An online notebook
An online notebook
Who Owns My Neighbourhood? is a cool new project from Kirklees Council. Supported by NESTA, according to the blurb it: …is a service that helps local people take responsibility for the land, buildings and activities where they live and work.…
Learning Pool is delighted to be running a unique free event in association with the Scottish Improvement Service for those working in public services in Scotland who want to get the most from the social web. This highly interactive session,…
The MJ reports on Buckinghamshire County Council’s successful bid to reduce the number of members elected to it, from 57 to 49, in the name of cost cutting. County deputy leader Bill Chapple said: ‘I’m delighted the commission is taking…
I first wrote about the social question and answer site Quora last June – I mention this to point out that I am considerably dorkier than you. Anyways, something has made Quora very, very popular in the last week. This…
So my post about whether local government needs skunk works got quite a reaction both in the comments and on Twitter, so it’s obviously something people are interested in discussing. How can we move the debate forward? Let me sketch…
Simon Dickson has been doing his best to keep us up to date with the government skunkworks, the project to form a tight group of innovators in central government to work on new ideas. If you’re new to the idea…
Newcastle United, in an apparent break in their usual culture, appear to have done something sensible: Newcastle United’s players will shortly be given guidelines about their tweeting habits. Alan Pardew was annoyed last Tuesday when José Enrique, his Spanish left-back,…
So, online petitions for Parliament? In an attempt to reduce what is seen as a disconnection between the public and parliament, ministers will ensure that the most popular petition on the government website Direct.gov.uk will be drafted as a bill.…
Ingrid has published a set of five rather grim predictions for next year. Go and take a look, and make one of your new year resolutions to stop them from happening. Here are some thoughts from me on what might…
I had a great day yesterday (Wednesday) at the FirePro seminar on social media use in Fire and Rescue Services. I have a load of notes to type up and share here, but one thing really jumped out at me…