A Conversation with Craig Newmark

By Peter Corbett on November 10th, 2009

Posted in Citizen Engagement, Community Development, Speaking Engagements

Last month, I was honored to lead “A Conversation with Craig Newmark” on the topic of eDemocracy at Fedscoop’s conference “Lowering the Cost of Government IT”.

Craig delivered insights that kept us at the edge of our seats. Rather than recap them here, I’ve embed the video below. If you’re passionate about technology, democracy and the web this conversation is for you:

Networked Democracy with Craig Newmark and Peter Corbett at FedScoop’s VIP event at the Newseum October 14, 2009 from FedScoop on Vimeo.

Additional videos from this conference can be found here: FedScoop’s Vimeo Channel

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