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What next for localism?

We've been working quite closely with the National Association of Local Councils this year. We produced the Planning for Councillors microsite a few months ago, and have contributed to the three People in Action conferences run around the country over the summer.

The parish and town council sector may have a certain image, but it's hard not to be enthused by the likes of Justin Griggs, whose presentation at the recent Open Space South West event was an illuminating discussion of a sector growing in importance.

  • Dave
  • September 28, 2012
  • Digital engagement

Online consultations – how to get them right

I received an email today, from a local council contact, for me to respond to a consultation about an ongoing piece of work. This was to a web page, where I could download a 25-odd page document, and then an email and physical address where I could send my views. Some immediate problems with it sprang to mind.

  • Dave
  • August 21, 2012
  • Blogging, Digital engagement, digital press office

Online PR – join in or be left behind

I admit it: I wasn’t always that interested in the internet and social media.

In all honesty I was a tad old-school – I’d started out as a newspaper journalist before the internet really took off, and before social media became mainstream.

  • Dave
  • July 4, 2012
  • Digital engagement

What does a councillor’s website need?

Not one of my more informative posts, this one, more a cry for help. I’ve been approached by a couple of councillors to develop a website for them, and I’m interested to know what sort of features would be required…

  • Dave
  • May 8, 2012
  • 14 Comments
  • Digital engagement

The Digital Engagement Cookbook

Had a silly-busy week this week so only just now getting the chance to blog this. On Tuesday we launched the Digital Engagement Cookbook – an online database of online engagement methods. Kind of Digital were paid and supported by…

  • Dave
  • April 20, 2012
  • 5 Comments
  • Digital engagement, engagement

Auditing digital engagement

One of the things that comes out of the training we do is that evaluating online engagement is hard. What’s more, just finding out whether you are doing the right things is tricky too. Looking at other people’s good practice…

  • Dave
  • June 2, 2011
  • Digital engagement, Participation

Online consultation and policy engagement

Neil Williams writes a great post about digital engagement on the AlphaGov blog: On the face of it, you could say it’s a simple case of government doing something a bit whizzier and more user-friendly than publishing thousands of PDFs…

  • Dave
  • May 26, 2011
  • Digital engagement, Participation

Engage people on their terms, not yours

I’m always going on about how, if you want people to give up their time to help you out, then you need to make it easy for them to do so, else they won’t bother. Stefan has a lovely example,…

  • Dave
  • May 23, 2011
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