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Here are just some of the Twitter posts and links that we’d like to pass on from this week. You can find us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ascentum

• News: Medvedev said Russia’s considering Open Government Partnership #OGP #opengov http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/02/07/65483123.html (Retweet from Carrie_Golden)

• Blog: Top10 Skills for Government Workers in 2012 – are these relevant for Canada? http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/top-10-skills-for-government-workers-in-2012

• Quote: “The 21^st Century is a lousy time to be a control freak” Perhaps the sound byte of the day #openpolicy (Retweet from @SBTaskForce, during a conference on open policy development and collaboration that Ascentum attended at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade)

• Resource: Considering using social media to engage publics beyond Canada? Read this first: http://www.mediabadger.com/2012/02/facebook-dangers-for-global-marketers/ (via @mediabadger)

• Case Study: Online game developed to design public spaces in Moscow http://www.thepolisblog.org/2012/02/vision-for-open-cities.html (via@HallM13)

-Stephan Telka-

Here are just some the Twitter posts and links that we’d like to pass on from this week.  You can find us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ascentum.

• Quote: Calgary Mayor @nenshi “we make better decisions when we involve people in our decision making”

• Retweet: @Healthy_Weights After a break for #elxn41, Canada’s first national dialogue on childhood obesity is back! #healthyweights

• News: We agree. Now’s a great time to engage Canadians in a public dialogue on the Senate & ways to make it more effective. http://ow.ly/57BW

• @ascentum blog: How to produce same-day reports for in-person dialogues that will seem, to participants, like magic! http://bit.ly/kZtrUy

• Resource: Great new guide on use of social media for citizen engagement by @mattleighninger with more than 40 tools! http://bit.ly/lKFtm3 #opengov

Here are just some the Twitter posts and links that we’d like to pass on from this week.  You can find us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ascentum.

• @ascentum news: Our newest #publicengmt site is live-involving citizens in changes 2 healthcare in SE Ontario http://bit.ly/e8lr7t #epart

• @ascentum news: Here in #Belleville for the media launch of our online #engagement project www.southeastlhin.on.ca/HealthCareRoadmap

• Engagement: What causes childhood obesity? How do we solve it? Join the conversation! http://bit.ly/hv8MKd #demopart#epart #publicengmt

• Resource: FedTalks OpenGov and Citizen Engagement May 11 http://lnkd.in/Hi44sY

• Resource: @nicholascharney “Minister Day Launches Open Data Portal” http://bit.ly/fysLro #opendata #gov20