An online notebook
Today Learning Pool are exhibiting at the Enchancing Local Democracy conference, organised by South East Employers. There are some interesting speakers on the agenda, and the workshops look good too – especially the one in the morning run by Catherine Howe and in the afternoon with the guys from the Centre for Public Scrutiny. I’ll … Keep reading
I had a great time last week at the Centre for Public Scrutiny conference last Thursday. I ran a workshop, which involved me talking for a bit, and then a discussion amongst those in the room. Here are the slides from the talk, just in case they are useful: Community engagement through social networkingView more … Keep reading
I had an enjoyable couple of hours yesterday evening at the LSE, attending Clay Shirky‘s lecture on cognitive surplus, which was launching his book of the same name. It was an enjoyable hour, and a real pleasure to hear stories and arguments for the use of social technology for social good. I must admit, however, … Keep reading
Quite a few events coming up in the next couple of weeks that I should probably let you know about. Next week I’m attending a few things: on Monday, the Clay Shirky lecture on Cognitive Surplus at the LSE, followed by the Learning Pool steering group meeting on Tuesday. I’ll be talking to the group … Keep reading
Here’s Hugh Flouch! Hyperlocal communities Harringay Online – 2,900 members, 4-500 visits a day, 2-300 visitors a day Has discussion forum, event promotion, information about public services, photo gallery and local history archive ‘a bible of local information and gossip’ – BBC news ‘the biggest residents’ association in the borough’ – a local cllr It’s … Keep reading