Gun Control
A Way Forward in the Gun Control Debate The February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida has reignited the gun control debate in the United States. The question [...]
Ethelo Blockchain
More Than Money: While bitcoin is seeing steady decline, blockchain, the technology behind it, is only growing For months, talk around bitcoin and so called cryptocurrencies has dominated the financial and technology sectors. Last year, [...]
Intelligence of the crowd—a decision making tool for making wiser decisions in better ways
Crowds are not necessarily wise; nor are they necessarily evil. The internet has ways of connecting us in virtual crowds that can bring out the best and the worst of groupthink. Chris Hedges in Death [...]
Use Trust Networks for Next Level Liquid Democracy
When any group is faced with a large decision or set of decisions, it’s important to ensure that those decisions are being made by the people with the most knowledge and experience on each issue. [...]
eDemocracy can restore faith in governments
According to the results of a Pew Research study released in 2017, only 18 percent of Americans trust the government. In the survey, 15 percent of respondents said they can trust the government in [...]
e-Anger Management (Or, When the Sludge Hits Your Fan)
3 insights for online engagers facing demanding crowds Consider the following: Sludge, wastewater, and their unglamorous odours. Not very attractive realities, in all certainty; and surely ones that we all want to keep out [...]
City of Victoria | 2015 IAP2 Canadian Organization of the Year
A few weeks ago Ethelo's Director of Business Development, Dan Hathway, had the opportunity to fly down to Portland to do a presentation on digital engagement at the annual International Association for Pubic Participation (IAP2) [...]
Solving Wicked Problems
Ethelo Insight: There are many types of problems and even more solutions. This blog post by Jamie Billingham caught my eye as we are often used as a problem-solving platform for many organizations. To solve problems [...]
Community Engagement Toolkit
This is a handy toolkit you can use when planning community engagement projects. Don't forget to add online engagement as well since over three quarters of the population are now online. Digital engagement is not [...]
Making Better Cities with Public Outreach
Ethelo Insight: A great example of public outreach in action As protected bike lanes have spread, they’ve created an exciting new era for American traffic engineers, who are once again getting the chance to [...]