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@ascentum tweets of the week

Stephan Telka — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:46:36 +0000

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

Social Media: 12 Top Community Managers Share Their Tips for Better Engagement: http://on.mash.to/wxmEiA

Essay: Participation and the Happiness Connection: http://bit.ly/yQkr2I #publicengmt
New Consultation: UK Government launches consultation on Equal Civil Marriage for same-sex couples. http://bit.ly/ACk0IJ #demopart #publicengmnt (Retweet from @elliswestwood)

Blog Post: Two things you need to know about…Public Engagement” by UK’s Involve http://www.involve.org.uk/two-things-you-need-to-know-about-public-engagement/ #demopart (Retweet from @elliswestwood)

Stakeholder Engagement Manual: vol. 1 http://bit.ly/ycQTOT vol. 2 http://bit.ly/wRmv5m #publicengmt

-Stephan Telka-

@ascentum tweets of the week

Stephan Telka — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:42:21 +0000

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-

@ascentum tweets of the week

Stephan Telka — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:31:01 +0000

Here are 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://www.twitter.com/ascentum

New report from Harvard: From Government 2.0 to Society 2.0 http://bit.ly/vXNvi9 #Gov20 #demopart #publicengmt
Retweet from @participatory: Civic Engagement and Disability: technology to advance the participation of people with disabilities http://bit.ly/uP4ct2 #demopart #edem
New Ascentum Blog: Enaging on GooglePlus: How to start http://bit.ly/taA4S3 #publicengmt #epart #demopart
Retweet from @participatory: Becoming Citizens: Youth E-engagement in Civic and Public Policy http://bit.ly/sALRQy #edem #opengov #demopart
Interesting Blog: Measuring Online Community Engagement http://bit.ly/s0I9M8 #publicengmt #demopart

-Stephan Telka-

@ascentum tweets of the week

Stephan Telka — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:21:41 +0000

Here are 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://www.twitter.com/ascentum

Survey Results: 54% of Canadians would engage more with government if there were ways to participate online. http://bit.ly/oiW5MX
Retweet from @elliswestwood: National Assembly of Wales video to launch public consultation on bilingual services. http://youtu.be/lyNYZQI-Viw #demopart
@ascentum blog: @nenshi Thanks for inspiring at the Public Consultation & #publicengmt conference in TO this week! You inspired a blog http://bit.ly/qtx5Ka
Video: Interesting facts & figures in this video on the “Social Media Revolution 2011″ http://youtu.be/3SuNx0UrnEo
From the U.S.: The U.S. National Issues Forum is engaging Americans on the National Debt using Second Life http://ncdd.org/5951 #demopart #publicengmt

@ascentum tweets of the week

Ascentum Staff — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:15:00 +0000

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

@ascentum tweets of the week

Ascentum Staff — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:02:09 +0000

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

@ascentum tweets of the week

Ellis Westwood — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:02:20 +0000

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

Resource: Everyone bookmark this! RT @nonlinear_tweet: RT @DoctorJones: New Canadians stats on social media usage. http://goo.gl/1wx4s

Case Study: “Local Practices in Online Engagement” from US National League of Cities http://bit.ly/fSkIQ4 #municipal #engagement

Fun: Demo of our voting keypads = fun analysis of icebreaker questions on people’s favourite royal couple / gender! http://twitpic.com/3acglf

@Ascentum News: Doing a demo of our voting keypads at GoC with “Who’s your favourite Royal couple?” as an icebreaker. Interested to see results by gender!

Resource: Canadian Medical Ass. Journal: The Need for Public Engagement in Choosing Health Priorities http://bit.ly/fFynmV

Case Study: Ordinary Icelanders vying to draft new constitution http://yhoo.it/eoVkOG

@ascentum tweets of the week

Ellis Westwood — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:18:45 +0000

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 blog: “Fostering International Dialogue and Youth Engagement in Laos” http://bit.ly/9pr3m4

Study: “Online public participation most effective among young people who are already online” http://bit.ly/afEIDd

Resource: For a great explanation of why #PublicEngagement is so important, read The Change Foundation’s Strategic Plan [Ascentum client] http://bit.ly/9pgmng

Blog: “How can new media help civic engagement?” http://bit.ly/cGyMFD (@Afine @leifutne @jdlasica)

Retweet: RT @INgageNetworks: Recommended: “Using Social Media Platforms to Amplify Public Health Messaging” http://j.mp/9X9Ur9 #hcsm

What Public Officials Want To Know About New Technology

Ascentum Staff — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:41 +0000

One of Ascentum’s good friends, Brad Rourke, wrote a great piece today on what public officials want to know about new technology.

You can read Brad here.