Part 2 of the Citizen Media and Online Engagement Webinar presented by E-Democracy.Org. This section goes in-depth with Issues Forums - a model for effective local online engagement. Visit http://e-democracy.org/webinars for information on accessing the audio version.

1. Citizen Media and Online Engagement: Webinar Part 2 – Issues Forums Steven Clift, E-Democracy.Org Listen to this webinar from: http://e-democracy.org/webinars

2. E-Democracy.Org Issues Forums Steven Clift, Founder and Board Chair E-Democracy.Org

7. Blogs are not everything. Need to pick and choose among multiple tools based on your goals. Goal: Two-way local dialogue. Tool: E-mail list/web forum

15. Issues Forums

17. How Issues Forum Work, Starting One Steve Kranz

18. How Issues Forums Work C i t i z e n s Starting with “private” citizens moving toward public e-citizens Extensive personal online networks exist – friends, family, co-workers Personal Networks

19. How Issues Forums Work Local E-Democracy group creates the public “space”, defines charter (scope) C i t i z e n s Issues Forum GroupServer e-mails posts web view Personal Networks

20. How Issues Forums Work C i t i z e n s Issues Forum GroupServer e-mails posts web view Subscribe once Commitment secured Recruit citizens, elected officials, media, etc. with “sticky” opt-in Personal Networks

22. How Issues Forums Work Position forum in center of real power Political Activist Reporter Citizen #1 Mayor Citizen #2 Candidate Researcher City Council Neighborhood Leader Student Forum Manager Citizen #500 Gadfly C i t i z e n s Issues Forum GroupServer e-mails posts web view Post via e-mail/web e-publish, many-to-many Personal Networks

23. Issues Forums Agenda-setting discussions, “e-mail leaks,” facilitation and rule enforcement key Political Activist Reporter Citizen #1 Mayor Citizen #2 Candidate Researcher City Council Neighborhood Leader Student Forum Manager Citizen #500 Gadfly C i t i z e n s Issues Forum GroupServer e-mails posts web view Online discussions in the heart of local power Subscribe once Commitment secured Post via e-mail/web Leader’s Office “ Secondary Networks ” e-mail forwards media agenda-setting Council Department Personal Networks Local Media Coverage

25. Sample Forum – Web View Entering reply here

26. Sample Forum – E-mail View

37. Conclusion

39. One final story …

43. Additional Training Slides

55. Bonus Slides Winona Case Study