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Principles for Change

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These principles have been taken from the morning sessions and some later notes. Please add more Principles, sub-points, or solutions where you see fit.

Empowerment

  • Nourish grassroots participation but don't direct or control it
  • Help ease the transition of social technologies & Understand the integrated relationships
  • move from the request to access paradigm (push vs pull)
  • Corporate responsibility & political engagement: training and education for employees
  • Share success stories
  • Cherish diverse voices
  • Bigger than one person -- motivate others, push for more

Leadership

  • Willing to be a heretic
  • Know what you want
  • Stand for something (not against)
  • Be clear and consistent

Transparency

  • Freedom of information, tech problems should not be an excuse

Dialogue

  • participatory politics & citizen engagement
  • consultation & Deep Dialogue
  • Two-way communication requires flexibility and allowance for making mistakes
  • Be genuine!

Access

  • Citizens as lobbyists
  • coordination
  • access to politicians
  • resources
  • online/offline
  • Expanding of technological enfranchisement

Design/Experience

  • social innovation & problem solving
  • foster environment of participation and engagement
  • make things fun
  • show actualy feedback of actions, let people know they matter
  • Make things meaningful

Scales of concern local/national/global

  • We vote locally, but are concerned globally and nationally 

 

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