Hey, everyone! NCDD is launching a new series of webinars introducing you to
the coolest tech tools out there for engagement. Our first "Tech Tuesday"
webinar is on July 16 and will focus on WeJIT (a simple, versatile tool with a
funny-sounding name).
I created my own WeJIT at
http://www.mywejit.com/#!0c1d83d9cc0b76415ff8c1c1ef621913 to allow people to
both test out the tool AND share your ideas/preferences/offerings for future
Tech Tuesdays. Please add your tools to the list and those you'd like to see
featured!
Please post your ideas on the WeJIT today, and learn more about Tech Tuesday
and our July 16th event on the blog at www.ncdd.org/11921.
Sandy Heierbacher
Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
<email obscured> www.ncdd.org @ncdd & @heierbacher
Join us for NCDDs first Tech Tuesday event on WeJIT
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Posted by Sandy Heierbacher | July 3rd, 2013
Register today for NCDDs inaugural Tech Tuesday event on Tuesday, July 16, at
3pm Eastern.
Tech Tuesday is a new initiative from NCDD focused on online technology. Many
in our field are curious about how they can use online tools to support their
engagement work, and many tool creators are excited to talk to this community
about their innovations.
Our one-hour Tech Tuesday events will take place about once a month, and will
be designed to help dialogue and deliberation practitioners get a better sense
of the online engagement landscape and how they can take advantage of the
myriad opportunities available to them.
Tech Tuesdays will supplement NCDDs increasingly popularConfab Calls, which
have been getting close to 100 participants each in recent months.
July 16ths Tech Tuesday event on WeJIT will be run on GoToWebinar by Bill
Takacs atDemocrasoft, an NCDD org member and sponsor of NCDD Seattle.
Democrasoft is a respected software development company specializing in
cloud-based engagement.
Democrasoft is known for Collaborize and Collaborize Classroom, but we are
fascinated by its newest tool WeJIT. WeJIT is Democrasofts unique platform
for self-contained, portable, topic-based collaborations.
In a nutshell, anyone can instantly create a one-page website at
www.mywejit.com/#! for free! that collects comments, votes and results, and
that you can embed almost anywhere. When I first learned about WeJIT, I was
struck by its simple and infinitely useful interface, which allows you to
create a tiny engagement platform around a specific question in minutes,
choosing first whether you want your participants to brainstorm, decide,
select, debate, or prioritize.
For the techies out there, WeJIT is a very simple but powerful online
collaboration module that is extremely portableit can be deployed, shared,
integrated or embedded into almost any third party digital platformincluding
blogs, websites, email, apps, and more.
For example, WeSelect allows your participants to choose from options you
provide (like candidates) and to support their choice(s) with comments, while
WeDiscuss provides a forum-like environment with no voting. WePrioritize allows
users to drag and drop items you identify (like budget items or action steps)
in order of their priorities.
I just created a WeJIT to allow us to share ideas for future Tech Tuesday
events, so you can check out the tool (I used the MyBrainstorm tab) while
letting us know what online engagement tools and questions youd like to see
addressed in the Tech Tuesday series!
NCDD members who are authors will be particularly interested in WeJITs
capability to beembedded within e-books in order to encourage readers to engage
with each other on the books content.
Join us on Tuesday, July 16th from 3:00 to 4:00 Eastern (noon to 1pm Pacific)
for our first Tech Tuesday webinar! Register today to ensure your spot, as
space is limited.
the coolest tech tools out there for engagement. Our first "Tech Tuesday"
webinar is on July 16 and will focus on WeJIT (a simple, versatile tool with a
funny-sounding name).
I created my own WeJIT at
http://www.mywejit.com/#!0c1d83d9cc0b76415ff8c1c1ef621913 to allow people to
both test out the tool AND share your ideas/preferences/offerings for future
Tech Tuesdays. Please add your tools to the list and those you'd like to see
featured!
Please post your ideas on the WeJIT today, and learn more about Tech Tuesday
and our July 16th event on the blog at www.ncdd.org/11921.
Sandy Heierbacher
Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
<email obscured> www.ncdd.org @ncdd & @heierbacher
Join us for NCDDs first Tech Tuesday event on WeJIT
Add Comment
Posted by Sandy Heierbacher | July 3rd, 2013
Register today for NCDDs inaugural Tech Tuesday event on Tuesday, July 16, at
3pm Eastern.
Tech Tuesday is a new initiative from NCDD focused on online technology. Many
in our field are curious about how they can use online tools to support their
engagement work, and many tool creators are excited to talk to this community
about their innovations.
Our one-hour Tech Tuesday events will take place about once a month, and will
be designed to help dialogue and deliberation practitioners get a better sense
of the online engagement landscape and how they can take advantage of the
myriad opportunities available to them.
Tech Tuesdays will supplement NCDDs increasingly popularConfab Calls, which
have been getting close to 100 participants each in recent months.
July 16ths Tech Tuesday event on WeJIT will be run on GoToWebinar by Bill
Takacs atDemocrasoft, an NCDD org member and sponsor of NCDD Seattle.
Democrasoft is a respected software development company specializing in
cloud-based engagement.
Democrasoft is known for Collaborize and Collaborize Classroom, but we are
fascinated by its newest tool WeJIT. WeJIT is Democrasofts unique platform
for self-contained, portable, topic-based collaborations.
In a nutshell, anyone can instantly create a one-page website at
www.mywejit.com/#! for free! that collects comments, votes and results, and
that you can embed almost anywhere. When I first learned about WeJIT, I was
struck by its simple and infinitely useful interface, which allows you to
create a tiny engagement platform around a specific question in minutes,
choosing first whether you want your participants to brainstorm, decide,
select, debate, or prioritize.
For the techies out there, WeJIT is a very simple but powerful online
collaboration module that is extremely portableit can be deployed, shared,
integrated or embedded into almost any third party digital platformincluding
blogs, websites, email, apps, and more.
For example, WeSelect allows your participants to choose from options you
provide (like candidates) and to support their choice(s) with comments, while
WeDiscuss provides a forum-like environment with no voting. WePrioritize allows
users to drag and drop items you identify (like budget items or action steps)
in order of their priorities.
I just created a WeJIT to allow us to share ideas for future Tech Tuesday
events, so you can check out the tool (I used the MyBrainstorm tab) while
letting us know what online engagement tools and questions youd like to see
addressed in the Tech Tuesday series!
NCDD members who are authors will be particularly interested in WeJITs
capability to beembedded within e-books in order to encourage readers to engage
with each other on the books content.
Join us on Tuesday, July 16th from 3:00 to 4:00 Eastern (noon to 1pm Pacific)
for our first Tech Tuesday webinar! Register today to ensure your spot, as
space is limited.
