The UK Local E-democracy National Project has published guidance for councillors and officials on which online tools to use for engaging with citizens. It covers Webcasts, FAQ, Blogs, Quick Polls, Surveys, Chat Rooms, Decision-making games , Discussion Forums, e-Panels, e-Petitions, e-Deliberative polling, Virtual Communities, Alert Mechanisms – email alerts and RSS Feeds.
Download of E-methods for public engagement available here. Also on the site
e-Democracy from the Ground Up
e-Democracy from the Top Down
Young People and e-Democracy
Small gripe: unfortunately - as I wrote here - the reports are only available as pdfs which makes quoting and linking to 'e-methods' like blogs, forums etc difficult. Strange for a project that is all about engagement ... but maybe a more accessible version will be available later.
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Smartmobs is currently linking to a card game that helps citizens engage in deliberation: http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/09/22/democs_card_.html
The actual game is on the nef site: http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/democs.aspx?page=1061&folder=162&
Posted by: Robin Hamman | September 22, 2005 at 07:52 PM