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March 19, 2006

e-Democracy - For collaboration, try telling true stories

Stephen Hilton and Kevin O'Malley of Bristol's e-democracy team put on a good show with their conference last Friday exploring whether councils and community activists can work together. Discussion was well-focussed on democracy rather than technology, even though the event was to launch their online CampaignCreator. The event attracted a strong turnout including  e-democracy gurus  Steven Clift (US), left, and Stephen Coleman (UK), below. The missing element was local councillors - apart from Barbara Janke, the leader - who came to make a speech.

By David Wilcox

Posted by Chris McEvoy on March 19, 2006 | | Comments (0)