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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Nov 15th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Washington, D.C. |
Online tools hold enormous potential to help citizens get involved in their communities. Yet without an informed citizenry and a strong culture of civic engagement, its likely that even the most sophisticated uses of online technology won’t succeed in increasing public participation. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Sep 24th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: |
Video and online games have been incredibly successful at captivating large audiences. Now, the same dynamics that make people want to play commercially produced games are being applied to encourage people to get involved in their community and learn about important social issues. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Sep 8th, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
When cities develop technology solutions independently, the result is huge redundancies and millions wasted. A newly launched initiative, Civic Commons, will help coordinate these efforts. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 26th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Dispelling the Magic Bullet Myth: New media tools are often billed as a way to get more people involved in civic issues. While technology can make increasing public participation easier, without a policy-making process that encourages citizen input, online engagement initiatives likely won’t succeed. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 24th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C. |
While most technology and new media initiatives are launched with great hopes, they often don’t work out as envisioned. Fortunately, sharing these failures in an old-fashioned ‘offline’ meeting can provide valuable lessons for creating new online initiatives. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 22nd, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: |
More and more activists are turning to Facebook to organize their fellow citizens around local issues and concerns. With a user base of over 500 million and growing, could Facebook become the tool of choice for serious civic engagement, or will it just usher in an era of point and click activism? (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jun 16th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C. |
It’s only natural that so much of focus on efforts towards more open data, civic apps, and online civic engagement has been in the realm of improving urban mobility. A recent discussion in Washington D.C. served to highlight efforts in the nation’s capital and beyond. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Apr 28th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
The recent global travel disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano demonstrated one good thing—people can use technology rather effectively to replace in person meetings. With video conferencing and virtual meeting technologies more robust than ever, it might be time to give the traditional public meeting an extreme online makeover. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Apr 15th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Custom web applications designed to link citizens with government data and officials are great. But by taking advantage of many of the existing (and free) Web 2.0 tools, cities can easily facilitate increased interaction and collaboration with residents without investing a lot of time or money. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Mar 9th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
While many cities are eager to embrace new media, the face remains that not everyone uses the Internet. As cities wait for the digital divide to narrow, other technologies—such as SMS messages—have the potential to serve as a bridge between cities and groups who have less access to the Web. (
keep reading…)
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Online tools hold enormous potential to help citizens get involved in their communities. Yet without an informed citizenry and a strong culture of civic engagement, its likely that even the most sophisticated uses of online technology won’t succeed in increasing public participation. (keep reading…)
Video and online games have been incredibly successful at captivating large audiences. Now, the same dynamics that make people want to play commercially produced games are being applied to encourage people to get involved in their community and learn about important social issues. (keep reading…)
When cities develop technology solutions independently, the result is huge redundancies and millions wasted. A newly launched initiative, Civic Commons, will help coordinate these efforts. (keep reading…)
Dispelling the Magic Bullet Myth: New media tools are often billed as a way to get more people involved in civic issues. While technology can make increasing public participation easier, without a policy-making process that encourages citizen input, online engagement initiatives likely won’t succeed. (keep reading…)
While most technology and new media initiatives are launched with great hopes, they often don’t work out as envisioned. Fortunately, sharing these failures in an old-fashioned ‘offline’ meeting can provide valuable lessons for creating new online initiatives. (keep reading…)
More and more activists are turning to Facebook to organize their fellow citizens around local issues and concerns. With a user base of over 500 million and growing, could Facebook become the tool of choice for serious civic engagement, or will it just usher in an era of point and click activism? (keep reading…)
It’s only natural that so much of focus on efforts towards more open data, civic apps, and online civic engagement has been in the realm of improving urban mobility. A recent discussion in Washington D.C. served to highlight efforts in the nation’s capital and beyond. (keep reading…)
The recent global travel disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano demonstrated one good thing—people can use technology rather effectively to replace in person meetings. With video conferencing and virtual meeting technologies more robust than ever, it might be time to give the traditional public meeting an extreme online makeover. (keep reading…)
Custom web applications designed to link citizens with government data and officials are great. But by taking advantage of many of the existing (and free) Web 2.0 tools, cities can easily facilitate increased interaction and collaboration with residents without investing a lot of time or money. (keep reading…)
While many cities are eager to embrace new media, the face remains that not everyone uses the Internet. As cities wait for the digital divide to narrow, other technologies—such as SMS messages—have the potential to serve as a bridge between cities and groups who have less access to the Web. (keep reading…)
