12. Participation, Engagement and Consultation                            <- Back to categories

Dialogue Top Ten

Document setting out Andrew Acland's Top Ten characteristices for Stakeholder Dialogue.

Extreme Democracy 

A collection of essays. "The first decade of the 21st century represents a unique moment in history, as the economic sphere of life has leapt far ahead of the civil sphere and a correction, a great catching up, is at hand. This is a book for people who want to use technology to make that correction happen, to place control of society firmly in the hands of citizens."

Flow Chart of Sustained Dialogue Processes 

From Teddy Nemerhof and David Tukey Diving In
Based on Harold H Saunders Public Peace Process

In the Service of Democracy  

The Government's 2002 Consultation document on e-Democracy.

Taking the Road Show Online  

Article by Brad Latta, Ottowa Freelance Writer. Outlines issues surrounding e-consultation.

Virtual Dialogue 

The Internet opens up a range of new possibilities for large-scale or long distance dialogue. Andrew Acland gives the low-down on how Internet-based participation works, and when to use it.

A few years ago the Environment Council was asked to facilitate a World Bank dialogue around a controversial environmental issue. I flew to Washington with Pippa Hyam, another of the Council’s original ‘gang of four’ facilitators, and spent a couple of days huddled with lawyers, engineers and environmentalists who had been flown in form around the globe. On the way home we wondered whether the whole process – because the event was mostly about sharing information and perceptions – could have been done over the Internet.

Understanding e-Engagement 

This report sets out the findings of a survey of involvement with e-Democracy and the results of a small experimental study which investigated the inner workings of discussion forums. The experimental study used a ‘live’ online consultation about the future of the BBC to investigate the impact of group size and the presence of online moderation on participants’ satisfaction.

Local Government Webcasting Report  

The Local Government Webcasting Report was commissioned by the Improvement and Development Agency and carried out by Xpedita Limited.

The report is based on quantitative and qualitative research carried out with local government staff in November and December 2003 answering a series of questions about webcasts and webcasting: about their own personal experiences, their experiences at work, and their attitudes.

The report concludes that webcasts are a tool that most council staff believe would be of benefit to them and to their organisations, and recommends as next steps:

• a webcasting pilot that emphasises cost-benefit analysis and lessons learned, to enable local councils to accurately predict and manage their webcasting efforts, and reduce the perception of ‘riskiness’ associated with webcasting; and
• an educational effort aimed primarily at IT managers to help them understand the technology needed to both broadcast and receive webcasts.

Participation, Political Organisations and the Impact of the Internet  

Participation, Political Organisations and the Impact of the Internet has two broad aims:

• To examine the potential impact of Internet on political organisations both from an inter organisational and intra-organisational perspective.
• To analyse what factors shape the extent of, and strategies behind, political organisations ICT usage.

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