participedia civic tech presentation
DESCRIPTION
Slides for a presentation on civic tech at the Participedia planning meeting in Vancouver, September 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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GEOGRAPHY, TOOLS, AND
NETWORKS OF CIVIC TECH
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GEOGRAPHY
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MAP 2
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DIGITAL DIVIDES (PLURAL)
Overall, Internet access growing Different people use different hardware Different people
go to different places on the Internet
Communities just as complex onlineas off
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GEOGRAPHICALLY-BASED
ONLINE ARENAS:
WHERE THE TWO MAPS OVERLAP
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TOOLS
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WHAT ONLINE TOOLS CAN DO: HELP CITIZENS GATHER DATA
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WHAT ONLINE TOOLS CAN DO: HELP PEOPLE SOLVE PROBLEMS
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WHAT ONLINE TOOLS CAN DO: HELP PEOPLE GENERATE AND RANK IDEAS
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WHAT ONLINE TOOLS CAN DO: HELP PEOPLE VISUALIZE OPTIONS
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NETWORKS
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A CULTURE CLASH (OR CHASM?)
BETWEEN THE CIVIC TECH AND
DELIBERATIVE ENGAGEMENT NETWORKS
IRONY: THE TWO
COMMUNITIES
DEVELOPED IN SIMILAR
WAYS
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Civic tech
Deliberative engagement
Engagement is based on:
Transactions Relationships
Government is:
An obstacle to problem-solving
A problem-solver
Increasing trust in government is dependent on:
Increasing government efficiency
Gathering input from citizens and acting on it
Assumes that people will:
Happily share their data Happily share their stories
Uses the language of:
Science Community
Stereotype:
‘Geek chic’ ‘Touchy-feely’
Every innovation must be:
A stand-alone product A stand-alone process
Impacts are limited because:
Products are isolated
Processes are temporary
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HOW WILL ALL THIS PLAY OUT?
SIX MODELS FOR THE INTERNET AND POLITICS (FUNG, GILMAN, SHKABATUR):
1. THE MUSCULAR PUBLIC SPHERE
2. “HERE COMES EVERYBODY”
3. DIRECT DIGITAL DEMOCRACY
4. TRUTH-BASED ADVOCACY
5. CONSTITUENT MOBILIZATION
6. SOCIAL MONITORING
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- ABHI NEMANI, FORMERLY OF CODE FOR
AMERICA, NOW CHIEF DATA OFFICER FOR LOS
ANGELES
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THICK PARTICIPATION: INFORMED, DELIBERATIVE, EMOTIONAL, FULL OF
CHOICES FOR GROUPS TO MAKE
THIN PARTICIPATION: FAST, EASY, VIRAL, FUN, FULL OF CHOICES FOR INDIVIDUALS
TO MAKE
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Text, Talk, and Act
part of the National Dialogue on Mental Health
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What is Creating Community Solutions?
• Effort to organize hundreds of community conversations and action plans
• Ten lead sites• Wide variety of other events: small discussions, online dialogues, large planning processes
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Developing “Text, Talk, and Act”
• HS pilot: Rex Putnam High School, Milwaukie, Oregon
• College pilot: Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island
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How does it work?• Get together with 4-5 other
people• Text “START” to 89800• Follow the prompts• If you get stuck, text “NEXT”
to 89800• Allow about an hour for the
discussion
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Photos tweeted by participants
• #TextTalkAct Selfies
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Questions or comments?