Wikinomics and the Future of Government

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Wikinomics and the Future of Government
Governance
Anthony D. Williamsco-author of Wikinomics, VP
nGenera
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Wikinomics - 22 Languages
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Mass Collaboration in Action
Age of Participation
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1. New Conditions for Democracy

• Large-scale problems overwhelm the capacity of
  closed policy units
• A highly educated and connected population
• Collaborative infrastructure
• Demonstration effect of mass collaboration
• The legitimacy and authority of European
  governance

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2. Guiding Principles for Digital-Era Policymaking

• Transparent Provides access to pertinent
  information
• Participatory Enables citizens and stakeholder
  to provide input
• Collaborative Reaches across organizational
  boundaries
• Responsive Fosters continuous innovation and
  agility
• Informed Acquires up-to-date knowledge and
  inputs
• Accountable Decision-makers are accountable for
  outcomes

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3. Building Communities of Interest
Aboriginal Peoples
New Immigrants
Veterans
Youth
Families
Seniors
People with Disabilities
Agricultural Producers
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3. Building Communities of Interest
Brainstorming with Customer Communities
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3. Building Communities of Interest Co-Creating
an Educational Curriculum
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3. Building Communities of Interest Opening Up
the Boundaries of Government
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4. Connected Through Rich User Profiles
Online
Groups
Skills

• Climate Change Action Group
• European Social Inclusion
• Custom Car Collectors

Current Project
My Location
European Transparency Initiative Duration 18
days End Dates March 28, 2008 Project Lead Tess
Drake
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5. Access to Public Data
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6. An Engagement and Policy-Modelling Toolkit

• Connecting
• Social networking
• Privacy identity management
• Deliberating
• Group discussion learning
• Translation
• Opinion-mining
• Forecasting
• Datamining
• Visualization
• Simulation, VR
• Processing
• Cloud computing

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7. Digital-Age Engagement Methodologies
Depth
moderated brainstorming
workshops
idea zone
focus groups
policy networks
education zone
policy portals
targeted communications
citizen juries
commissions
question periods
town halls
recommendation zone
solicited feedback
deliberative polling
polling
elections
decision zone
referenda
Breadth
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8. Genuine Political Engagement

• Five elements of digital-age democracy
• A communications strategy emphasizing inclusion
  and outreach
• Trusted public spaces
• Relevant timing and targets of engagements

• Extension beyond government into civic society,
  the markets and global bodies
• Ways of authenticating the digitally deliberating
  members of the public

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A New Division of Labour in European Society
Rethinking the roles and powers of government . .
. Redrawing the division of labor in society
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Thank You

• Anthony D. WilliamsVP, nGenera
• 133 King Street East, Suite 300Toronto, Canada
• awilliams_at_ngenera.com
• 416-863-8864