Griff Wigley

New York Mills community blogging class

I was the trainer last night for a Horizons community blogging class in New York Mills, MN, home of the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and the Great American Think-Off.

Lori Rothstein (right) is the Horizons coach in northern Minnesota and we teamed up to whip the gang of troublemakers (left, click to enlarge) [...]

Tom Dawkins joins the blogosphere

I took these photos of Tom Dawkins last week. (Click to enlarge.) He was one of presenters on the Innovative Ideas to Stir Citizens panel in Baltimore..

He’s the founder of Vibewire Youth Services in Australia and, according to this post on Steve Clift’s Dowire.org blog, this month he’s:

“… travelling around North America during August [...]

Favorite shots of Baltimore

Before I departed Baltimore yesterday, I snapped some photos of the inner harbor, just a block from our hotel. Just like my favorite shots of Budapest, here are my favorites from Baltimore. Click photos to enlarge.

Wondering about the costumes worn by the people by the pool and fountain in the [...]

The Public Forum Institute in Baltimore

The Public Forum Institute was a partner for the Symposium and in Baltimore, they took over all the tech tasks for all the presentations. L to R: Jonathan Ortmans and Mark Marich, Mark and Jeff Jendel, and Jonathon. Click photos to enlarge.

They also deployed their eForum audience response system which, as described on [...]

Councillor Antonia Blance blogs on Leadership Blogging

Antonia Bance is a blogger and a Labour councillor for Rose Hill and Iffley ward in Oxford, UK. She was an attendee in Budapest last week (far right in left photo; far left in right photo – click to enlarge).

When she returned home, she posted a note to her weblog detailing her reactions to [...]

Brits browse Baltimore

My UK colleagues and I took time out yesterday afternoon to tour downtown Baltimore and its inner harbor via the Ride The Ducks amphibious vehicle.

In the evening, we and 44,000 others watched a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles (yay) and New York Yankees (boo) at nearby Oriole Park at Camden Yards. In an exciting, [...]

Budapest attendee Ben Rogers, DMYP, starts a blog

I got notified via WordPress pingback that someone had linked to the ICELE blog. I checked and saw a blog post by Budapest attendee Ben Rogers titled I have Started to blog because… in which he wrote:

I have started blogging because i was sent to budapest by the British Government in order to [...]

My citizen journalism/leadership blogging presentation in Baltimore

Steve Clift took this photo of me presenting this afternoon at the Baltimore Symposium. What am I clutching? A laser pointer and a remote screen projector controller. Click to enlarge.

Note the Northfield.org slide in the background. It’s reminiscent of the photo from my presentation at Westminster in 2005.

Arrival in Baltimore

Since I blogged a photo out the window from my hotel room in Budapest last week, I thought I’d follow it up with same here in Baltimore. The conference hotel overlooks the harbor on one side and Camden Yards on the other.

I flew here from the Twin Cities with my colleague, Steve Clift [...]

A visit to The Power

I’m here in Baltimore, visiting the offices of The Power magazine, one of my clients. William Wingo, publisher and author of the PowerSpeaks weblog, took the videoclip (1 minute) of me with Lisa Lawson, the staff person I work most closely with. Later, William treated me to a fabulous crab dinner at a restaurant [...]

Budapest symposium audio: Christoforos Korakas, Access2Democracy, Greece

Christoforos Korakas is a Project Manager at Access2Democracy and an expert on eVote/eDemocracy for the Research & Academic Computer Technology Institute of Greece. We had a chance to talk after his session and there may some areas of collaboration, especially regarding web forums.

Left photo (click to enlarge): Christoforos was one of the panelists for [...]

Jože Gricar: eGovernment Connections and Challenges

Jože Gricar is Professor & eCenter Director, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, at the University of Maribor in Slovenia. He’s also Chair of the Annual Bled eConference. His presentation was part of the Friday eGovernment Connections and Challenges panel here in Budapest. Click the photos to enlarge.

When he attended my blogging session, we chatted [...]

Budapest closing photo

During his closing remarks, Dylan put up a slideshow of the 100+ photos I took during the socializing parts of this week’s Budapest Symposium. He chose to end with this one (click to enlarge) so likewise, I’m putting it up here.

Team ICELE

These ICELE people have been seen occasionally at the Budapest symposium this week… and you’re likely to keep hearing and seeing them in the weeks and months to come. Click photos to enlarge.

L to R: Fraser Henderson, Operations Director; Rita Wilson, Interim CEO; Dylan Jeffrey, Board Member and Bellringer; Mathew Ellis, [...]

Product development: The next generation of e-citizens

Tonight’s reception was an inclusive family affair. Click the photos to enlarge.Left: DCLG’s Peter Blair and familyCenter, L to R: University of Maribor professor Jože Gricar, Julia Glidden (21c) and Alexander, and (I’ll find out the other two)Right: DCLG’s Julian Bowrey, IDeA’s Jane Ratford and their new little one named (I’ll find out)