Barcamp Non-Profits is running on April 8th in London.
You can grab a ticket here, and do so if you can – it’s a great event and deserves your support. Props to Laila Takeh for organising.
Month: February 2015
Making British Government easier to learn
My friend and colleague Jason Caplin pointed out today that the LSE have open up the lectures for their undergraduate course on British government and how it all works.
It’s a fantastic resource, and great that they have shared this openly, as it’s something that would be of use to anyone working in and around government.
However, the formatting isn’t all that great and it doesn’t work brilliantly on mobile. Plus, there’s no ability for learners to ask questions, leave comments or discuss the topics.
So, I very quickly threw together a WordPress site to rehouse the videos, using a nice simple responsive theme and layout. I also enabled comments, so there’s a bit of a social element there as well.
I’d be really interested to know from folk if this has been a worthwhile endeavour, and if you make use of the site. Also, if you have any suggestions for improvement.
The site is at http://britgov.learninglabs.org.uk/
Happy learning!
Skills for digital transformation
The Government Digital Service has released a big list defining the skills needed for transformation.
It’s certainly comprehensive. It’s fair to say that it is more a list of skills that people need rather than the details of what goes into those skills, or how you start to equip a team with them.
However, for anyone putting together a team to tackle digital transformation, it’s a great guide for what people you’ll need on board.
Solving problems by drawing toast
Another nice Ted talk for the collection.
Making toast doesn’t sound very complicated — until someone asks you to draw the process, step by step. Tom Wujec loves asking people and teams to draw how they make toast, because the process reveals unexpected truths about how we can solve our biggest, most complicated problems at work. Learn how to run this exercise yourself, and hear Wujec’s surprising insights from watching thousands of people draw toast.