[Air-L] Webinar and Report - Engagement Tech for All - Hosted by PlaceMatters - Thu June 26

[Steven Clift]

Check out:
http://bit.ly/engagetechwebinar

Report:
http://bit.ly/engagetechreport

Join PlaceMatters for a webinar on Engagement Tech for All.
Date: June 26, 2014
Time: 3:30 pm - 5 pm EASTERN

Webinar details:

“Civic Technologies” are gaining increasing interest as a way to
engage hard-to-reach populations in community planning and
decision-making. Low income people, as well as people of color,
immigrants, people with limited English proficiency, and youth are
often un- or underrepresented in these processes.

Reasons for this lack of engagement include limited city budgets and
staff capacity, absence of awareness of opportunities to engage,
limited language skills and reading comprehension, and previous
negative experiences resulting in mistrust or hostility towards
government.  While not a panacea, civic technologies can enhance the
toolkit available to planners and decision-makers who want to broaden
public engagement.

PlaceMatters recently released a report -
http://bit.ly/engagetechreport -, funded by the Ford Foundation, on
best practices in the use of civic technologies to reach
underrepresented populations. The webinar will feature findings from
the report, as well as case studies from communities that have
effectively leveraged the widespread use of mobile phones, social
media, and other technologies to engage a broad audience.

Join this webinar to learn more about the latest innovations in the
field of civic technology, and the potential for these technologies to
advance transformational change in communities, particularly around
the lives of low-income people.

Speakers:

* Jill Locantore, Program Director, PlaceMatters
* Frank Hebbert, Director, OpenPlans
* Tamir Novotny, Senior Associate, Public Sector Innovation, Living Cities
* Holly St. Clair, Director of Data Services, Metropolitan Area Planning Council

This webinar session is provided through the Sustainable Communities
Learning Network. The primary audience is members of the network, but
anyone who is interested may participate.


E-Democracy Note:

We have significant resources in this space available that bolster
this report. The time for open gov and civic tech to raise _new
voices_ is here!

1. New Voices Workshop On-Demand - http://bit.ly/newvoicesvideo
2. Proposed New Voices Working Group - http://e-democracy.org/newvoices
3. Digital Inclusion Network online group - http://e-democracy.org/di
4. More lessons and reports - http://e-democracy.org/learn
5. And the report of our previous Ford funded work in this space which
is cited by the Engagement Tech report:
http://e-democracy.org/evaluation
6. June 20 live workshop in St. Paul: http://bit.ly/june20workshop
7. White House blog post:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/14/open-communities-and-new-voices-let-s-be-neighbors
8. Civic Tech Inclusion "Numbers" Analysis - http://bit.ly/pewcivic
9. Inclusive Community Engagement Update: http://bit.ly/edemknight
10. New Open Government and Civic Tech Facebook Group:
http://facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup

Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
  Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
  Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
  Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072