Events matching tag "civic engagement"
Sunday, March 9
Mobile computing and open government are bringing more people into government than ever before. As government managers develop requirements for app developers to create the tools that citizens will use to participate in …
Intermediate
Presenters
Gadi Ben-Yehuda
For years, Boulder, CO residents pressured their monopoly utility, Xcel Energy, the largest coal-dominated utility in Colorado, to provide cleaner power to no avail. Fed up with stall tactics, Boulder voters approved two…
Intermediate
Presenters
Steve Fenberg
Monday, March 10
It is fairly obvious by now that technology advances have changed the world. But occasionally, it comes into question whether that change has been for good or bad. Often, the innovation coming out of Silicon Valley has b…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ben Coffey Clark, Reshma Saujani
Research shows that engaging citizens – collaborating with them on common interest topics, issues and problems – builds the strongest communities, fortified against the larger challenges of the country. As a result, many…
Intermediate
Presenters
Nick Bowden