I'll be in DC in a couple of weeks. I have a window of time the afternoon of Tuesday, May 6th to connect with folks on various open government/civic tech trends.
Drop me a reply to connect: [email protected] I'll tweet any last minute updates with hashtag" #opengovDCMay6 I propose one group option - meet at Le Bar at Sofitel Hotel, 806 15th St. NW from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.. I will share updates with those who get in touch. Possible topics of conversation: 1. New Voices - How can we launch a large scale effort to dramatically increase broad and more representative use of open government and civic technology? Our collective field needs to reach millions and do it far more inclusively. We need an engine for lesson-sharing and better research on reaching new and more people. Note: http://e-democracy.org/newvoices 2. State Leadership with Open Government - State legislatures and Governors will be a key engine for funding open government and civic technology acceleration in _most_ states. Most state governments are focused on open data policies while leading mega-cities are investing in capturing the economic development/efficiency benefits for their region. States need to step it up. We have lessons to share from our legislative efforts in Minnesota: http://openminnesota.org 3. OGP-Lite and International Local Open Government Progress - There is significant global interest within OGP civil society circles in extending the benefits of the Open Government Partnership processes to local, regional, and provincial governments. What might this look like? Who wants to work on this idea? 4. Digital Native Elected Officials and the Open Government and Civic Technology Facebook Group - We are having a great time reaching new people interested in open government and civic technology via the new Facebook group - http://facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup - my goal is to collaborate with others interested in reaching out to hundreds of elected officials who use Facebook to engage their constituents to bring them into connection with open government builders. 5. Neighbors Online - Lots to share http://bit.ly/newvoicesvideo http://bit.ly/edemknight - >From Facebook Groups, to Next Door, to democratically inspired lessons from E-Democracy, lots to talk about. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/54z3BNzuRrTWCvdfTFlk69 For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
