Tech
From E-Consultation Guide
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E-consultation technologies
Online dialogue
Discussion forum hands on session, and talk on the use of e-mail mailing lists (as in UK Local Issues forums) and chat systems (from IRC,via web chatrooms, to Skype).
Measuring needs and opinions
Online survey hands on session (using something simple like Lime Survey), talk on Responsian survey tool, measuring single opinion with SMS (e.g. smoking ban in public).
Online writing
One way dialog with online diaries (blog) and wikiwiki collaborative authoring. Different participants try different tools. Explain how blogs are used in UK local democracy project, and how more sophisticated report writing tools can be used for consultation (show GRASS).
