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Method: 21st Century Town Meeting

Jul 29 '09

Author:
Archon Fung
21st Century Town Meetings are open fora for citizens to deliberate and decide on political issues employing modern communication technologies.
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Method: Adhocracy (Software)

Jul 29 '17

Author:
Scott Fletcher
Adhocracy is an open source software tool modelled after the decentralized "Liquid Democracy" method of collaborative governance.
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Method: Audience Response Systems (ARS)

Apr 17 '17

Author:
Scott Fletcher
Audience response systems (ARS) are a kind of information and communications technology used in deliberative contexts to gather participant feedback using wired or wireless digital devices.
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Method: Citizen Conferences

Nov 28 '12

Author:
ST
Definition Citizen Conferences allow for citizens to deliberate and provide policy recommendations for a government entity. The government entity can then use these recommendations to better meet the needs of its citizens. Citizen Conferences are comparable to Citizens' Juries and to Consensus Conferences . Participants The participants in citizen conferences...
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Method: Community Based Monitoring

Sep 3 '17

Author:
Scott Fletcher
Community- or citizen-based monitoring is a generic term for citizen oversight of public services. Also known as participatory monitoring, CBM is ideally led by the local population and involves both oversight and reporting of service quality, efficiency, and efficacy.
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