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		<title>The prism of the public sphere: The COP15 coverage by the Brazilian media system</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 30-page article,&#160;The prism of the public sphere: The COP15 coverage by the Brazilian media system (2017), was written by Di&#243;genes Lycari&#227;o and Antal Wozniak, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 13: Iss. 1. In the article, the authors provide an analysis of the contributions media provides for the public to understand and engage with deliberative and governmental processes, as exemplified in the Brazilian coverage of the 15th UN&#8217;s Climate Change Conference (COP15). Read an excerpt of the article below and find the PDF [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12040">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Digital Democracy: A Short Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This May 2015 blog article, Designing digital democracy: a short guide,&#160;by Geoff Mulgan of&#160;Nesta, provides a guide to designing public participation processes. Mulgan gives several points of clarity to consider when designing a process, like: what is the purpose of the engagement, who is trying to be reached, what are appropriate tools [digital and/or F2F], the scale of the effort and taking into considerations the desire for anonymity. Below is the full article and the link to the original piece can be found here. Read [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10089">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Should Go on the Internet: Privacy, Freedom and Security Online (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10164</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published the 12-page Issue Guide, What Should Go on the Internet: Privacy, Freedom and Security Online (2013) and is an update to an earlier guide about the Internet. This guide is designed to help facilitate balanced deliberation about what should go on the internet. From the guide&#8230; The same Internet that has given us new ways to socialize, learn, and engage in civic life has also given criminals new avenues to steal from us and scam us, often using information [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10164">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Airesis – Open Source E-democracy Social Network</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9892</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airesis is a free, web-based, open source E-democracy platform, structured as a social network and&#160;designed to maximize the collective intelligence of group deliberation.&#160;It is the result of 5 years of development, testing and pilot experimentation, organized and done by an Italian Association &#8211; Tecnologie Democratiche, which included the collaboration of more than 50 people. Airesis is the outcome of the fusion of two projects: Agor&#224; 2.0 and DemocracyOnline, that came together in the association,&#160;Tecnologie Democratiche, with one of its main goals being the development of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9892">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Issues Associated With Social Media (ILG Report)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9074</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What legal issues do public agencies face relating to their use of social media? &#160;This paper chronicles a number of them. It also offers &#8220;dos and don&#8217;ts&#8221; advice for reaping the benefits of social media while minimizing the pitfalls. &#160;A version of this paper was delivered to the May 2010 City Attorneys Spring Conference. from the guide&#8217;s Introduction.. Social media has transformed communication through Internet technologies that allow users to communicate directly with each other. A key consequence of this is that traditional institutions (for [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9074">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Codigital</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8857</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NCDD Community]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Codigital&#8217;s cloud-based tool is used by facilitators and conference organizers to engage communities and stakeholders in a simple, participant-driven process that generates ideas, insight, consensus and solutions to the issue under discussion. The tool is used in live face-to-face situations and also in 1-2 week online projects such as gaining input from attendees when planning a conference. Codigital&#8217;s tool incorporates features that (i) enable people to cross-fertilize their ideas so as to benefit from the different perspectives of the group&#8217;s members, (ii) avoid individual bias, [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8857">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Harnessing Collaborative Technologies: Helping Funders Work Together Better</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8620</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November 2013, Monitor Institute and the&#160;Foundation Center&#160;released a new report called&#160;Harnessing Collaborative Technologies: Helping Funders Work Together Better. As part of the research, we looked at more than 170 different technological tools now available to funders, dove deeply into the literature on philanthropic collaboration, analyzed the results of recent Foundation Center surveys, and spoke with a wide range of experts from the worlds of both technology and philanthropy. The&#160;Harnessing Collaborative Technologies&#160;report helps readers make sense of the dizzying array of technologies that are now [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8620">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IAF pioneer Mirja Hanson interview from Meeting Tips Radio</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8521</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This podcast (audio recording) from Meeting Tips Radio&#160;features an interview with Mirja Hanson. Mirja is a well-known author and pioneer in the field of meeting facilitation. She has been a trainer for the Institute of Cultural Affairs for the past 39 years. She is also a founding member and past chair of the International Association of Facilitators and is&#160;known for creating collaborative tools like the WAVE Trend Analysis and is an accomplished author. Her book, Clues to Achieving Consensus: A Leader&#8217;s Guide to Navigating Collaborative [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8521">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rulemaking 2.0:  Understanding and Getting Better Public Participation</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/7877</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This 2013 report from the&#160;IBM Center for The Business of Government&#160;is based on five case studies of e-rulemaking experiments to better engage the public, and offers advice on how agencies can increase the quantity and quality of public participation. By authors Cynthia R.Farina and Mary J.Newhart with CeRI (the Cornell eRulemaking Initiative). From Center Executive Director Dan Chenok&#8217;s announcement:&#160; This report provides important insights in how governments can improve the rulemaking process by taking full advantage of Rulemaking 2.0 technology, building on the progress made ... <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/7877">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In the Goldfish Bowl: Science and technology policy dialogues in a digital world</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/7849</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This June 2013 thought piece from Sciencewise-ERC  explores the opportunities and challenges of engaging online. The report  represents a systematic attempt by Sciencewise to bring together two trends in public policy decision making: digitalization and open government, with a focus on how public dialogue efforts can harness the full potential of online and digital technologies. <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/7849">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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