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Digital engagement workshop in Peterborough on 25th May
Just a quick reminder about this event folks – there’s a few places still available. All the details are here: It will be a great day, I promise.
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave
Adverts on council websites
Adrian Short picks up on some adverts that appear on a council’s website. They’re for debt management companies that encourage people to apply for bankruptcy. Probably not a good thing – I think we’d probably rather people needing advice about…
Fancy sponsoring LocalGovCamp?
LocalGovCamp isn’t far away – just over a month. So far 150 tickets have gone and we have another 50 which we are looking to distribute in a new way to get a few different faces along! So we’ll have…
Here comes Noot – the public sector social business tool
I’ve written loads in the past about the importance of using social technology in the workplace, especially in the public sector. It’s great for tearing down silos, sharing knowledge, making the most of talent, completing projects successfully and maybe making…
I like MyFarm!
Now, when I started writing about micro-participation, I never envisaged the possibility of micro-farming, but there we are! MyFarm is a great initiative from the National Trust, effectively making games like Facebook’s Farmville real. Participants pay £30 a year to…
Don’t assume everyone is offline
When I’m talking at events or to meetings of people within an organisation about the benefits of moving communications and engagement activity online, I often have someone put their hands up and say: I totally get what you are saying,…
Goodbye Delicious, hello Pinboard
So following the news that Delicious has been bought from Yahoo!, by the guys who did YouTube, I decided it was time to set myself up somewhere else. It might be that Delicious thrives under its new owners – in…
Bookmarks for April 6th through April 27th
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. How to beat Apple – Interesting read. Micro-Participation In Online Consultations – NIce summary and contribution to the discussion. Coté’s People Over Process » 3 Tips on Scaling Agile Development…
LocalGovCamp tickets available!
LocalGovCamp is coming back to Birmingham on the 18th June! 200 of the most innovative and creative people in the local government sector will be coming together on a Saturday to talk about making things better – sometimes with technology,…
Micro-participation project
We’re starting an open innovation-y project at Kind of Digital about micro-participation. Do get involved!