E-CONSULTATION:

BEST PRACTICE

Community Consultation..... Community Development.....Consumer Participation....Qualitative Analysis ...Other Links


Online Community Toolkit
Thinking about building or hosting an online community? Looking for specific tips, tools and ideas? Start here. The following is a collection of articles by Full Circle Associates Nancy White, Sue Boettcher and Heather Duggan. Have something to contribute? Let us know!
http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm

Creating Online Communities for neighbourhoods and networks
How to use the Internet to build networks and benefit communities - particularly neighbourhoods and villages.
http://www.partnerships.org.uk/

Democracies Online-Do-Wire.Org
Promoting online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through information exchange, experience sharing, outreach, and education.
http://www.e-democracy.org/do/

Steven Clift - Public Strategies for the Online World
My articles, speeches, and interviews from the last decade. 
http://www.publicus.net/articles.html

Public Consultation Online: A Guide to Getting It Right
For government agencies, non-profit organizations, and, even commercial enterprises, asking the public for comment, critique, and advice is a painful but common problem. Whether it is to review a government regulation, comment on design of a new school or library, critique an official strategy document, or vet the location of a large manufacturing plant, the public should and often must be consulted. Traditionally, public consultation came in the form of public meetings and written requests for comment. Now, the Internet is playing an important role as electronic forums become one of the tools organizations use to seek and organize comment.
http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/features/consult

Online Policy Consultation     (Australia)
Online policy consultation provides a way to use digital resources, such as online polls, surveys, websites and discussion forums to extend the reach and potential participation of citizens in the discussion of policy issues.
http://webpublishing.agimo.gov.au/Policy_Consultation

Networking Government in New Zealand: E-Government  (New Zealand)
This site is the primary publication medium for official information about the e-government programme. It is also the home for the first implementations of e-government operations, e.g. standards that have been developed and are now in use.
The primary audience is government people - central and local, officials and politicians. The secondary audiences include the information technology supplier community, industry groups and community organisations.We recognise that the media, education institutions, individuals and people from other governments will visit the site though we have not specifically catered for those needs.
http://www.e.govt.nz/policy/participation/

Designing for Civil Society
David Wilcox on social media, engagement, collaboration
http://www.designingforcivilsociety.org/

This website is maintained by Paul Martin and was last edited March 2009