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 things in common – hence the communities of practice
• Sustainable self-improvement, efficiency and vfm, connecting people to people
• The CoPs – 60k members, 75k monthly visits, 22k monthly contributions, 1.3k communities
• New experiences of networking in personal lives – ie consumer social media and social networking – need to replicate within work context
• Supporting new ways of working through Local by Social book and the councillors guide to digital engagement
• Recognising the change in behavior and relationships between people, practitioners and communities
• The cuts! The cuts!
• Knowledge hub – new CoPs, more open, more integrated. Mashups and benchmarking also feature and use of linked data
• Less of looking to the centre for ideas, more sharing good practice amongst practitioners
• Built with the sector, for the sector