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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…
This Saturday sees the latest LocalGovCamp, in York. It’s going to be a great day. Learning Pool are pleased to be helping out with a bit of sponsorship, and Breda and I will be in attendance. It’s funny to think…
One of the things I like about Google is the way they try and inject a bit of humour into what they do. Being funny is a key part of internet culture, and Google’s occasional light-heartedness is a welcome break…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Armchair Auditor – Nice clean and simple example of what can be done with open government spending data by @adrianshort Supreme Court’s untendered website cost revealed – "You need to…
John Naughton‘s Observer piece on the iPad is well worth reading in full: It’s when one tries to use the iPad for generating content that its deficiencies become obvious. The biggest flaw is the absence of multitasking, so you have to…
Now, this is small but kinda neat. If you want to show someone how cool Google Docs is, or actually work on a document with someone who uses the service, without them needing to have a Google account, you now…
Being part of something big is really nice sometimes. Take being on the Learning Pool team, for example. Now, quite a few people read this blog, and my gibbering on Twitter – but really, relative to the number of councils…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. TWiki – the Open Source Enterprise Wiki – "A flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform, and web application platform." How digital engagement can save councils…
OK, so I said I probably wasn’t going to get an iPad. On Friday I bought one. I admit it: I’m pathetic. My thing with the iPad before I got it was that I wasn’t sure where it really fitted…
All Aboard the Great Yorkshire & Humber LocalGovCamp Train! Departing from: The National Railway Museum in York (only 2hrs from London) Departure date: Saturday 12 June 2010 For tickets and more information: www.localgovcamp-yh.co.uk This first LocalGovCamp under the new Coalition…
Am reading an excellent book at the moment – Open Leadership by Charlene Li. Fans of dead-tree web 2.0 reading will be familiar with Groundswell, which Li co-authored and was chock-full of interesting case studies – mostly from the US…