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Feb 20 '13

Publish Your Work in a Special Issue of the FACTS Reports

The FACTS Initiative and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation have announced a call for proposals on local democratic innovations for publication in a special issue of the FACTS Reports, on the 2013 website of the journal, and on the CIVICUS website.

Sep 17 '12

NCDD Seattle Conference to Stress Alternatives to Mainstream Politics

Two $10,000 Awards Announced to Help Build Civic Infrastructure

Seattle, WA (September 17, 2012) - Less than one month before yet another bitter presidential election, a 1,600-member organization which has promoted a healthier brand of politics for the past decade will gather in Seattle to strategize how to build a more robust civic infrastructure for our communities and country.

Aug 15 '12

Participedia's Alexandra Samuel Featured in the Vancouver Sun

Participedia is extremely fortunate to have social media guru Alexandra Samuel as a founding member of our executive committee. She has been instrumental in every phase of the project, even as she maintains a whirlwind work life that would likely leave many of us breathless. We think you will enjoy this profile of Alexandra that is part of the Vancouver Sun's seriese of "Who We Are" profiles of some of the most interesting, dynamic people living in the greater Vancouver metro area.

Jun 25 '12

Have a great idea for Participedia? Nominate a Case today!

Don't have time to submit a new entry to the Participedia community, but have a great idea? Never fear! Our new nomination forum is designed to collect suggestions for Cases, Methods or Organizations that you think should be documented on Participedia.net. 

Jun 2 '12

Student Energy Takes Participedia to the Next Level

This semester, Participedia.net has been fortunate to have three terrific students from Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), Sietse Goffard, Eliza Pan, and Alli Welton.  Participedia is a user-generated site for researchers and practitioners in the field of democratic innovation and public engagement. These students have been able to contribute to the essential task of case content clean up and work on innovative cases. Because the site is user driven, having these students thinking through the next phases of Participedia has been essential for our project. 

Apr 19 '12

Participedia Inspires Doctoral Dissertation at University of Bologna

Nicola Pietropoli is a doctoral student at the University of Bologna studying democratic innovation, specifically Law 69/2007 of the Tuscany Region and some twenty processes promoted by this reform that he first learned about through his involvement with Participedia.
Mar 23 '12

Insights into How to Use Participedia in the Classroom

This post comes to us courtesy of Katie Knobloch, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington.

Dec 14 '11

Welcome to the new, beta version of Participedia!

Welcome to the new, beta version of Participedia! If you are already part of the Participedia community, you will notice significant changes designed to make it easier for you to contribute to the site and to find the information you need. If you're new to Participedia, you may be curious to know who is behind this site and how it evolved.

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