links for 2008-07-17
power to the people: exploring the Empowerment White Paper LGA conference in September. Would love to go but it costs £355… (tags: communitiesincontrol web24gov slashgov lgedem localgovuk)
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
The need for community managers
Marshall Kirkpatrick, at ReadWriteWeb wrote a piece that caused a certain amount of flurry yesterday, asking whether startups need community managers: A community manager can do many things (see below) but the most succinct definition of the role that we…
DavePress inc.
I’ve finally done it. Today I handed in my notice at work, and once that period is up, I will be freelancing: peddling my social media wares to anyone that will have them. Actually, that isn’t strictly true. Here’s some…
Councils respond to Communities in Control
The Local Government Association has responded to the white paper Communities in Control on behalf of local authorities across the country. They are clearly anxious about finances: Councils will work with the Government to ensure that any additional responsibilities that…
links for 2008-07-15
Digital Mentors « watfordgap’s travels Paul Webster on how he perceives Digital Mentors (tags: digitalmentor web24gov communitiesincontrol watfordgap paul+webster) Andrew Keen On iPhone 3g “This new iPhone is a significant milestone in Steve Jobs’ audacious strategy of owning the digital…
A GovWeb group blog?
There has been quite a lot of interest in the Public Sector Bloggers site I set up recently (and which I really must get around to updating soon), which has been very gratifying. One of the issues with it –…
Blogs vs. email
I’ve touched on this before, talking about people liking email more than things on the web because they see email as work and the web as messing around, having fun. It’s interesting because while on the one hand people are…
WordPress 2.6 out now
The WordPress development blog has announced the release of a new version of the world’s best blogging software. Some of the big improvements include: the ability to compare versions of posts, wiki-style, tracking who changed what – great for multi-user…
links for 2008-07-14
Steps on the democratic journey “In truth, given the chance, most people can make rational choices, take tough decisions, balance competing demands and behave decently. Your view of community empowerment boils down to whether you trust people or not.” (tags:…
Consultation Update
Last week, two different consultation exercises were launched by two Whitehall departments, each tackling the issue of how to engage people through the web slightly differently. Firstly, there was DCLG with their blog/twitter/forum combo; second was DIUS, with their funky…