The Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin offers funding for non-profit staff members to take a “paid time-out” to research an issue or question of value to their work.
Three individuals will receive grants of $5000, be paired with UT Austin faculty who will guide them in their research, receive full access to [...]
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Community Sabbatical Research Grants
Posted in Civic Entrepreneurship, Research, Research Resources, Technology, tagged Humanities Institute, sabbatical on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dangerous Ideas: “What if…”
Posted in Civic Entrepreneurship, Training Ideas, tagged Change Management, Dangerous Ideas, Libraries, NCDD, NCDD2008, PLA, Transforming Texas Libraries on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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The recent Public Library Association Conference featured a session titled, “The Dangerous Ideas”. The idea behind the session was to stimulate a conversation about adaptation and change by posing the question, “What if…?”
The presenters began by introducing Ten Dangerous Ideas:
1. What if we stopped cataloging?
2. What if we participated fully with the FBI in [...]
Conference on Online Deliberation June 26-29, 2008
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Civic Entrepreneurship, Dialogue and Deliberation Models, Technology, tagged civic journalism, e-democracy, e-governance, online deliberation on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and UC Berkeley School of Information are hosting a conference on Online Deliberation. This from the announcement:
At the dawn of the 21st century humankind faces challenges of profound proportions. The ability of people around the world to discuss, work, make decisions, and take action collaboratively is one [...]
We Are All Actors Weekend
Posted in Civic Entrepreneurship, Technology, Texas Forums Events on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, Texas Forums and the League of Technical Voters are co-sponsoring a gathering of technologists, citizens, non-profits organizations to work on the Transparent Federal Budget Project. The theme of the weekend is “We Are All Actors“. The goal of this project is to increase the transparency and accountability of our political processes. It will [...]
Citizens Talking about Policy. A Night at the LBJ Library
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Civic Entrepreneurship, Commentary, Democracy's Challenge, Dialogue and Deliberation Models, Facing Racism, Idea Exchange, LBJ Library, PBS All-American Presidential Forums, Texas Forums Events, deliberate on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
28 June 2007: This evening I’m reporting from the LBJ Library at the University of Texas (UT) on Tavis Smiley’s Public Broadcasting System (PBS) forum with the candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Like many other Bloggers here tonight, I’m suppose to be an ear to what our community [...]
The Harwood Institute and Kettering Foundation Kick off new “Initiators” Project
Posted in Civic Entrepreneurship on April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From The Harwood Institute
Monday, April 2, 2007
(The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation)
The Harwood Institute and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation have entered into a learning agreement to focus on how people who initiate civic action in communities decide to step forward, overcome resistance and barriers in their work, and engage in community [...]
Civic Entrepreneurship Fellowship
Posted in Civic Entrepreneurship, Research on January 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well, I’m thrilled and humbled to announce that I’ve received a fellowship from the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I teach courses on Fund Development and Change Management via distance education for the Graduate Library and Information Sciences program (aka LEEP) for UIUC.
The purpose of this fellowship is to develop [...]
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Guest Blogger: Lareese Hall
Posted in Civic Entrepreneurship, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, tagged Civic Entrepreneurship, community problem-solving on March 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lareese Hall is a student in the Civic Entrepreneurship in Public Institutions course that I teach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library Information and Sciences. While the rest of the class was on campus for a full-day session (this is a distance ed class that meets in person for one day [...]
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