Organizers are gearing up for the National Week of Conversation, April 20-28, which we announced in an earlier post. Their latest press release, which can be found here, includes this…
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has revealed that data from Facebook's massive, irreplaceable user base have become a double edged sword. Initially Facebook's greatest asset as a multi-sided business platform, those…
Nine months can be a significant amount of time: long enough for an academic year or for the full development of a baby. But is it enough time to heal…
Even for specialists, it can be hard to keep up with real world experiments in deliberative democracy, not to mention scholarly writing about the topic. But a recent analytical summary by…
Ballotpedia is increasingly US citizens' go-to online resource for in-depth, impartial coverage of elections of all types and at all levels. Those same qualities make Ballotpedia a natural fit with…
On March 16 EnCiv convened more than a dozen organizations and advisors in the civic tech space at Zoom's headquarters in San Jose, California. Photo by MDGovpics Zoom graciously put…
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." - Henry Ford As an international speaker, best-selling author, and advisor, introducing Sean Van Tyne as a member of…
Photo by museumdetoulouse One of EnCiv's potential partners, The Kettering Foundation, will be hosting "Deliberation Day" on Monday, February 19, 2018. The issue to be discussed is immigration. To learn…
Interactivity Foundation (IF) was among EnCiv’s first three partners. In past posts I’ve had numerous occasions to mention IF: its history; its exploratory discussion approach; its proven track record; and…
This poignant message from a young man who describes himself as “Christian, Conservative and Republican” is as simple as it is powerful: Listen first. The author is founder and president…
Facebook is among the titans of social media--but hardly a friendly one. In fact, according to an in-depth analysis by major Facebook investor Roger McNamee, social media giants like Facebook…
A study published this September in The American Economic Review suggests that those worried about the polarizing effects—and power—of cable news may indeed have cause for concern. After a careful…