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Title:

Taking the Friction out of Civic Engagement With Open Government & API's

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Organizer:
Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks
Description:
There is a revolution underfoot, and thought leaders in the open government movement invite you to mind share around insights, best practice, and what's next... Come learn how you can start a bonfire in your town and take hold up over the political process by optimizing with technology. This will be a working session, so come with your notebook ready to rock out with your cause out! C'mon!
Questions
Answered:
  1. Where do I start if I want to get civicly engaged?
  2. How do I find out who represents me?
  3. Who can suport me in my quest to get positive systemic change in my town?
  4. What is the quickest and easiest way to influence legislation in my town?
  5. Who are the players in the open government movement?
  6. What are the best web apps and api's to use?
  7. What are the hack, tricks, and tips to waking up the neighborhood?
  8. I have a great open gov project I'm working on, who should know about this? How do I optimze?
  9. I'm passionate about civic engagement but I'm not a programmer, how can I get involved??
  10. How can we take the friction out of civic engagement?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Back-End Programming / Databases, Blogging, Career / Work Concerns, Community / Online Community, Design Thinking
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
on 23/8/09
Woo hoo! Go, Kurty!
on 23/8/09
Gov 2.0, transparency, data access and responsive government are getting an increasing share of voice on the web. Would be great for SXSW to have a woodshedding session for people looking to make an impact.
on 25/8/09
KurtyD is the man! Odelay vato! Good stuff.
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