An online notebook
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An online notebook
I had an exhausting time at GovCamp this weekend. We had lots of people. There were lots of discussions. There was much tweeting. Many photos were taken. Lots of blogging has happened. Dan Slee had the fab idea of just…
Just before Christmas, I received the very excellent news that I have been taken up on my offer to become a trustee of Community Lincs, a local community development charity here in Lincolnshire. I’m delighted, because it’s going to give…
I wrote a thing for the Guardian’s Public Leaders’ Network: The explosion in online innovation throughout public services is seeing more and more activity taking place on the net, whether via interactive websites, or mobile applications. Networks such as Twitter…
More examples of advice and guidance on using social media tools in government, this time from New Zealand. The first bit is the High Level Guidance, described as helping: organisations when they are trying to decide if they should use…
Catherine Howe on the need for the organisations delivering public services to be open ones: I have an underlying belief, and often unstated, belief that there is need to look at how we transition large organisations within the public sector…
I had a mixed day yesterday at the Online Information conference, which is excellently led by Steve Dale. The good bits were the sessions I attended and the chance to meet up with good friends, old and new. The less…
The Canadian government has shared their – somewhat lengthy – “Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0” online. Well worth checking out if you are designing your own organisation’s policy on this stuff.
April may well be the cruellest month, but for me November was the busiest – and the illest (as in, I’ve been poorly. I’m not starting to talk “street”, you’ll be pleased to know*) as well. Kind of Digital seems…
I’ve written a couple of times about the WordPress based ideas crowdsourcing tool we’ve been working on at Kind of Digital, which is called CiviCrowd. We’re delighted that it’s now being used out in the open by South Holland District…
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Getting the digital debate going – Jimmy Leach announces the FCO's conference on cyberspace. Sounds interesting! Mid year review: the state of DH digital – Great honest review of activity…