Nation Building at Home

After spending the last several weeks exploring mostly the social CRM (customer relationship management) functionality of my new company,NationBuilder,tonight I dug into the CMS (content management system).

(See a few screenshots of CRM fun here.)

I’d done a little work with events and blog pages,but tonight I decided to . . . →Read More:Nation Building at Home

CityCampSF:From Health Apps to Virtual Cities

Plenty of great ideas and actions came out of last weekend’s CityCampSF,and tonight we’ll take them further as the San Francisco Summer of Smart continues. Here are some of the highlights from Saturday:

Planeando la Ciudad Abierta –Planner an avid CityCampSF supporter Maryra Madriz covers the camp for a Venezuelan social . . . →Read More:CityCampSF:From Health Apps to Virtual Cities

Encouraging Public Participation in China

On Tuesday,Luke Fretwell,Dustin Haisler and I spoke for a couple hours to a delegation of 17 municipal,provincial and federal Chinese officials about Gov 2.0 and civic innovation in the U.S. Dustin described how his company,Spigit,encourages idea generation and helps filter through thousands of opinions to create actionable suggestions. . . . →Read More:Encouraging Public Participation in China

The World Changes When We Change It

Getting key players in the same room at CityCampSF on Saturday,we made some serious progress on the SF Fire App initiative,a project aimed at accurately inventorying and mapping all of the AEDs in San Francisco. Eventually,the data from this project will be used by emergency rescuers and Good Samaritans,and in . . . →Read More:The World Changes When We Change It

KL Gov 2.0,ThirdThurs.org,SFTechDems.org,SFFireApp.org,LetsDoItSF.org and More to Come

The new Gov 2.0 crew in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

I haven’t been blogging here much due to a busy schedule and lots of other blogging around the civic tech space,especially in San Francisco. Most of my Gov 2.0 blogging is now news oriented,and can be found at the Gov 2.0 Radio . . . →Read More:KL Gov 2.0,ThirdThurs.org,SFTechDems.org,SFFireApp.org,LetsDoItSF.org and More to Come

Gov 2.0 and Open Innovation:Never Build It Twice

The more time I spend thinking,advocating and researching around Gov 2.0,the more clear it is that open source,open ideation and open innovation are the keys to global progress. Thanks to social networks and near-zero cost communications,it is possible to quickly build loose teams around ideas,to research existing solutions and . . . →Read More:Gov 2.0 and Open Innovation:Never Build It Twice

What Inspires You About Gov 2.0?

What inspires me about the Gov 2.0 movement is that it is empowering everyday public servants and citizens,and it represents a fundamental shift to self-determination and solutions-orientation in tackling tough challenges in our complex global society. . . . →Read More:What Inspires You About Gov 2.0?

What Would a Gov 2.0 Political Manifesto Look Like?

What do you think should be part of a Gov 2.0 political manifesto? It needs to be narrowly tailored,but also powerful. . . . →Read More:What Would a Gov 2.0 Political Manifesto Look Like?

Unconferences Can’t Move Gov 2.0 Forward

There is a need for new event models that support progress in the greater Gov 2.0 corpus. . . . →Read More:Unconferences Can’t Move Gov 2.0 Forward

A Few Gov 2.0 Thoughts As We Greet 2011

In 2011,with U.S. local and state governments facing financial binds,I see Gov 2.0 here increasingly driven by citizens (including dedicated government employees acting in their citizen capacity) and focused on economic development and do-it-yourself government. Political leaders will be buoyed by their constituents and by ideas due. . . . →Read More:A Few Gov 2.0 Thoughts As We Greet 2011

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