Here is a tailored invitation for Beth Simone Noveck, positioned around open government, public problem-solving, collective intelligence, civic innovation, and redesigning institutions for better outcomes.
Dear Beth,
I hope this finds you well.
I am writing to invite you to participate in MOBILIZED: CONVERGENCE, a new global media-and-action experience from Mobilized News designed to bring together the people, ideas, tools, and public-interest solutions needed to redesign systems for life.
The purpose of CONVERGENCE is simple but urgent:
How do we move from systems that extract, divide, confuse, and control — to systems that inform, connect, restore, and empower?
Your work on open government, public problem-solving, civic innovation, collective intelligence, and the redesign of public institutions speaks directly to one of the central questions of this initiative:
How can governments and communities learn together, solve problems together, and rebuild trust through more open, participatory, and effective public systems?
CONVERGENCE is not being designed as a traditional conference or vendor expo. It is being created as a living media commons and working assembly: part public-interest technology forum, part solutions showcase, part live newsroom, part collaboration network, and part global action lab.
Our operating framework is:
Signals → Stories → Solutions → Events → Collaboration → Action
We would be honored to invite you to participate as a Keynote Catalyst, featured conversation guest, systems lab host, or strategic advisor for one of the central themes of the event:
Public Problem-Solving and Collective Intelligence for the Common Good
Some of the questions we hope to explore include:
- How can governments become better at learning with citizens?
- How can public institutions identify expertise beyond traditional insiders?
- What does open government mean when communities face complex, urgent, interconnected challenges?
- How can technology help people contribute knowledge, solve problems, and participate meaningfully?
- How can public agencies become more responsive, evidence-informed, and accountable?
- How do we move beyond consultation toward genuine co-creation?
- What skills do public servants, civic leaders, journalists, and community organizations need to strengthen democratic problem-solving?
Your perspective would help frame one of the defining questions of CONVERGENCE:
How do we build public systems that are not only more digital, but more intelligent, inclusive, responsive, and trustworthy?
We are inviting a founding circle of leaders across digital sovereignty, open-source infrastructure, digital democracy, ethical AI, public digital goods, cybersecurity, regenerative economics, independent media, public health, and community resilience.
The goal is not only to host conversations, but to produce practical outcomes, including:
- A Public Problem-Solving Action Guide
- A Collective Intelligence for Communities Toolkit
- A Civic Participation and Open Government Roadmap
- A Solutions Map of tools and models for public collaboration
- Live and recorded interviews for global distribution
- Replication pathways for cities, schools, agencies, nonprofits, civic groups, media organizations, and communities seeking to strengthen public trust and shared problem-solving
Mobilized News was founded on the belief that a well-informed public is the most powerful and valuable natural resource of all. With CONVERGENCE, we are creating a platform where knowledge does not remain isolated, but becomes shared capability.
We would be grateful to explore your participation in one or more of the following ways:
- Opening keynote or featured conversation
- Systems lab on public problem-solving and collective intelligence
- Interview for Mobilized News
- Strategic advisory conversation
- Contributor to the Public Problem-Solving Action Guide
- Partner introduction to aligned civic innovation, open government, public policy, and democratic renewal networks
We believe your voice would be essential in helping participants understand that the future of democracy depends not only on better debate, but on better public problem-solving: the ability to connect knowledge, people, institutions, evidence, and action in service of the common good.
Thank you for considering this invitation. We would be honored to speak with you or your team and explore how MOBILIZED: CONVERGENCE can amplify and support the work you are already helping lead.
With appreciation and respect,
Steven Jay
Co-Founder and Executive Producer
Mobilized News
MobilizedNews.com
st***************@***il.com