Wednesday, 16 June, 2010

Local by Social: Networked Neighbourhoods

Here’s Hugh Flouch! Hyperlocal communities Harringay Online – 2,900 members, 4-500 visits a day, 2-300 visitors a day Has discussion forum, event promotion, information about public services, photo gallery and local history archive ‘a bible of local information and gossip’…

Local by Social: Patient Opinion

Patient Opinion is a great site for people to leave feedback about their experiences with health services. Really micro level issues can be discussed and action taken Based on the telling of stories by service users Great example of dodgy…

Local by Social: Do the Green Thing

Katie from Do the Green Thing is next. Trying to tackle climate change creatively People are inclined to help with the environment, but how do you make them become a bit more active? Obligation probably not the best route Make…

Local by Social: Networked Innovation

John Hayes from IDeA takes to the platform. IDeA is 11 years old, just like Google 353 authorities, providing 700 services each (in a Unitary authority), 2.1 million people working in local government All these people, services and authorities have…

Local by Social: Andy Gibson

Now it is Andy Gibson’s turn. He wrote the Local by Social book! Andy is hoping to provide some perspective on all the digital stuff As railroads transformed the way we work and our society, so will the new online…

Local by Social: Public Service 2.0

Dominic Campbell is first up. Yay! Dom is going to talk about some of the research he has been doing with Harvard University “This isn’t about technology” – too right! New kind of change facing local gov – one that…

Local by Social

I’m at the Local by Social event today, being run by FutureGov and the IDeA. It should be a lot of fun, and I’ll let you share in that fun by live blogging as much of the event as I…