Steven Clift

= e-democracy advocate

Bio

"Steven Clift leads the Online Consultation and E-Participation online community of practice at DoWire.Org and shares numerous articles on e-democracy from Publicus.Net. His primary concentration today is as the leader of E-Democracy.Org, review their strategic plan to get a sense of his work on the "demand side" for democracy online. (http://dowire.org/wiki/Ten_practical_online_steps_for_government_support_of_democracy)

"Steven Clift is the founder of E-Democracy.Org which created the world’s first election information website in 1994. Today E-Democracy.Org hosts 25 community and neighborhood “Issues Forums” across 15 communities. He has spoken on democracy, community, and government on the Internet across 27 countries and is recognized as an Ashoka Fellow for his socially entrepreneurial efforts. He experiences what every neighborhood should have on the online neighborhood forum - e-democracy.org/se - that he hosts and is involved in efforts to open similar forums in higher immigrant areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul" (http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=450)