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An online notebook
I spent a very enjoyable day today at an event co-organised by Opportunity Links and 4Children. It was a good chance to listen to some interesting and challenging content about the social web and what young people are actually doing…
Andy Gibson, one of the chaps behind School of Everything, Mind Apples and his own consultancy business Sociability, made a couple of cracking presentations last Monday at the NCVO Information Management event. Sadly I didn’t get to see either as…
I have a 3 mobile broadband dongle, which I bought a ear or so ago just before this stuff started to get cheap 🙁 It’s a pay-as-you-go job, because up till now I haven’t used it on that regular a…
I am enjoying helping with the Voicebox bid for the CLG digital mentor project: those involved like Helen, Anne and Ben from UK online centres are so enthusiastic and eager for the open, collaborative approach they are taking to succeed.…
A little while ago I threatened to start an email newsletter service. Well, I am finally getting to grips with it. My newsletter will be a monthly affair, providing useful hints, tips and links about digital participation, with the usual…
I had a fun day today at NCVO running a couple of workshops involving the social media game, a great way to put tools into some organisational context. A few participants asked where they could get a copy of the…
Tom Watson points us all to a new wiki for getting the next barcamp for UK (and elsewhere) government webbies going. Sign up and start thinking about you could present about! I have already put down that I’m interested in…
Actually, no it couldn’t, because Rotterdam is a beautiful city, and I am having tremendous fun here with Nick Booth. We are at an R4R event for residents groups throughout Europe, with two aims: to demonstrate the power of the…
I have just come back from a meetup in Birmingham of folk interested in the Digital Mentor concept and how we can all collaborate on a bid. I got to meet some great people for the first time, and catch…
Simon Dickson reports that Stephen Hale, the FCO’s “Head of Engagement, Digital Diplomacy” is now blogging: Makes sense for numerous reasons of course, not least as a means of setting a good example for colleagues. I mean, would you trust…