What is the National Civic Summit?

The National Civic Summit is convening civic organizations and citizens to expand civic imagination and capacity through active citizenship.

There are five elements to the Summit:

1. The National Tweetup is a special event for Summit participants, and the public, to launch civic conversations on Wednesday, July 15, 6-9 p.m. civically supported by the Target Corporation.
   >> Click Here for more Details on the National Tweetup Opening Night Party (.PDF file)
2. The Connection is a civic thought leader & civic organization showcase of free workshops/exhibits featuring industry experts from across the nation on Thursday & Friday, July 16-17 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
   >> Click Here for The Connection Showcase Schedule without abstracts (.PDF file)
   >> Click Here for The Connection Showcase Schedule WITH abstracts (.PDF file)
3. Social Media Training is complimentary and is provided on our Civic Training website to help citizens learn, connect and engage using today’s technology.
   >> Click Here for the Civic Training Website
4. Social Marketing & Civic Voices Campaign to amplify participating virtual and live Summit participants through promoting their organization’s (user generated content) and by co-authoring new “social media- ready” content at the Summit events.
   >> Click Here for more information your National Civic Summit Participation (.PDF file)
5. Civic Participation Portal is an aggregated web portal promoting Active Citizenship which will launch during the Summit to support future civic efforts.
   >> Click here for FAQs on the National Civic Summit (.PDF file)

The Need

Achieving common ground for common good is the business of democracy. In an era when political polarization and special interest agendas too often take center stage, the National Civic Summit invites U.S. citizens - each individual and organization - to re-imagine citizenship for our time.

Key Questions

• “How can we increase civic imagination and capacity to solve today’s challenges in ways that serve the public interest?”
• “How do we use technology to move from isolation and overload to effective collaboration and solutions?”

The National Civic Summit is a collaboration of Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and the Citizens League with civic support by Target Corporation, General Mills and Blue Earth Interactive.

Get Social for Citizenship

• LinkedIn Group - National Civic Summit
• Twitter Accounts - @civicsummit09 &@targettwitizen
• Twitter Hashtag - #civicsummit
• Tweetup Blog - tweetup.wordpress.com
• Flickr Photoset - flickr.com/photos/nationalcivicsummit2009
• Flickr Group - flickr.com/groups/tweetup
• YouTube Account - youtube.com/nationalcivicsummit
• YouTube Group - youtube.com/groups/tweetup

The National Civic Summit is convening civic organizations and citizens to expand civic imagination and capacity through active citizenship.