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Chris Csikszentmihlyi, Nigel Jacob, and Joseph Porcelliwith Callie Crossley

Thursday, May 6, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)

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Chris Csikszentmihlyi, Nigel Jacob, and Joseph Porcelli

with Callie Crossley


The Emerging “Fifth Estate”: Can the likes of Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks help solve real government problems?

 

Thursday, May 6, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Main Function Room, Suffolk University Law School


Chris Csikszentmihlyi, Director of the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, Nigel Jacob, Senior Advisor for Emerging Technology for the City of Boston Mayor's Office, and Joseph Porcelli, founder of Neighbors for Neighbors, Inc., join
moderator Callie Crossley, host of WGBH’s The Callie Crossley Show, to address the promise  – and challenges – of building more transparent, participatory, and effective institutions through the evolving technological tools at our fingertips.

 

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