An online notebook
I’ve mentioned before that we all really need to start evaluating the online engagement stuff we’re all doing. Alice Casey‘s presentation provides some great pointers for where to start and what to consider:
My main argument was that a good evaluation tells a compelling story through combining qualitative and quantitative information in a clear format to key decision makers and practitioners.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel Beckett, Worstword Ho (1983)
Be Vocal is
A site about social media for social good in Birmingham and using the internet to turn public data into something useful.
It’s part of the ‘Birmingham Open City’ project run by Digital Birmingham with a grant from the Timely Information for Citizens programme set up by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Nick Booth is involved, so it must be good. Here he explains what it is all about:
LocalGovCamp last Saturday was a marvellous day, lots of great conversations and everybody seemed to have a good time.
David Wilcox caught up with me just before lunch for a chat about how things were going:
There has been a load of online coverage of the event, as well as talk of several spin off events too. Find out more on the LocalGovCamp blog.