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Ignite DC #6

Ned Hodgman

GIMBY

That's right -- GIMBY. Not NIMBY, because NIMBY is sooo 20th-century. We're talking about Government in My Backyard and the challenge of building a more constructive national conversation about what government does. Yawning already? You won't be when I tell you about GIMBY and the way it can transform the news out of Washington and out of your home town. Where ya from, anyway?

About Ned Hodgman:

Ned is executive director of Understanding Government, a Washington, D.C. non-profit organization that is working to promote a more effective dialogue between citizens and the government they own. Previously, Ned started a U.S.-based manufacturing company with offices in Moscow, Russia and Kiev, Ukraine, and helped start an NGO in Moscow devoted to improving conditions for Russian citizens with physical disabilities. He has a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Rochester and an A.B. in Slavic Studies from Harvard College.