Dave

Dave

  • Joined: January 6, 2026
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Building addictive communities

Rich Millington from Feverbee gave a great talk at the MozCon event on building communities that people actually want to join. Lots in here that I have been discovering myself lately around creating a shared mission, and a sense of…

Do we want everyone to get online?

I had a very interesting time at the Digital Evolution unconference and networking evening this week – wonderfully hosted by the Tinder Foundation and Google and with the irrepressible Will Perrin at the helm. Sadly I couldn’t make it to…

Episode 6 – Esko Reinikainen

The podcast is back, BACK, BAAAAAAAAAAACK! I’m joined in this episode by Esko Reinikainen, of the Satori Lab. Here’s a link to download the original mp3 file if you would like to do that. If you would like to…

Lessons learned from web chatting

So yesterday I ran the ‘what next for digital engagement’ web chat. It went ok. You can find out for yourself by checking out the archive of the chat. In the end not that many folk turned up – but…

Building my own community

Apologies for the light blogging of late. I’ve just been super busy and – if I am honest – a bit lacking in inspiration. Anyway. I’m starting a new online community based around people like you: folk who read this…

Minimum viable community

I was invited by James Cattell the other day to accompany him to a meeting to talk about what the best community software platforms are. I think we rather disappointed the people we talked to, in that neither of us…

Be opinionated

To make things happen, it helps if you have opinions. Apple are a great example of a company that has opinions. They express those opinions in their products, and like most opinions, some people don’t like them – but that’s…

Achieving digital transformation workshop

This workshop will equip anyone involved in digital transformation and channel shift projects with the skills and tools they need to deliver fantastic results. Book your place now! The workshop will be led by the needs of those attending, focusing…

Northern Futures

There’s an interesting bit of open policy work going on at the moment with the Deputy Prime Minister’s office working with the Policy Lab and Open Policy Making team, who are both based at the Cabinet Office. I’m lucky enough…

Why writing helps

One of the things that I love about being a blogger is the encouragement it gives me to write. Writing helps. It’s fair to say, I think, that if you want to get good at something, then writing about it…

The need for internal digital evangelism

If you’re going to make your organisation sit up and take notice when it comes to new, digital ways of doing things, you need to get out there and sell them. Pretend you’re a techie startup trying to sell your…

Using Trello to help run a workshop

I’m a bit ambivalent about Trello as a project management tool – I know others love it, but me, I prefer something that looks a bit more spreadsheety. If you’ve not heard of Trello – here’s a video that explains it.…

The soul of a new iPhone

So I got my new iPhone 6 on Friday – don’t judge me, I was due an upgrade anyway – and have been using it all weekend. Here are some early thoughts. 1. The size – it’s a bit too…