Hotel Yotel

I’m on my way to Stockholm, where I will be doing some social reporting and blog coaching at Cisco’s Public Sector Summit. I’m flying from Heathrow tomorrow (Monday) morning, at 7.25am and to save myself a bit of hassle I am stopping over tonight so all I have to do is roll out of bed, … Keep reading

An open transition

Another Saturday evening post about how the internet can have a positive effect on the way democracy and government operates. This one is straight from the US. An Open Transition is a site set up by a coalition of folk including Lawrence Lessig, Mozilla and the Participatory Culture Foundation. It states: President-elect Obama has made … Keep reading

Us Now

Quite a few folk have been lucky enough to see Us Now, a film made by Banyak Films in association with the RSA. Ivo Gormley directs. Here is how the film is described on its website: Us Now is a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet. Us Now … Keep reading

Bookmarks for November 26th through December 5th

Stuff I have bookmarked for November 26th through December 5th: Save the Planet and Win – Social network for carbon reduction European Citizens’ Consultations – The European Citizens’ Consultations are the first ever pan-European debate involving citizens from all 27 Member States to debate the future of the European Union across the boundaries of geography … Keep reading

Social networking and other tools of engagement

Here are the slides from my talk at Public Sector Forums in Birmingham yesterday. Hopefully they make some kind of sense… Engagement through social networking View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: psf) It was an interesting day and I had some great conversations with delegates. The main issues seem to be – as … Keep reading