Background Information

• The city of Edmonton, Ontario is hosting an "Open City" workshop on the same day as our camp
  • Official website
  • Live video feed
• Introductory Articles
  • CNN: Cities embrace mobile apps, "Gov 2.0"
  • The Economist Of governments and geeks
  • The Economist The open society: Governments are letting in the light
  • Forbes.com Gov 2.0: The Promise Of Innovation
  • Boston Globe Brainstorming a better commute
• Books
  • Open Government
  • Wiki Government
  • Full Disclosure
• Open Data
  • Mass.gov/Data
  • MetroBoston DataCommon
  • The Boston Indicators Project
  • Open Indicators Consortium
  • Massachusetts Nonprofit Database
  • Data.gov
  • City of Boston Data Hub
  • MassDOT Developers Page (MBTA and other data) 
  • RI.gov (Rhode Island)

     

• Apps
  • MassDOT Developers Conference (Apps and visualization competitions)
  • City of Boston's Citizens Connect iphone app 
  • Appify Boston (listing of apps)

• Blogs
  • State blogs - Commonwealth Conversations
  • Town Blogs
    • Town of Dennis: Planning Department, Comprehensive Plan, Economic Development, Open Space
    • Sherborn Happenings!
    • Franklin Matters
    • Medfield02052
    • myDedham
  • Community Group Blogs
    • Ethos Roundtable - ICT for positive social change 

• Social Media
  • Mass.gov/Socialmedia 

• Wikis
  • CommonWiki 
• Public Policy
  • Policy San Francisco

• Citizen Participation
  • Tools
    • E-Democracy.Org
    • Ask Your Lawmaker
    • Neighbors For Neighbors
    • PledgeBank
    • OpenCongress
    • MAP Light
    • i-Neighbors
    • Good2Gether
    • The Point
    • Social Actions
    • CitizenTube on YouTube
    • Community Counts
    • Massachusetts Civic Action
    • Common Good Vermont
    • My Neighborhood: Boston
    • Real Time Congress
    • Transparency Corps
    • NeighborMedia Cambridge

• Nonprofit Associations and Management Support Organizations in New England
  • Third Sector New England
  • New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
  • Maine Association of Nonprofits
  • Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
  • Knowledge Exchange Center of Rhode Island
  • Connecticut Association of Nonprofits
  • Associated Grantmakers
  • Technical Development Corporation
  • Common Impact 

• Community Foundations interested in civic engagement
  • The Boston Foundation
  • Rhode Island Foundation
  • Vermont Community Foundation
  • Cape Cod Foundation 

• Nonprofit organizations interested in civic engagement
  • Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth
  • Mobile Active
  • Front Porch Forum
  • Saguaro Seminar
  • Social Capital Inc
  • Campus Compact
  • League of Women Voters - Massachusetts
  • Last Articles
  • ONE Massachusetts
  • Boston Center for Community and Justice
  • Mass Vote
  • Be The Change / Service Nation
  • CIRCLE 
  • Cambridge Community Television

• Academic centers
  • Filene Center for Community Partnerships
  • Berkman Center for Internet & Society
  • Rochester Institute of Technology 

• Good ideas
  • Tech Citizenship / Mass High Tech
  • TechPresident
  • Personal Democracy Forum
  • Sunlight Foundation
  • GovLoop
  • Open Secrets