TWiP 4: Frankfurt Gestalten (Create Frankfurt)

by Tim on March 16, 2010

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I don’t quite recall exactly when I first crossed virtual paths with Christian Kreutz, or how: maybe it was this 2007 post on e-democracy and participation, maybe another encounter from even earlier.

What I do know, however, is that time and again I greatly enjoy being pointed to interesting news, projects and resources via his blog or on Twitter. Maybe it’s the kind of continued partial overlap in interests that does the trick.

A few weeks ago, Christian launched a nifty site that allows citizens in his hometown of Frankfurt, Germany to gain better visibility into decision-making by their local government and even encourages citizen input and participation. Naturally, I had to ask him right away if he would be available for a quick interview. Thankfully, he was. Enjoy!

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This interview was recorded on March 13, 2010.

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TWiP 3: Crowdsourcing in Urban Planning

by Tim on March 11, 2010

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Following my post earlier this January trying to further outline the relationship between crowdsourcing and public participation, Daren C. Brabham left a comment pointing me to some of the research he had done in this area. Last week, I had a chance to hear him present at the 2010 Stakeholder Engagement Online Conference. I really enjoyed his talk and thought this would be a good time to ask him on the show.

In this session, we talk about the concept of crowdsourcing as an engagement process in urban planning. Rather than get stuck too much on the challenges or shortcomings, though, I wanted to focus on what works. Hopefully, we’ll encourage people to start their own experiments with this approach. Enjoy!

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This interview was recorded on March 10, 2010.

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TWiP 2: Crowdstorming

March 4, 2010

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I came across Mike Krieger’s blog in the summer of 2009 while doing some research on crowdsourcing, particularly crowdstorming (large-group online brainstorming or idea generation efforts).
In this episode, we talk about what makes a good brainstorm, discuss a few recent examples of crowdstorming projects, including some of the shortcomings of current online tools and ways [...]

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TWiP 1: Urgent Evoke

March 2, 2010

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For this inaugural episode, I caught up with Amy Lang. Amy is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. She wrote her dissertation on British Columbia’s groundbreaking Citizens’ Assembly process, and is currently doing follow-up research on the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly.
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Welcome to the Show!

February 27, 2010

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Welcome to This Week in Participation (TWiP):
This Week in Participation is kind of like an internet radio show. Except it isn’t always live, has no fixed schedule and may include video. Enjoy!
Public participation, the process of letting people help shape the decisions that affect them, is exciting! We want to bring you the folks who live [...]

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