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Facebook: Iceland Constitution and Gov 2.0

Laurel Papworth

Iceland have turned to social media to ask the population to crowdsource writing Iceland’s new constitution. Compare to Australia’s Future of Melbourne wiki or New Zealand crowdsourcing their Police Act. Mayor Giuliani of New York circa 2011, Premier Anna Bligh during Queensland’s natural disasters.

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What BP could have done better – a counterpoint

Jeff Esposito

Image - Wikipedia. Crowdsource. Then, what if they posted that they were setting aside part of their advertising budget for 2011 to help the families affected by the oil spill, but that they wanted some advice on the best way to help that would have the strongest impact and really make a difference? Change is hard.