― 5 file links ― ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Stephens, John B" <steph...@sog.unc.edu> Date: Dec 20, 2017 2:15 PM Subject: Civic Tech in North Carolina Report To: "Steven Clift (cl...@publicus.net)" <cl...@publicus.net> Cc:
*Steven – a different angle on community engagement/democratic direction of local government.* Hope you find the following of interest: *Civic Technology: Open Data and Citizen Volunteers as a Resource for North Carolina Local Governments* https://www.sog.unc.edu/ publications/reports/civic-technology-open-data-and- citizen-volunteers-resource-north-carolina-local-governments Please share the link with your network. I also offered a post on Medium https://medium.com/@jbgumbystephens/civic-tech-success-and-challenges-one- opinion-from-north-carolina-d5d7c33b00cb to focus on the key questions I see for the future of civic tech relying on volunteers: 1. Can civic tech be extended beyond large cities and counties? 2. Can brigades attract more non-IT specialists and diversify the membership and interests of participants? 3. Are brigades sustainable as volunteer-managed groups? (I’m aware that a few of the largest brigades have compensated staff.) 4. Is civic tech relevant to lower-tech and less well-resourced counties and cities? (Let me add that a potential pitfall of civic tech is that it is being labeled as yet another sophisticated city activity that is disconnected from small towns and rural areas.*)* 5. Should county and city governments pilot one or two datasets as open data to gauge the community’s interest in civic tech? 6. What range of relationships preserves the interests of both government officials and civic tech volunteers? I’ll be updating my thinking and exploring related questions via my work website, https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/civictech. I’m eager to hear from folks! Regards, John Stephens *Dr. John B. Stephens* Associate Professor of Public Administration and Government School of Government Campus Box 3330 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330 (919) 962-5190 – voice (919) 962-2705 – fax steph...@sog.unc.edu http://www.sog.unc.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/john-b-stephens @JBStephens1 Two blogs of note: “We invite you to sign up for *The Public Leadership Blog: * *http://leadership.sog.unc.edu/* <http://leadership.sog.unc.edu/>*”* *Civic Engagement – multiple perspectives: **http://cele.sog.unc.edu/* <http://cele.sog.unc.edu/> [image: cid:image001.gif@01D08CBD.7D188190] [image: cid:image002.gif@01D08CBD.7D188190] [image: youtube] [image: 20131100_DevelopmentGiftIcon_4] [image: cid:image001.png@01CE9847.AF3D4050] E-mails sent to or from this e-mail address that relate to the School of Government's work are public records and may be subject to public access under the North Carolina public records law. ― 5 files ― 📎 image004.png (3.9kb) http://groups.dowire.org/r/file/ivQqZImpXc5vOkr77CFAVYOfXTN-112-2FeMVX2/ 📎 image005.png (10kb) http://groups.dowire.org/r/file/oHmmUENJOTOKhYyUWqZuGLEm75r-2uX-2FeMVYt/ 📎 image002.gif (1.4kb) http://groups.dowire.org/r/file/kW9oPjMXktdYH080xCT56L4aSXl-lY-2FeMVYB/ 📎 image001.gif (1.3kb) http://groups.dowire.org/r/file/lE2s8Jg8zk1cuJmbMKKszDGqGIU-kZ-2FeMVYH/ 📎 image003.gif (1.4kb) http://groups.dowire.org/r/file/rSCWvIhrKd8Iq865DFcg5zQnrSE-mC-2FeMVYL/ ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/2VaTns00k7PaBUZE8nvWQ8 Leave group mailto:newswire@groups.dowire.org?subject=Unsubscribe
