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03/04/06 17:22
Our discussion today - neweurope.org
Just to sum things up, what we’ve discussed:
(1) Funding – is a problem because of lack of money for the participatory E.U. initiative
but
a successful participatory initiative should be able to rise money from the people anyhow, as the Dean campaign did proove:
-> we would need to be THAT good!
I don’t worry about the money first but how to aggregate sufficient attention from people. (Money can’t buy eyeballs) If we con “inspire” people the money will follow. (e.g. see google)
(2) Communication tools – the technology is ready (even the legal base is in place) – modern tools need to be applied to communication processes. That would enable to leverage from “the wisdom of crowds”. Some examples how crowds can be smart (or not so smart):
=> Modern communication technology enables real “two way” communication between literally millions of people in real time.
(just one example: IBM did this with 350.000 employees in an online-discussion which took place 72h around the globe – the results are used to restructure the company)
=> The challenge is to ask the “right” questions
(3) How to pull things together?
- If people believe that their input “matters” they will flock to that site
- If many people are on a site our representatives will pay attention
- If representatives pay attention more people will participate on that site …
We might start with the people or with or representative, or both … we just need to get the engine going:
- Pick the right topics which are on the people’s agenda
- Get representatives committed to listen, care – and to fight for the results
Let’s make a follow up confcall …
Enjoy, Klaus
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