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Successful tactic: Online tools. Complement face-to-face communication, don’t replace it Particularly good for: Providing background information Data gathering by citizens Generating and ranking ideas Helping people visualize options Maintaining connections over time.
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Successful tactic: Online tools • Complement face-to-face communication, don’t replace it • Particularly good for: • Providing background information • Data gathering by citizens • Generating and ranking ideas • Helping people visualize options • Maintaining connections over time
Digital divides (plural) • Overall, Internet access growing • “Access” – to Internet, to government – has never been enough • Different people use different hardware • Different people go to different places on the Internet • Communities just as complex online as off – recruitment must be proactive
Social media is a critical tool for new forms of participation • Can sustain networks in ways that are convenient and interactive • Capitalizes on face-to-face relationships and makes people more likely to seek them • Adaptable to what people want
Local democracy planners should consider some key building blocks::
Resources • www.participedia.net • www.deliberative-democracy.net • www.soulofthecommunity.org • www.everydaydemocracy.org • www.publicagenda.org • www.kettering.org • On Facebook: “Deliberative Democracy Consortium” group page • The Next Form of Democracy
Resources (continued) • On YouTube: the DDC channel • Using Online Tools to Engage – and Be Engaged by – the Public at http://bit.ly/iwjgqn • Planning for Stronger Local Democracy at bit.ly/rWeHaU – and other resources at www.nlc.org