*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** Public Release - Please Forward E-Democracy E-Book - Democracy is Online 2.0 Are you surviving the great politics online hype wave this U.S. election season? Wondering what really makes a sustained difference with politics, citizen involvement and governance online? For a comprehensive review on the use of the Internet in democracy visit Steven Clift's newly released public draft "E-Democracy E-Book: Democracy is Online 2.0" web site today: http://www.publicus.net/ebook/ To join over 1200 citizens, experts, and practitioners interested in the "convergence of the Internet and democracies around the world," join his low volume e-mail announcement list - the Democracies Online Newswire: http://www.e-democracy.org/do E-Democracy E-Book - Table of Contents Below Based on almost a decade of direct online democracy experience, this working draft represents the best of what Steven Clift has discovered and has to say about the contribution of government, media, candidates, political parties, advocacy groups, the private sector, and most importantly citizens to the present and future of "democracy online." He welcomes your input and feedback. Bottom line: Election information and online voting are just the tip of the iceberg. Time to wake up and build the other 95 percent of democracy online by doing your part today. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The E-Democracy E-Book: Democracy is Online 2.0 Table of Contents 1 - Introduction Online Voting – Just Part of Democracy Online Democracy Online is Participatory 2 - Government Online - E-Government Representatives and Decision-making Online Leading Government Online Support for Democracy Examples Policy and Research Agenda 3 - Media Online and the .Com World Election News and Information and Online Policy and Research Agenda 4 - Candidates and Political Parties Online After the Election - Still Campaigning? Research and Lessons 5 - Advocacy Online 6 - The Private Sector and Internet Infrastructure Free E-mail Lists Open Source for Democracy Open Standards – Information Sharing and Geographic Relevancy 7 - Building Civic Life Online Minnesota E-Democracy - Moving the Model Forward Minnesota Forums 8 – Conclusion - Now the Big Picture, Make that the Bigger Picture Democracies Online - An Incremental Contribution Let’s Create The Public Internet Public Internet Consortium - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About Steven Clift Steven Clift is an online strategies consultant focused on the use of the Internet in democracy, governance, and community. He seeks to fundamentally improve democracy and citizen participation through the use of the Internet. From his local community up through global networks he is changing the world one e-mail at a time. He is an adviser to the Markle Foundation for their Web White & Blue 2000 online election information partnership and served as Project Coordinator in 1998. He is also Board Chair of Minnesota E-Democracy, a non-profit organization which created the world's first election-oriented web site in 1994 and hosts ongoing citizen discussions on state and community affairs. A frequent media commentator, he shares information, news, and advice to over 1200 subscribers via his Democracies Online Newswire service as well as through his public presentations in seventeen countries over the last four years. As part of Democracies Online, he recently launched the Parliaments Online Forum which networks online leaders from parliaments and legislators around the world. He served as Co-Editor for the G8 Democracy and Government Online Services Publication which was released in January 1999. His article "Democracy is Online" appeared on the cover of the Internet Society's OnTheInternet magazine in April 1998. He previously served as a consultant to the Markle Foundation's E-mail for All public outreach effort in 1998. For three years until September 1997, he coordinated the State of Minnesota's government-wide online efforts and served as the Executive Director for the Minnesota Government Information Access Council. While attending graduate school at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota he worked for the Center for Democracy and Citizenship from 1991 to 1993 where he also started the online Public Policy Network in 1993. He is a fourth generation Minnesotan who was raised in the Twin Cities and the Mississippi River town of Winona, Minnesota. When not speaking abroad he works out of the Uptown area in Minneapolis. 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