Public Sector 2.0

Tools and Examples

Alan Stevenson

Thursday, 16th April, 2009

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The 18-29 age group was the only one to increase voter turnout in the 2008 US

Elections

How do you engage 18-29 year old voters?

New technologies can strengthen our democracy by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a

more responsive relationship between government and electors

Crowd Surfing, Thomas and Brain (2008)

Better Transparency

Opportunities to Engage: Nationally

Opportunities to Engage: Locally

Involvement through networks

Communities are the most efficient knowledge creators

When citizens become active, good things can happen. We all learn from each other.

Initiatives get catalyzed. People become active in improving their communities, country and

the world.

Don Tapscott

Thank You