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ONLINE CIVIC NETWORKS Connecting social capital in communities
[object Object],Five Common Challenges for Civic Engagement
Diversity Challenge
Any civic engagement project faces the challenge to recruit diverse participants.
Working with sponsoring organizations or agencies often leads to recruiting the usual suspects…
… especially since influential connectors between networks are hard to identify
If diverse recruitment is taken serious, it eats up a significant portion of project budgets and staff time.
Capacity Building Challenge
Participant information is typically lost after events or disappears in organizational silos…
…  even though participants are often interested in a broad range of local issues and might want to get engaged in other activities.
Follow-up Challenge
During civic engagement activities lots of great ideas are being generated
…  but a good way to continue the conversation about them afterwards and organize next steps is often lacking.
Networking Challenge
Online Social Networks, like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc. are connecting millions online.
But most members use Facebook for private communication with friends. Existing online social  networks lack other contexts - like civics.
Additionally, they only offer limited online engagement functionality and lack options to add tools when needed.
Online Engagement Challenge
Online engagement is now a valuable and convenient alternative or add-on to face-to-face engagement…
… but requires a significant upfront investment in knowledge and technology
… and requires time and practice for participants until they get comfortable using it.
[object Object],Solution: Online Civic Network
It’s an online social network like Facebook, just on a small scale and with extra features.
It is collaboratively hosted by a coalition of civic institutions in a community.
It grows over time, as more organizers and their constituents or participants of their events join.
It captures and strengthens social capital in a community.
It encourages networking by introducing members through their profiles which include interests and skills.
The connections between members make social networks within a community visible and searchable.
This allows organizers and engagers to easily identify connectors by analyzing their networks.
Participants have a one-stop place to stay connected with their community and contribute to community news and resources.
It enables civic groups like trained moderators to stay loosely connected and get reactivated as the need arises.
Organizations can utilize the existing online engagment toolkit on-the-fly…
…  and easily get the public involved without big budget or effort!
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Networking
Connections
Outreach
Invitations and Newsletters
Resource sharing
Shared Information
Event Management
Event Management
Dialogue and Collaboration Hmm, let’s consider... I agree, but… I like this idea, … True, that’s a good… No, I feel like this…
Online dialogue
Now is the Time to Start an Online Civic Network!
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