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I wanted to let folks know I have a pending trip to Linz, Austria on April 27 - May 1 as a Prix Ars Electronica digital communities award jurist. I support the time I put into http://DoWire.Org - the blog/e-news, wiki, and groups - through my paid public speaking. With the arrival of my son Liam, who is now over three months old, I really want to keep my trips condensed. Adding speaking visits from April 24-26 and/or May 2-4 would work best. My typical audiences for presentations/small group meetings across the 25 countries I've spoken in include: - National/regional/local government e-participation and e-government leaders and practitioners - Parliamentary staff and MPs, other elected officials - Companies looking to differentiate themselves from the e-government pack who host small e-democracy seminars for top government officials - Civil society/participatory media/internet research audiences - Conference, keynote presentations galore I am often brought in early (like during the development of the State of Queensland's e-democracy policy which has led to many great things, Mongolia) to present a global panorama of e-democracy experiences and then later to dig in deep with e-democracy practitioners in smaller intensive workshops ((Australia, UK, Denmark). I am often an ally of the sometimes lonely civil servant assigned to figure out this "e-democracy" thing. I can say things the civil servant/manager can't say and help open up doors higher in government and raise attention to e-participation issues because I am coming from the outside. I take an extremely practical best practices approach using real examples. Importantly, I always ask my hosts to "donate" a public presentation at a local university when possible. I always appreciate the opportunity to put on my volunteer "E-Democracy.Org" hat as well and present on Issues Forums. In particular, if universities in Austria are interested, contact me. For more information on my speaking and some presentation samples see: http://www.publicus.net/speaker.html And, I've put up simple one page flyer here in Word: http://www.publicus.net/StevenClift.doc To see what is on my mind today, visit the DoWire blog: http://dowire.org/notes/ If you'd like to explore a speaking event anywhere in the world, at any time, drop me note: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sincerely Steven Clift Democracies Online http://dowire.org ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - Skype/MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift Join Democracies Online: http://dowire.org Start an Issues Forum: http://e-democracy.org/if *** Past Messages, to Subscribe: http://dowire.org *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** New RSS XML Feed Available: *** http://www.mail-archive.com/do-wire@lists.umn.edu/maillist.xml
