Background reading & additional information

Mon 12th Feb: Making Web 2.0 work for you : Additional web links related to the speakers

READ MORE ABOUT DAVID WEINBERGER:

• Read his blog: www.JohoTheBlog.com
• Quick links to David Weinberger’s many activities at http://www.evident.com/

Links to his books:

• “The Cluetrain Manifesto” is a set of 95 theses organized and put forward as a manifesto for all businesses operating within “a newly-connected marketplace”. The main idea of the 'Cluetrain' theses is that “...Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies." Read more on http://www.cluetrain.com/
• “Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web”, another book written by David Weinberger. Read more on http://www.smallpieces.com/

Suggested reading by David Weinberger:

• “What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else”: why the true nature of the Internet isn't hard to understand. http://www.worldofends.com/
• An article by David Weinberger: “The Dean campaign's demise threatens to tar the whole Internet as an "echo chamber" -- but the real closed system is in the mass media.”  Read more on http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2004/02/20/echo_chamber/index.html
• "So far most politicians haven't figured out how to adapt to this changed environment” (induced by the Internet)… read more on
   http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2685.html

READ MORE ABOUT HEATHER HOLDRIDGE AND CARE2:

• Care2.com is the largest online community for people who want to make a difference. Read more on http://www.care2.com/

READ MORE ABOUT JUSTIN OBERMAN:

• Read his new blog: http://www.mopocket.com/
• Read his contributions on www.personaldemocracy.com/blog. (The Personal Democracy Forum is a site where you can follow  “exciting conversation underway between political professionals, technologists, and anyone else invigorated by the remarkable potential of technology to engage citizens in the democratic process”).
• MobileActive, a global network of activists and campaigners using mobile phones for civic action and engagement. Read more on http://www.mobileactive.org/

READ MORE ABOUT STEVEN LENOS AND THE INSTITUUT VOOR PUBLIEK EN POLITIEK (IPP):

• The Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP) - the Dutch Centre for Political Participation - is an independent, non-partisan organisation that promotes political and social participation, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Read more on http://www.publiek-politiek.nl/
  

Wed 14th Feb: Secrets of success? New media in political campaigning: Additional web links related to the speakers

READ MORE ABOUT ALAN ROSENBLATT:

Work related links:

• http://internetadvocacycenter.com
  The Internet Advocacy Center (IAC), a project of Turner Strategies, is a strategic resource for citizens, organizations, and coalitions seeking to integrate the Internet and other technologies into their advocacy and political campaigns. The resulting goal: to build a powerful organic community that supports the organizational objectives of our clients.
• http://www.movingideas.org/
  “A of more than 185 progressive research, policy and advocacy organizations; policy info and activism opportunities.”
• http://www.mbnstudios.com/
• http://www.politicsonline.com/
  The premier global company providing news, tools and strategies for using the Internet and new technology in the civic sector - media, government, NGO's, and politics.

Blogs on:

• http://drdigipol.com
• http://movingideas.org/blog/

Suggested reading:

• http://www.drdigipol.com/2007/02/08/will-the-internet-ever-elect-a-president/
  A blog piece on the question of “When will the Internet ‘arrive’ in electoral politics?”
• http://www.internetadvocacycenter.com/education/presentations.html
  Past Internet Advocacy Roundtables and Other Presentations:
  Turn Your Activist Email List into an Advocacy Community (Aug 2005)
  “With the declining effectiveness of mass form email campaigns, it is essential to turn your email lists into communities of advocates who can champion your issues as their own and in their own words.

READ MORE ABOUT CHRIS CASEY:

• http://ngpsoftware.com/
• http://casey.com/ (personal website)

READ MORE ABOUT MARK PACK:

• http://libdems.org.uk/
  Party website
• http://manifesto.libdems.org.uk/
  “Welcome to your chance to shape the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the next General Election! Although the next General Election does not have to take place until 2010, we have to be prepared for a snap Election and that is why we need your views now on what our key messages should be.”

READ MORE ABOUT STEVEN CLIFT:

• http://dowire.org/
  (Democracies online: main page listing all his activities)
• http://e-democracy.org/rules
  “These rules are the basis for all E-Democracy.Org-sponsored citizen-to-citizen discussion forums - including e-mail discussion lists, web forums, and other online events.”

Case studies:

• http://dowire.org/wiki/UK_highlights
  “Over 60 e-democracy experts and practitioners around the world joined a participatory process to collect  global best practices in e-democracy relevant to local authorities in the UK. Here are our project Case Studies and topical Briefs.”

Issues Forum:

• http://e-democracy.org/if -
  About issues Forum; Start up an Issues Forum in 10 Steps, including 60 page guidebook
• http://e-democracy.org/uk/ifsignupform.doc
  Downloadable (template): email sign up form for issue forums

Steven Clift suggests you read following article at 

          http://publicus.net/articles.html -

• Challenging the Norms and Standards of Election Administration: Standards for EMBs (Election Management Bodies) Use of the Internet 
  Draft article commissioned by the Elections Standards Project of IFES (International Foundation for Election Systems), (Nov 2005)

Steven Clift suggests you read following speeches at
         
           http://publicus.net/speaker.html

• on Global E-Democracy Trends slides
  Overview of leading e-democracy applications developed by innovative governments and others around the world. Over 100 best practice examples (slides)
• On Citizens 2.0
  Draft text and audio version of speech for the IAP2 (The International Association for Public Participation) conference in Montreal (Nov 2006)