them on our real name requirements: > > "You

[liberationtech] Report: Messenger apps during humanitarian crises

2017-02-01 Thread Steven Clift
See: https://engn.it/appsreport In some situations, messaging apps may be the only way that people caught up in armed conflict or crises can communicate with family, friends or humanitarian organisations. Many messaging apps have features that could help humanitarian organisations to reach

[liberationtech] Isaacson: The internet is broken. Starting from scratch, here's how I'd fix it.

2016-12-15 Thread Steven Clift
. See: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/internet-broken-starting-from-scratch-heres-how-id-fix-isaacson Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app

[liberationtech] Fwd: [openstates] Open States December Update / future updates

2016-12-09 Thread Steven Clift
From: "James Turk" Date: Dec 8, 2016 8:59 PM Subject: [openstates] Open States December Update / future updates To: "Open State Project" Cc: Greetings all, It's been about a month since we formally took over the project and we've

[liberationtech] Al Jazeera: How Facebook Hurt the Syrian Revolution

2016-12-04 Thread Steven Clift
See: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/facebook-hurt-syrian-revolution-161203125951577.html -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech.

Re: [liberationtech] Would you be willing to create an online townhall for your city? Bring Americans together local-up?

2016-12-01 Thread Steven Clift
articipation element to increase the community agenda-setting and dialogue in the group. Thanks, Steven Clift Local-up? Digital Bridges for American Communities Brown Bag https://www.facebook.com/events/1681899672124715/ Tuesday, December 6 at 12 PM - 2 PM EST Lake Research Partners, 1101 1

[liberationtech] 3 DC Events - Global Democracy Networking, Local-up Facebook Groups, Civic Tech Happy Hour - Tue Dec 6

2016-12-01 Thread Steven Clift
countries in the world. If you have ideas on who might fund a strategic outreach campaign to bring it to 16,000 members, let me know. This group delivers quality knowledge exchange every day. Let's drink to that! Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org -

[liberationtech] Unix/Linux eBooks deal and Code for America ... Fwd: Humble Bundle fundraiser! PLS RT

2016-11-27 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Jen Pahlka" Date: Nov 27, 2016 4:18 PM Subject: Humble Bundle fundraiser! PLS RT > Dave just pointed out that the O'Reilly "humble bundle" promotion that benefits CfA is already at $472K, of which we will get about 20%.

Re: [liberationtech] Would you be willing to create an online townhall for your city? Bring Americans together local-up?

2016-11-11 Thread Steven Clift
have a big outreach budget), let me know. We do have over 10 cities interested. Why not more! Thanks, Steve Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app On

[liberationtech] Would you be willing to create an online townhall for your city? Bring Americans together local-up?

2016-11-09 Thread Steven Clift
t spread to hundreds, then thousands of cities. Thanks, Steven Clift P.S. What I am essentially asking is if you want to help me convert E-Democracy's twenty years of succesful but isolated experiences with the online townhall - http://e-democracy.org/if - for the Facebook-era. Our model ONLY works with a

[liberationtech] Crowd-sourced election night fun - Finding results/chatter by state. Facebook Live videos. Join me!

2016-11-07 Thread Steven Clift
://www.facebook.com/search/str/trump/videos-live https://www.facebook.com/search/str/clinton/videos-live The map of "live" Facebook Live broadcasts is here: https://www.facebook.com/livemap Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072

[liberationtech] NYT: How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth

2016-11-02 Thread Steven Clift
the case. ... SLC: A good time to mention my prediction years ago that without digital intervention based on democratic intent, we'd have a virtual civil war: http://stevenclift.com/democratic-evolution-or-virtual-civil-war-speech-to-world-summit-on-information-society-in-geneva-by-steven-clift-2003

[liberationtech] IDEA: Crisis in Representation

2016-10-03 Thread Steven Clift
is often referred to as “the crisis of representation”. Much more: http://po.st/crisisrepresentation Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app

[liberationtech] Fwd: Hacks/Hackers global call coming up tomorrow!

2016-07-05 Thread Steven Clift
See: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c56f2e53d5ed6ef87f8aaa75c=e72dbb79be=305ffa5ca0 For my civic tech and gov friends also interested in the intersection on civic tech and media. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Hacks/Hackers" Date: Jul 4, 2016 9:21

[liberationtech] From Russia with love? Guccifer 2.0 and DNC Docs

2016-06-22 Thread Steven Clift
https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/ News about: https://www.google.com/search?q=Guccifer+2.0 Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app -- Liberationtech

[liberationtech] Are you ready for e-voting in your country? Some articles

2016-06-20 Thread Steven Clift
-and-campaigns/electronic-or-online-voter-registration.aspx#Table%20of%20states%20w/ovr Cheers, Steven Clift Online voting is a cybersecurity nightmare By Eric Geller Jun 10, 2016, 1:32pm CT | Last updated Jun 10, 2016, 1:33pm CT http://po.st/GEUEOE Chinese hackers target Taiwan political party

[liberationtech] Fwd: #PDF16 Watch Live

2016-06-09 Thread Steven Clift
Stream now live: http://po.st/2KxcwA https://twitter.com/hashtag/pdf16 From: Personal Democracy Forum Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 8:15 AM Subject: #PDF16 Watch Live To: cl...@e-democracy.org Having trouble reading this email? Please click here.

[liberationtech] Fwd: ICSR Invite - VOX-Pol Mid-project Conference ‘Taking Stock of Research on Violent Online Political Extremism’

2016-06-07 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Katie Rothman" Date: Jun 7, 2016 11:27 AM Subject: ICSR Invite - VOX-Pol Mid-project Conference ‘Taking Stock of Research on Violent Online Political Extremism’ To: Cc: VOX-Pol Mid-project Conference

[liberationtech] Fwd: International IDEA launches the Digital Parties Portal

2016-06-07 Thread Steven Clift
See: http://digitalparties.org/ From: digitalpartiesportal Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 5:40 AM Subject: International IDEA launches the Digital Parties Portal To: [image: http://userdata.paloma.se/pictures/949/HtmlEditorImages/163484/idea_logo.png] Digital

Re: [liberationtech] g0v Summit Live Webcasts - 9pm Eastern US, 7pm Pacific (Tonight Friday May 13 in US) #g0vsummit

2016-05-14 Thread Steven Clift
/schedules Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Steven Clift <cl...@e-democracy.org> wrote: > Webcast live fr

Re: [liberationtech] g0v Summit Live Webcasts - 9pm Eastern US, 7pm Pacific (Tonight Friday May 13 in US) #g0vsummit

2016-05-13 Thread Steven Clift
P.S. g0v connect folks help build the tech for the Sunflower Movement: http://flipthemedia.com/2014/07/social-media-taiwan/ http://thediplomat.com/2014/04/how-technology-revolutionized-taiwans-sunflower-movement/ Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1

[liberationtech] g0v Summit Live Webcasts - 9pm Eastern US, 7pm Pacific (Tonight Friday May 13 in US) #g0vsummit

2016-05-13 Thread Steven Clift
in Asia Venus Lui 12:00 - 12:30 Do We Need Open Digital Libraries for Chinese Publication in Public Domain? and How? Bobby Tung 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch More: http://summit.g0v.tw/2016/schedules Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072

[liberationtech] Fwd: [Inclusion] Join us at Net Inclusion: The National Digital Inclusion Summit

2016-05-02 Thread Steven Clift
See: http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org/netinclusion2016/ From: Angela Siefer Date: Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:51 PM Subject: [Inclusion] Join us at Net Inclusion: The National Digital Inclusion Summit To: inclus...@forums.e-democracy.org *Net

[liberationtech] Seeking national representatives for Open Gov and Civic Tech Facebook Group - Advisory Committee

2016-04-22 Thread Steven Clift
://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup/ This week there were 16 new topics/announcements posted for example. Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org P.S. The biggest problem with Facebook Groups is one of its virtues ... the computer decides based on your past behavior what will likely interest you enough

[liberationtech] Fwd: [Poplus] (May 14-15) Call for Participation: g0v Summit 2016 in Taipei

2016-04-22 Thread Steven Clift
http://g0v.tw is arguably the most popular civic tech organization on the planet. When I spoke in Taiwan, I noted that they had almost as many Facebook and Twitter followers at the Sunlight Foundation, Code for America and mySociety combined ... and of course a much smaller population base.

[liberationtech] Data-Driven Journalism: GitHub Experiment: Mapping the civic tech community

2016-04-20 Thread Steven Clift
, but I see strong future opportunities for accelerating global civic tech -developer- collaboration as funders wake up to this networked map and the idea that democracy-building coding collaboration can be fostered intentionally on a global basis. Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org

[liberationtech] Steinberg: (Civic Tech) Paying Your Own Way (or Not) - Civicist

2016-04-12 Thread Steven Clift
-newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bvqAT5 Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violat

[liberationtech] Fwd: [PMO Network] Any Civic Tech / Open Gov folks at RightsCon, San Francisco this week?

2016-03-28 Thread Steven Clift
Say hello to Khauril from a great civic tech project in Malaysia in San Francisco. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Khairil Yusof" Date: Mar 28, 2016 1:54 PM Subject: [PMO Network] Any Civic Tech / Open Gov folks at RightsCon, San Francisco this week?

[liberationtech] Fwd: Testify in Support of Civic Commons Legislation in NYC

2016-02-09 Thread Steven Clift
Folks not local to NYC are invited to send testimony in writing. - Steve From: Benjamin Kallos Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:44 PM Subject: Testify in Support of Civic Commons Legislation in NYC To: Civic Commons Discussion You are cordially invited

[liberationtech] Paper: When Does ICT-Enabled Citizen Voice Lead to Government Responsiveness? World Bank Digital Dividends Background Report

2016-01-28 Thread Steven Clift
me: http://twitter.com/democracy http://dowire.org - E-newsletter since 1998 http://1radionews.com - My world radio app Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift

[liberationtech] Fwd: $50k funding opportunity for startup civic tech orgs - DEADLINE JAN 25!

2016-01-21 Thread Steven Clift
> MESSAGE: > As you might have seen, we recently announced our most recent Open Call with The Pluribus project. We are doing an open call for companies, non profits and research initiatives to apply for early stage funding. The theme is funding organizations that are working toward revitalizing

[liberationtech] Time to Donate to CfA ... Fwd: 24 hours left

2015-12-31 Thread Steven Clift
I am a huge fan of the local Brigade program. We need to step up to build it out and deeper. I am personally in for $100. Will you join me? You can even dedicate your donation to a local Brigade in the form! See:

[liberationtech] Tauberer (GovTrack): So you want to reform democracy

2015-12-11 Thread Steven Clift
discussion here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup/permalink/1708206689410920/ Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift http://1radionews.com - My radio app -- Liberationtech

[liberationtech] Fwd: [ogp] Talking Inclusion at OGP: Is the digital divide preventing inclusive governance?

2015-10-30 Thread Steven Clift
From: Lucy von Sturmer Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:15 PM Subject: [ogp] Talking Inclusion at OGP: Is the digital divide preventing inclusive governance? To: OGP Civil Society group Hi all, As you depart from the summit and make your way home, two

[liberationtech] Fwd: UNESCO Executive Board Adopts Resolution on September 28 as International Access to Information Day

2015-10-21 Thread Steven Clift
Something to embrace ... -- Forwarded message -- From: "Gilbert Sendugwa" Date: Oct 20, 2015 6:15 AM Subject: UNESCO Executive Board Adopts Resolution on September 28 as International Access to Information Day To: ,

[liberationtech] Fwd: [Poplus] mySociety call for applications

2015-10-14 Thread Steven Clift
e for helping voters finding who is on their ballot and increasingly crucial social media links via Your Next Representative could be improved for ALL democracies with each election. - Cheers, Steven Clift, E-Democracy.org P.S. Join the Poplus.org network - you are missing out: http://bit.ly/pop

Re: [liberationtech] News Challenge: Open Data - Useful for People/Communities, Address Inequities, Protect Liberties - Due Sept 30

2015-09-30 Thread Steven Clift
o generate inclusive civic engagement. Written by Steven Clift Updated 14 minutes ago In one sentence, describe your idea as simply as possible. Generate and share essential open data on local democracy everywhere through open standards, distributed tools and features integrated by often

[liberationtech] Making All Voices Count: Global Innovation Competition (GIC) 2016 £450,000 in grants #gic2016

2015-09-22 Thread Steven Clift
Are you working in: Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Indonesia, the Philippines, Liberia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mozambique, Uganda or Nigeria. Check out: http://bit.ly/gic2016 The Global Innovation Competition (GIC) 2016 offers the chance to win a grant from a pool of £450,000 and attend

Re: [liberationtech] EveryPolitician "Destination 200" for GLOW week

2015-09-15 Thread Steven Clift
a list of the current members of every national legislature in the world, is starting to look like it’s not so very far away. If you’d like to help us reach it, here’s how you still can. Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1 612 234 7072 @democracy

[liberationtech] News Challenge: Open Data - Useful for People/Communities, Address Inequities, Protect Liberties - Due Sept 30

2015-09-09 Thread Steven Clift
-democracy.org/stpaul15 BTW, for the developers out there: https://github.com/mysociety/yournextrepresentative Cheers, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.ed

[liberationtech] Fwd: Sept. 15 - International Democracy Day “TweetTalk” on Space for Civil Society #demtalk

2015-09-08 Thread Steven Clift
From: National Democratic Institute Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:25 PM Subject: Sept. 15 - International Democracy Day “TweetTalk” on Space for Civil Society To: cl...@e-democracy.org [image: The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS)

[liberationtech] EveryPolitician "Destination 200" for GLOW week

2015-09-07 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Dave Whiteland" Date: Sep 7, 2015 11:09 AM Subject: [Poplus] EveryPolitician "Destination 200" for GLOW week To: "poplus" Cc: Hello Poplus people We're having a busy week this week on EveryPolitician!

[liberationtech] Fwd: [Inclusion] Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide

2015-07-27 Thread Steven Clift
From: Angela Siefer ang...@digitalinclusionalliance.org Date: Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:58 AM Subject: [Inclusion] Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide To: inclus...@forums.e-democracy.org *Please distribute widely.* NDIA http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org/ is co-sponsoring the

[liberationtech] Congrats to the Knight News Challenge winners on elections

2015-07-22 Thread Steven Clift
Check out: http://bit.ly/knightwinners2015 I hope they consider joining in with the Poplus.org open source collaborative civic coding project to share their technology. Join the online group: http://bit.ly/poplusgroup Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e

[liberationtech] What should the liberation tech response be to ISIS-related recruiting online?

2015-07-01 Thread Steven Clift
online being used essentially for very bad things. Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org - +1.612.234.7072 @democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift E-Democracy can help: http://e-democracy.org/services -- Liberationtech is public archives

[liberationtech] Open Data Charter Consultation

2015-06-08 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Tisne mti...@omidyar.com Date: Jun 6, 2015 1:23 AM Subject: [ftm_network] Open Data Charter Consultation To: ftm_netw...@googlegroups.com, pwyp-eur...@googlegroups.com, pwyp...@googlegroups.com, amld-advoc...@googlegroups.com, OGP Civil Society

[liberationtech] Fwd: Internet Policy in the MENA Region: Research Methods for Advocates

2015-05-07 Thread Steven Clift
-- Forwarded message -- From: CGCS Assistant cgcsassist...@asc.upenn.edu Date: May 7, 2015 10:38 AM Subject: Internet Policy in the MENA Region: Research Methods for Advocates To: t...@e-democracy.org t...@e-democracy.org Cc: To Whom It May Concern: We would appreciate it if

[liberationtech] Pew: Americans’ Views on Open Government Data #opengov #opendata - Only 5% say very effective!

2015-04-21 Thread Steven Clift
in government in my view is whether the public would like government to provide secure individual online access to private and public government data held about you. Estonia does this, so can the rest of the world. Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org cl...@e-democracy.org

[liberationtech] Google Civic Innovation Team: Answer Our Civic Tech Organization Survey

2015-03-26 Thread Steven Clift
. That's cool. See below. And pass this along to those you think would be interested. Steve From: Steven Clift cl...@e-democracy.org Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:20 PM Subject: Google Civic Innovation Team: Answer Our Civic Tech Organization Survey To: newswire newsw...@groups.dowire.org, poplus

[liberationtech] New White House Chief Digital Officer has a question for you ... #socialcivics

2015-03-25 Thread Steven Clift
through the input. And feel free to read my older stuff, which unfortunately is mostly filled with ideas that need audacious leaders in government to make happen: http://stevenclift.com/articles/ Join the parade here by the way: https://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup Steven Clift

Re: [liberationtech] What elections News Challenge proposals excite you?

2015-03-20 Thread Steven Clift
/elections/entries/data-based-games-to-help-with-candidate-selection Abrazo! Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy * Support E-Democracy. Pledge drive to raise $10,000 US: http://e-democracy.org/donate?ft - Only $890 to 2015 Goal On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Steven Clift cl

[liberationtech] What elections News Challenge proposals excite you?

2015-03-19 Thread Steven Clift
://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/democracy-club Start coding: https://github.com/mysociety/yournextmp-popit Or start helping with the crowd-sourcing on UK candidates: https://yournextmp.com/tasks/ More from Martin in Argentina below ... Steven Clift -- Forwarded message -- From

Re: [liberationtech] To -WATCH- the Poplus-hosted Q and A with Knight Foundation on Elections News Challenge - Thu Mar 5

2015-03-05 Thread Steven Clift
to deploy/crowdsource) say they are interested. (Here on this e-list is fine, but also http://bit.ly/poplusgroup ) Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org P.S. As the creator of the world's first election info site in 1994 - http://e-democracy.org/1994 - I hope the News Challenge funds ideas

[liberationtech] To -WATCH- the Poplus-hosted Q and A with Knight Foundation on Elections News Challenge - Thu Mar 5

2015-03-04 Thread Steven Clift
RSVP here - you'll see it in your local time too (11 Eastern Thursday): https://plus.google.com/events/c98nmucr8hmc7f3j7os34ekmoig You'll be able to watch/listen via Hangout/YouTube live or ON-DEMAND later. Cheers, Steven Clift Poplus Engagement Lead Steven Clift - Executive Director

Re: [liberationtech] Help crowd-source Open Data Day event details, hashtags, etc. - Timely Volunteer Opportunity

2015-02-19 Thread Steven Clift
Hey all, we are approaching 25 events from all over the world with *details* filled in already. Share-a-thon. It is fascinating to see what is coming in so far. I've added an org GitHub account to the columns for the first time. This should make it much easier to follow code development across

[liberationtech] Help crowd-source Open Data Day event details, hashtags, etc. - Timely Volunteer Opportunity

2015-02-18 Thread Steven Clift
Help edit here:http://bit.ly/oddeventdetails From: Steven Clift cl...@e-democracy.org Date: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:55 AM Subject: Timely non-tech Poplus volunteer opportunity! Help crowdsource links *today* or tomorrow To: poplus pop...@googlegroups.com Hey all, You may have seen my Open

[liberationtech] Introducing Poplus Hangout starts in few minutes

2015-02-18 Thread Steven Clift
questions to Twitter and we will respond. Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest

Re: [liberationtech] Introducing Poplus Hangout starts in few minutes

2015-02-18 Thread Steven Clift
We hit a glitch. Poplus hangout in NOW here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113916572031919197570/events/cqeneunjr1aak7vds6kjhefqurc Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy * Support E-Democracy. Pledge drive to raise $10,000 US: http://e-democracy.org/donate?ft - Only $890

Re: [liberationtech] Introducing The GovLab Digest: covering innovations in Governance, delivered weekly

2015-02-17 Thread Steven Clift
Excellent service! Definitely subscribe. On Feb 13, 2015 11:33 AM, Maria Hermosilla ma...@thegovlab.org wrote: Hi! If you and your colleagues are not yet familiar with The GovLab Digest, please take a moment to review the current issue http://eepurl.com/bee691. The Digest, delivered

Re: [liberationtech] Webcast - NetGain - Wed Feb 11 - Stronger Digital Society - Ford, Knight, MacArthur, Mozilla, Open Society #netgain

2015-02-12 Thread Steven Clift
-way teleconference allows you to use the telephone to participate. No flash required. Are there ways to watch YouTube without flash? I thought there were. Steve Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy * Support E-Democracy. Pledge drive to raise $10,000 US: http://e-democracy.org

[liberationtech] Strenghtening the Online Freedom of Assembly - My NetGain Challenge Submission

2015-02-10 Thread Steven Clift
My submission is wordy but hugely important. In short, it is becoming extremely difficult for people to create independent groups online on platforms/sites they control. The tools to host exist, but the network effect of Facebook Groups, Google Groups, Twitter hashtags, etc. are making it very

[liberationtech] Open Data Day Micro Grants - ODD is Feb 21st

2015-01-27 Thread Steven Clift
of the Coalition supporting this effort with some in-kind promotion, note our tips on digital outreach for unconferences and hackathons. If set up an event, these very tactical tips will help to get people in the room! http://e-democracy.org/digout Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy * Support

[liberationtech] mySociety's new $3.6M investment from Omidyar Network, seeks to grow Poplus civic tech collaboration

2015-01-21 Thread Steven Clift
global Poplus participation via online engagement. So join in! Congrats mySociety! Thank you Omidyar Network. Steven Clift Poplus.org and E-Democracy.org P.S. We just had a Poplus Meetup teleconference today with updates spanning the global. See the raw notes and listen to the recording: http

[liberationtech] Fwd: [Sunlight International] Introducing the Open Contracting Data Standard!

2014-11-18 Thread Steven Clift
and I encourage you to pass this around your country/state/region encouraging uptake by governments directly. - Steven Clift From: Felipe Estefan felipe.estefa...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:45 AM Subject: [Sunlight International] Introducing the Open Contracting Data Standard! To: Open

[liberationtech] Sunlight: Introducing Today in OpenGov, our new morning newsletter

2014-11-14 Thread Steven Clift
and deep links to best explosions of knowledge sharing. The Open Gov Facebook Group has become an amazing sharing engine and it could use a highlights version. Stay tuned for a survey and the opportunity to get involved. Cheers, Steve From: Steven Clift cl...@e-democracy.org Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2014

Re: [liberationtech] Live Webcast Thu Nov 6 - The Next Big Thing in Open Government - Knight Foundation/Paley Center

2014-11-06 Thread Steven Clift
The working webcast link is: http://fora.tv/conference/the_next_big_thing_in_open_government/watchlive Starts now. I'll inform the organizers that the link they shared needs a link. ᐧ Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http

[liberationtech] Live Webcast Thu Nov 6 - The Next Big Thing in Open Government - Knight Foundation/Paley Center

2014-11-05 Thread Steven Clift
Check out the live webcast at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Nov 6: http://bit.ly/opengovwebcast Convert time: http://bit.ly/opengovwebcasttime Forwarded with permission, in-person invite edited out ... Dear Steven: On Nov. 6, 2014 Knight Foundation is partnering with The Paley Center

[liberationtech] Put Facebook's I'm a voter feature on your radar, 4 million and counting

2014-11-04 Thread Steven Clift
Check out the real-time map: https://www.facebook.com/midtermelections/ivoted And articles/commentary: https://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup/ Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text

[liberationtech] Andy Carvin's Slides - Distant Witness - Social Media, the Arab Spring and and Journalism Revolution

2014-10-10 Thread Steven Clift
Check out: Distant Witness - Social Media, the Arab Spring and and Journalism Revolution Slides from Andy Carvin. http://bit.ly/carvinlibtechtalkslides Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text

[liberationtech] $5 mil, Do you live in a Knight Community? Detroit, Philly, St. Paul, Miami, Akron, San Jose, Macon, Charlotte and more

2014-09-16 Thread Steven Clift
.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Palm Beach County, Fla.; State College, Penn.; Tallahassee, Fla.; and Wichita, Kan. 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 ᐧ

[liberationtech] Pew Report - Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Clift
and the lack of civility practiced by thunderous partisans make online political discussion quite uninviting for many. My view is that once you frame online discussion as say city politics versus broader community life/community issues exchange you lose 98% of potential participants. Steven Clift

[liberationtech] Fwd: Video, Blog, Docs - White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Demo Day

2014-08-13 Thread Steven Clift
This is slightly off-topic perhaps, but when it comes to organizing online there it is during moments of crisis when people innovate based on necessity. Also, in addition to my links below, this useful post from Pat Tressel came in: http://bit.ly/smemlinks From: Steven Clift cl...@e

[liberationtech] Events - Civic Tech 4 Pack in Chicago - Tue Aug 5 (before hack night) - Poplus, 3 MN Civic Tech Intros

2014-07-30 Thread Steven Clift
and projects we should try to visit! P.S. Check out one of the nation's leading open gov civic hack nights which starts at 6:00 p.m. after our gatherings: http://opengovhacknight.org/ Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com

[liberationtech] What open government public opinion survey questions would you ask?

2014-07-28 Thread Steven Clift
support for open government efforts and related issues. Thanks, Steven Clift Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 ᐧ -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google

Re: [liberationtech] What open government public opinion survey questions would you ask?

2014-07-28 Thread Steven Clift
about you is perhaps the most corrosive enemy of trust in government. Open government can be about an accountability that is hyper individualized when dealing with power relationships and private/personal data and not just open to all. So what are your thoughts? ᐧ Steven Clift - http

[liberationtech] Fwd: Knight invests $4 Million in next-generation community platform for online news (hopefully more), E-Democracy lessons

2014-06-26 Thread Steven Clift
Any thoughts on how the wider civic tech/open gov community can contribute to this effort? How might we help ensure the code is widely available? Having viable online communities tied to our local news sites seems crucial to promote local democracy. Steven Clift From: Steven Clift cl...@e

[liberationtech] $3.4m to strengthen Internet for free expression and innovation - Knight New Challenge

2014-06-23 Thread Steven Clift
The winners! http://bit.ly/19newschallengewinners Congrats. Also, there is a live webcast from the conference where they are making the announcement. http://bit.ly/knightwebcast Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com

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