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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…
Next up is Hugo Manassei from Participle. Participle take on a new issue a year, so far: ageing, families and youth People are skipping the “third age” – period when you have retired but are physically healthy and active. This…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There are a lot of people who still see the internet as being something that is purely the domain of right-wing lunatics and porn fiends, which is of course a shame. The internet has created, or at least helped to…
LocalGovCamp Yorkshire and Humber was a great day, superbly organised by Ken Eastwood, Kevin Campbell-Wright, Melanie Reid and a host of helpers. It was by a mile the least involved I have ever been in one of these events and,…
With the excitement building up to LocalGovCamp Yorkshire and the Humber on Saturday, I thought I might share this piece, which I wrote for the UKGovCamp hub site a little while ago. It’s a ten point plan to organising your…
This week saw the launch of a new local government digital engagement project – Let’s Talk Central by Central Bedfordshire Council. The Learning Pool online innovation / social media / loafing around team – that’s me and Breda – were…