Work and Consulting Experience
Short-term speaking/consulting visits are not listed below. For details see my LinkedIn Profile.
- Founder, 1 Radio News
- Executive Director, E-Democracy.org
- Global Engagement Lead, Knowledge Hub, 2015
- Digital Engagement Lead, Poplus for mySociety, 2015
- Consultant to Kettering Foundation for Common Ground for Action online deliberation, 2014-15
- Consultant to League of Women Voters of the United States on Sunshine 2.0 project, 2011-12
- Consultant to the Knight Foundation on technology for engagement, 2008
- International Symposium on Local E-Democracy – Co-Chaired and organized an e-democracy conference for the UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
- UK Local E-democracy National Project – Coordinated four pilot projects, more than any other organization or individual on contract – October 2004 – March 2005, phase two September 2005 – March 2006.
- U.S House of Representatives with the Gartner Group and the Congressional Management Foundation – Survey of “e-parliament” trends around the world – September – November 2004 – Presented results to top House staff in March 2005.
- National Science Foundation – E-government related grant proposal reviewer – 2004
- IFES – International Foundation for Election Services – Prepared recommendations for new electoral standards related to the Internet and the information age – February – May 2004, January 2007 for paper update.
- United Nations, FAO/SIFAR – Provided extensive research for proposed knowledge exchange/online community system, presented on “public net-work” and e-democracy – June – July 2003
- United Nations, DPADM/UNDESA – Provided research on “E-Government and Democracy” for World Public Sector Report – March 2003 – May 2003
- Visiting Fellow, Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota – February 2003
- OECD E-Government Working Group – Provided research and analysis on the concept of “Public Net-Work” – October-November 2002
- Pew Internet and American Life Project – Provided research advice March – December 2002 for case study report.
- Web White and Blue – Co-founder and project adviser to the Markle Foundation’s online presidential debate and election information public service effort through December 2001. Served as the Outreach Coordinator in 2000 and the Project Coordinator in 1998. Project nominated for Webby Award in 1998.
- Markle Foundation’s E-mail for All Outreach Campaign, Consultant – Produced Universal Access Conversation online event in May 1998.
- North Star – Minnesota Government Online, former Project Coordinator – 1994-97
- Minnesota Office of Technology – 1995-97
- Minnesota Government Information Access Council, former Executive Director/Staff – 1995-97
- Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota – 1991-1993
- Minnesota State Senate – 1991