Join me as I present on the dynamic trend of "friending for office" and present a case study on a new crop of recently elected Facebook "native" local councillors in the Minneapolis who are using Facebook to engage constituents in meaningful exchanges on public issues literally multiple times a day. - Steven Clift
P.S. I will be in the UK from Oct 20-28 - at SOCITM in Manchester (21), keynote at Consultation Institute conference (22), visiting Kingston's Norbiton Forum (24), attending MozFest (25-26), and open for meetings Oct. 27-28. Links: http://bit.ly/cliftuk14 Contact me to connect: [email protected] ** Social media and local political representation: a game changer or all hype? ** Involve Thursday, 23 October 2014 from 13:30 to 16:30 (BST) London , United Kingdom RSVP from: http://bit.ly/socmedialocalpolOct23London Event Details Digital could mean a real opportunity for local politicians to improve and adapt interaction and engagement with communities so that the public is much more engaged on its own terms, through an approach that is less institutionally-focused and more citizen-driven. But does it? This event explores how new technologies and social media are impacting local democracy and the relationship between the networked councillor and the local community. Developments in social media mean that in principle constituents can now count on many more immediate channels to access their political representatives and put their concerns and ideas directly to them. By the same token, local elected representatives can now use a low cost platform to communicate with their constituency as often as they like. The event is conceived as a facilitated conversation between local policy actors, civil society practitioners and academics to discuss some key questions and draw lessons: - What are the implications of greater use of digital and social media for the relationship between councillors and citizens? Does it change the way representatives work and the way we understand responsiveness? Does it disrupt established practices and institutions? Or is it all hype?! - Will new technologies widen the political space or increase populism? Will they create new forms of inequality in accessing power - whoever shouts (tweets?!) more? - What new types of representatives are empowered? - How does this new unmediated interaction influence constituents’ perception of their local representatives?What lessons can be learnt from case studies in the UK and abroad? Presenters incude: Steve Clift http://stevenclift.com/ Dan Jellinek http://www.danjellinek.com/ and "Wired" councillors sharing their experience: Councillor Tim Cheetham, LGA Improvement and Innovation Board https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/about-us/how-the-council-is-organised/general-information-about-councillors/cheetham-cllr-tim Councillor Liz Green http://www.kingstonlibdems.org/web/?q=lizgreen Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 ᐧ ----------------------------------------- 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/3bzxhjOzmQAUREhWF0aT3M 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.
