Barcamping today
This morning, over 130 people interested in the way government uses the web will be descending on London to, well, have a bit of a natter. There has already been plenty of chat on the event social network, and hopefully…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
This is how it can be done
After all my moaning of recent times, a good news story. Lincoln City Council have released a site called Community Voice which links to all their ongoing consultations, with an RSS feed to keep up to date with new ones…
Digital Britain interim report
…is available from the DCMS website.
STOP BLOCKING
Steph has released some details of his short survey of the blocking of useful websites within the public sector. The following figures show the percentages of organisations which allow access to each type of site: Google 100% LinkedIn 100% NetMums…
Can someone explain to me what an eMagazine is, please
An item on the local TV new bulletin alerted me to Cambridgeshire County Council’s effort at citizen engagement on transport issues, as part of the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission. They’ve got a website and everything: Well, I think it’s a website,…
Fantastic social reporting result
Just have to dash out a quick blog post on this as it’s just so brilliant! One of the presenters at today’s IDeA Performance event, Andrew Hudson-Smith of UCL (see Ingrid’s notes here and a video here) mentioned the use…
More IDeA social reporting
…is happening over at IDeA Performance. This is a great initiative by IDeA, trying to open up the training and workshops they provide to anyone with an internet connection. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in local government…
Social Media Exchange materials now online
As I mentioned in my previous post, in a few hours (must…sleep…) I’ll be running a couple of sessions at the Social Media Exchange. I’ve now finished my slides, and have put them up on slideshare. Rather than make your…
Social reporting and learning at the Social Media Exchange
Tomorrow I will be hanging out with loads of cool people at the Social Media Exchange, which has been marvelously organised by Jude Habib and Mark Ellis at sounddelivery. I’m helping out by running a couple of sessions, but also…
What should a council’s website look like?
Simon Wakeman presents a nice roundup of some of the new websites being launched, comparing Barnet and Cheltenham‘s latest efforts with the current poster-child, Redbridge. Generating an environment for residents to interact online with their councils will generate more engagement…