[open-development] Fwd: [open-government] Just 5 days left to share #opengov "Inspirations" in Knight News Challenge

Thu Feb 14 13:49:23 UTC 2013

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> From: Steven Clift <clift at e-democracy.org>
> Subject: [open-government] Just 5 days left to share #opengov "Inspirations" in Knight News Challenge
> Date: 14 February, 2013 8:39:50 AM EST
> To: newswire <newswire at groups.dowire.org>, citycamp <citycamp at forums.e-democracy.org>, "locallabs at forums.e-democracy.org" <locallabs at forums.e-democracy.org>, sunlightlabs <sunlightlabs at googlegroups.com>, "NCDD-DISCUSSION at lists.thataway.org" <NCDD-DISCUSSION at lists.thataway.org>, "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" <developers-public at lists.mysociety.org>, "open-government at lists.okfn.org" <open-government at lists.okfn.org>, ODDI <oddi at forums.e-democracy.org>
> 
> The Knight Foundation is trying out a new platform for their News Challenge process which starts with a week of "Inspirations." They have 44 so far, let's generate more!
> 
>     https://www.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/inspiration/
> 
> The entire process, including submission of proposals, and a new refinement stage goes a couple of months, but getting your "inspirations" in now seems crucial to the broader open gov movement.
> 
> I'll share interesting highlights via Twitter:
>    http://twitter.com/democracy
> And my trusty old Newswire: http://dowire.org
> 
> This is a huge opportunity for those who are passionate about building upon "open data" to take up the powerful theme of engagement implied in the Challenge's broad question:
> 
>    "How might we improve the ways citizens and governments interact?"
> 
> You can get the whole scoop on the challenge here:
> 
> https://www.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/brief.html
> 
>   Watch the video:  http://vimeo.com/59499707
> 
> Here are the seven "Inspiration" questions they are asking:
> 
> MISSION #1 Share Success Stories
> 
> What's working? What tools are you using in your community?
> 
> MISSION #2 Identify Needs
> 
> What do people in your community need or want? What’s missing?
> 
> MISSION #3 Identify Opportunities
> 
> What are major areas or groups of opportunity? Are there resources or people we haven't tapped or experimented with?
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> MISSION #4 Find New Data Sources
> 
> What public information do we need access to? What data sources could we use better?
> 
> MISSION #5 Grow the Network
> 
> Whom should be engaged inopen government who's not currently? How might we expand the definition and networkworking on these questions?
> 
> MISSION #6 Rapid Prototyping
> 
> What kinds of ideas could we build and test quickly, to create new best practices and high-potential projects?
> 
> MISSION #7 Everything Else
> 
> Anything that inspires you that doesn't fit the above missions.
> 
> Clift back:
> 
> Say, one thing I'll be sharing are the results from the thousands of votes generated on my own poll about next generation priorities for online civic engagement and open government. Get your vote in:
> 
>     http://allourideas.org/engageonline
> 
> Quick disclaimer:
> 
> The Knight Foundation is main funder of our http://BeNeighbors.org effort which combines neighbors online with civic/community/government engagement with outreach targetted to lower income, highly diverse, high immigrant neighborhoods. So, I am incredibly biased in thinking they get it. :-) I attended their Media Learning Seminar this week geared toward community foundations and visited with foundation staff about the news challenge.
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