Comments on: Using Social Media to Bridge the Public With Local Government and City Services http://sixty4media.com/2009/03/22/using-social-media-to-bridge-the-public-with-local-government-and-city-services/ WordPress design and new media solutions based in Vancouver B.C. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: doodlekit http://sixty4media.com/2009/03/22/using-social-media-to-bridge-the-public-with-local-government-and-city-services/comment-page-1/#comment-223 doodlekit Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:52:48 +0000 http://sixty4media.com/?p=263#comment-223 Doodlekit is a fully hosted online free website builder and CMS (Content Management System) that helps you build a personal or business website. It’s perfect for anyone from first-timers to advanced web developers and web designers. Unlike other website creator tools, Doodlekit is all online. You don’t need to install any software on your computer, and you can use it from any computer, anywhere in the world that has internet access, at any time. To know more visit http://doodlekit.com/home Doodlekit is a fully hosted online free website builder and CMS (Content Management System) that helps you build a personal or business website. It’s perfect for anyone from first-timers to advanced web developers and web designers. Unlike other website creator tools, Doodlekit is all online. You don’t need to install any software on your computer, and you can use it from any computer, anywhere in the world that has internet access, at any time. To know more visit http://doodlekit.com/home

]]> By: jenn_lee_ca http://sixty4media.com/2009/03/22/using-social-media-to-bridge-the-public-with-local-government-and-city-services/comment-page-1/#comment-203 jenn_lee_ca Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:51:03 +0000 http://sixty4media.com/?p=263#comment-203 In addition, here is a post by Dave Fleet re: social media and government. http://davefleet.com/2009/03/governments-experimenting-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-30479 I think the bigger issue is how social media can be used in a bureaucracy with many policies that sometimes seems at odds with different department. Other issues to address is WHY or HOW it delivers value to citizens along with an analysis of the current costs of delivering government services. And by the way, I tried to connect to City of Vancouver's twitter and it is locked. In addition, here is a post by Dave Fleet re: social media and government. http://davefleet.com/2009/03/governments-experimenting-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-30479

I think the bigger issue is how social media can be used in a bureaucracy with many policies that sometimes seems at odds with different department.

Other issues to address is WHY or HOW it delivers value to citizens along with an analysis of the current costs of delivering government services.

And by the way, I tried to connect to City of Vancouver’s twitter and it is locked.

]]> By: countably infinite » Blog Archive » On My Mind and In My Tabs http://sixty4media.com/2009/03/22/using-social-media-to-bridge-the-public-with-local-government-and-city-services/comment-page-1/#comment-201 countably infinite » Blog Archive » On My Mind and In My Tabs Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://sixty4media.com/?p=263#comment-201 [...] Bollwitt at sixty4media muses on how local governments can make use of social media. It runs down the gamut of tools - Twitter, Facebook, blogging, etc. - and sprung from a comment [...] [...] Bollwitt at sixty4media muses on how local governments can make use of social media. It runs down the gamut of tools – Twitter, Facebook, blogging, etc. – and sprung from a comment [...]

]]> By: Ed http://sixty4media.com/2009/03/22/using-social-media-to-bridge-the-public-with-local-government-and-city-services/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Ed Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:28:46 +0000 http://sixty4media.com/?p=263#comment-200 You may wish to check out the Metagovernment project. The purpose of this international software development group is to serve this community governance function, but without the city council. In other words, we believe web technologies are now sophisticated enough that people can collaborate on local governance without having to rely on representation. The concept is more complex than simple direct democracy: we are working toward a distributed mesh of communities where people get involved in the communities of interest which most motivate them, and let other people work on other communities. If you would like to explore the project, check out our website: http://www.metagovernment.org and for more information, read our archives or get involved. it is of course open to everyone: http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/Participate You may wish to check out the Metagovernment project. The purpose of this international software development group is to serve this community governance function, but without the city council. In other words, we believe web technologies are now sophisticated enough that people can collaborate on local governance without having to rely on representation.

The concept is more complex than simple direct democracy: we are working toward a distributed mesh of communities where people get involved in the communities of interest which most motivate them, and let other people work on other communities. If you would like to explore the project, check out our website:
http://www.metagovernment.org
and for more information, read our archives or get involved. it is of course open to everyone:
http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/Participate

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