An online notebook
Mitch Sava of PolyWonk emailed me the other day with details of a really interesting event he is putting together with Simon Grice of Ideas.org, called OpenGov. Taking place in London on 22nd April 2009, OpenGov will be a practical one-day conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities of social technologies to enable engagement, collaboration, … Keep reading
David has written about covering events again as part of his investigation of the role of the social reporter. He writes: So on the one hand it is more difficult to charge for the logistics, and on the other hand it is less easy to keep the content within the event. You have to work … Keep reading
I’m going to be facilitating an online conference with Steve, Ingrid and others, which will be all about encouraging councillors to make better use of social web technology. It will be happening on a Community of Practice, meaning that there is no limit on how many people can be involved, and no travelling either! Here’s … Keep reading
Effective Social Media & Web 2.0 Strategies for Local Authorities is a new event from Public Sector Forums, happening at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester on 30 April 2009. I have the pleasure of chairing the event, as well as giving a talk on how local authorities can be using Facebook to engagement with and provide … Keep reading
A quick note on the LocalGovCamp site on who should consider attending. And on The Connected Republic, a call to local gov folk in other nations to consider running their own event.