Subject: You’re Invited! - 21st Century Technology: Transforming Global Politics
From: "National Democratic Institute" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:26:43 +0000

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Technology is transforming politics and civil society in the 21st century,
bringing citizens closer to their elected leaders. But change has not
spread evenly across the globe. This technology is beginning to impact
political change in places as diverse as Nigeria, Ukraine and Colombia. 

The event will include keynote remarks by former Vermont Governor and NDI
Board Member Howard Dean, who was a pioneer in the use of technology in
U.S. politics. A panel discussion on the application of new technologies
will include leaders from the USIP PeaceTech Lab, the White House Office of
the Chief Technology Officer, Sunlight Foundation, Amazon Web Services, and
NuCivic. 

NDI will also unveil DemTools 2.0 [2], which upgrades and expands NDI's
existing suite of tools for democracy and civil society, which have been
deployed by 82 organizations in 16 counties, along with three new
applications for managing government petitions, crowdsourcing community
problems, and open data, mapping and visualization. DemTools are delivered
with comprehensive training and support materials; and a recently published
NDI guide, "Technology: A Planning Guide for Political Parties [3],"
supplements DemTools 2.0 by providing practical advice on common pitfalls
that political parties experience and potential pathways for success when
implementing technology projects. 

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