[WSIS CS-Plenary] Inclusive Social Media for Civic Engagement Evaluation Report, May 16 Webinar, New Knight Grant and Locals Online Community

[Nyangkwe Agien Aaron]

Steven Clift wrote
"we currently serve (US, UK, and NZ currently),"

Question: Why only those areas. What motivated the choice of those
areas? Why not Africa where there is a abundant need for democratic
governance and E-actions playing key roles public affairs?

Aaron

On 5/9/12, Steven Clift <slc at publicus.net> wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> I wanted to let you know we've published our 60 page evaluation report
> on inclusive online community engagement in lower income, highly
> diverse, high immigrant neighborhoods. The Inclusive Social Media
> pilot project was funded by the Ford Foundation.
>
> Read the executive summary and full report here:
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>   http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/1420
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> RSVP for an online event/teleconference on May 16 for a Q and A discussion
> here:
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>   http://inclusivesocialmedia.eventbrite.com
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> Also, we've just launched a "take it to scale" project in St. Paul
> with major funding from the Knight Foundation! Our goal is to
> _inclusively_ engage 10,000 residents ~daily across a network of
> online neighbors forums. By inclusion we mean forums that reflect the
> local racial and ethnic diversity in each of the 16 neighborhood
> forums we host with local volunteers. Reaching lower income residents
> is important as well. St. Paul is 44% people of color. It is all about
> creating _bridges_ among diverse neighbors.
>
>   http://beneighbors.org - Public outreach
>   http://e-democracy.org/inclusion - Dry project info, grant details
>
>   http://e-democracy.org/se - Example Minneapolis forum with about
> 1,000 members or 20%+ of households
>
> Part of the three year grant also includes lesson sharing. We are
> planning future webinars and exploring e-training options for 2013.
> While we will host neighbors forums based on volunteer capacity in
> communities beyond the 17 we currently serve (US, UK, and NZ
> currently), we see sharing lessons for independent adaptation as key
> to our mission.
>
> Our "free" option for peer to peer knowledge sharing that is open now
> is the Locals Online community of practice. I encourage you to join us
> if you either host a local online group, blog, social net, etc. or if
> you'd like to start one and have access to 300+ of your peers.
>
>    http://e-democracy.org/locals
>
> We also host the global Digital Inclusion Network online community
> which is related:
>
>   http://e-democracy.org/di
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> We look forward to your input and questions on the report.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven Clift
> Founder and Executive Director, E-Democracy.org
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Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
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