Diigo Update 12/16/2017

• Sketch City: Civic Hacking and Open Data in Houston, Texas

  We work together to advance technology and data in public decision making. Our community of 2,700+ people work on projects, attend events, help shape public policy, and produce the annual City of Houston Hackathon in May.

  Tags: hacking, data, Code for America, community empowerment, technology, innovation, collaboration

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• How are WE Doing? A Public Engagement Evaluation Platform | Pepperdine University | School of Public Policy

  For almost a decade, the Davenport Institute has been researching, training, and consulting with public officials to improve the ways in which governments involve their residents in making tough policy decisions. This work has taken us throughout California and across the country, learning about and teaching the latest techniques in effective participatory governance. We continue to hear from public leaders seeking to capture a "30,000-foot view" of their government's practices in this area. That is why we are launching "How are WE Doing?" to be that lens through which you can evaluate your municipality's public engagement processes.

  Tags: public, engagement, evaluation, platform, governance

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• The Framework That Will Make You Understand E-participation - CitizenLab

  https://www.citizenlab.co/blog/e-government/framework-will-make-you-understand-e-participation/

  Tags: community participation, governance, community empowerment, technology, e-democracy, e-participation

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Sharing our Theory of (Practice Based) Change - Nurture Development

  This blog aims to build upon last week’s three part series entitled 13 Staging Posts of Learning and Development. We’d like to lift out four staging posts of particular significance. These four staging posts consolidate our theory of change; the framework within which we guide strategic change, implement practice, create a sustainable legacy and evaluate impact.

  Tags: article, theory of change, ABCD, practice

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Bombs in Your Backyard - ProPublica

  The military spends more than a billion dollars a year to clean up sites its operations have contaminated with toxic waste and explosives. These sites exist in every state in the country. Some are located near schools, residential neighborhoods, rivers and lakes. A full map of these sites has never been made public – until now. Enter your address to see the hazardous sites near you, or select a state. Related story »

  Tags: environmental, backyard, contamination, toxic, sustainability

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 12/15/2017

• Kialo

  Kialo cuts through the noise typically associated with social and online media, making it easy to engage in focused discussion.

  Tags: discussion, debates, education, systems maps

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 12/10/2017

• Kingfisher - Visual Mapping Software

  Kingfisher is a visual mapping tool that helps individuals and teams understand, explain, and collaborate on complex information. Based on years of applied research on how we think and learn, Kingfisher works the way your brain does: by organizing parts that can be combined and connected to each other to form a complete picture.

  Tags: Mind-mapping, systems thinking, visualization

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 12/08/2017

• Sociocracy For All – Sociocracy Training, implementation and community

   sociocracy is about one-ness. One-ness as in: we are all one. And I don’t mean it in an esoteric way. I mean it as interdependence. You cannot do anything without others’ contribution. And you cannot do anything without affecting others

  Tags: training, implementation, community, collaboration, governance

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Welcome to TaxBrain | TaxBrain

  TaxBrain is an interface to open source economic models for tax policy analysis. The code for the TaxBrain webapp interface is itself open source.

  Tags: taxes, finance, economics

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• The Organization - Emerald Cities Collaborative

  Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) is a national nonprofit network of organizations working together to advance a sustainable environment while creating high-road -- sustainable, just and inclusive -- economies with opportunities for all. ECC develops energy, green infrastructure and other sustainable development projects that not only contribute to the resilience of our metropolitan regions but also ensure an equity stake for low-income communities of color in the green economy. 

  Tags: organization, collaborative, cities, environmental, sustainability, inclusion

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Solar United Neighbors of DC (DC SUN)

  Solar United Neighbors is the only organization in the country dedicated to representing the needs and interests of solar owners and supporters. See how we’ve been helping people go solar, join together, and fight for their energy rights since 2007.

  Tags: solar, sustainability, climate, environmental

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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