Low Cost Community Engagement Tools

LOW-COST ONLINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLS Jase Wilson MCP ’08

TODAY’SLEARN TO ENGAGE CITIZENS ONLINEUSING LOW-COST, OPEN SOURCE TOOLS,YIELDING OPEN, STANDARDIZED DATA.

★ Engage citizens online★ Low-cost open source tools★ Open, standardized data

Examples from the wild★ Engage citizens online★ Low-cost open source tools★ Open, standardized data

Examples in the wild★ Engage citizens online★ Low-cost open source tools★ Open, standardized data

Housekeeping“This hands-on workshop will cover how to set up a low-cost website for community engagement. In just a fewsimple steps, learn how to create a website to disseminateinformation, gather feedback, interpret results andcollaboratively write policies. Includes a discussion ofWordPress, Google Forms, Google Fusion Tables + ChartsAPI, Wordpress plugins.”

HousekeepingIn the interest of time:★ Neighborhood-level plan★ Association members = site members (no self-signup)★ We’ll walk through how to get started today using your Athena account, but demo will be built locally using MAMP

HousekeepingQ & A:★ Whistle stop demo - jump in with questions★ Compiled loads of resources for you after demoBe forewarned:★ Almost certain to break something :)★ Typos, bad jokes & terrible survey designs ahead

CMS Market Share January 2012 (w3techs.com)Why WordPress?★ World’s most popular CMS★ Massive community★ Easy to use WordPress exposed hooks from v 1.2.1 to v 3.1: (adambrown.info)★ (Hidden) power

Elements of this demo site★ Imagined as a ﬁnite exercise with a few rounds of feedback★ Presents relevant background info★ Limits interaction to pre-designated participants★ Keeps information open to the public★ Google Forms surveys, comments on posts, wiki-style plan editing

On to the demo...★ Preview what we’ll be building★ Build it!★ Q &A

THANK YOU @luminopolis linkedin.com/in/luminopolis jase@luminopolis.com

Low Cost Community Engagement Tools

by Jase Wilson on Feb 13, 2012

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