http://transmissionproject.org/taxonomy/term/543/0 en http://transmissionproject.org/events/2010/12/technology-social-innovation-and-civic-participation-whats-the-next-step <p>Disaster, fraud and crime reporting sites provide information to civic authorities. AmberAlert has more than 7 million users who help with information on child abductions, and SERVE.GOV enables citizens to volunteer for national parks, museums and other institutions. These are just a few examples of digital tools &#8211; from social networking applications, to microblogging (e.g. Twitter), to recommendation sites like Ushahidi &#8211; that represent the new frontier of technology-mediated social participation. Whether dealing with a natural disaster, expanding health care coverage, or campaigning to make a forest a national landmark, governments and private citizens alike have found digital tools to be an effective means of reaching the&nbsp;masses.</p> <p>But there are also clear challenges when using technology in this realm, including limited scale and potential privacy violations. Please join us as we build on two recent National Science Foundation workshops to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of social innovation and civic participation in this brave new technology-mediated&nbsp;world.</p> <p>Wednesday, December 1, 2010<br /> 3:30 p.m. - 4:45&nbsp;p.m.</p> <p>The New America Foundation<br /> 1899 L St. NW, Suite 400<br /> Washington, D.C.&nbsp;20036</p> civic participation government online communities social innovation social media technology Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:18:03 +0000 admin 901 at http://transmissionproject.org http://transmissionproject.org/content/digitalbicycle-online-communities-developer coding community building Drupal marketing online communities online community building outreach programming web design Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:22:41 +0000 admin 578 at http://transmissionproject.org