Councillor 2.0
Just popped up on the Gallomanor blog – Cllr 2.0: The Ministry of Justice Innovations Fund II approved a bid from Gallomanor and Norfolk County Council to help set this record straight. We’re filming a group of six Norfolk County…
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Success!
Well, I was successful in my interview. So, from sometime in October, I will be a Change Manager at the Information Authority. My role is going to be a really exciting one: Establishing, supporting and maintaining communities of providers and…
Success!
Well, I was successful in my interview. So, from sometime in October, I will be a Change Manager at the Information Authority. My role is going to be a really exciting one: Establishing, supporting and maintaining communities of providers and…
Is Public Sector Blogging Possible?
There has been a mini-storm this weekend in the UK public sector blogosphere about whether or not it’s actually possible for people working for the government can actually blog in any meaningful way without fear of reprisals, whether from their…
LocalGovGlossary now in LGSearch
The Local Government Glossary wiki project is going well, with four volunteers already adding content. As this is an ever growing, and potentially significant resource, I’ve added the wiki to LGSearch.
Local Government Glossary
I facilitate the Community of Practice for Social Media and Online Collaboration over at the Improvement and Development Agency. We are a pretty new group, though with over 40 members, we aren’t doing too badly. The aim of the group…
The Power of Information
The Cabinet Office are launching a review into how social media can improve public engagement and empowerment: Minister for the Cabinet Office Hilary Armstrong wants Government to harness the phenomenon of internet advice sharing sites and empower people with information…
LGKnowledge
I launched the latest project under the LGNewMedia banner yesterday, a social bookmarking site for local government called LGKnowledge. It’s based on Pligg and works just fine – the only issue will be getting enough people using it to make…
The Growing Search Space
Couple of search related stories here, following my recent posting on whether or not search is broken. Mike Arrington announces that Euekster have managed to grab $5.5 million in funding. One of their products is a system for creating site specific…
New Wiki Section
I’ve started a new page on the LGNewMedia wiki, called the Local Government Blogger Directory. I’m working from a pretty liberal definition of what ‘local government’ means so feel free to chuck in anything that comes even close to the…