An online notebook
There was a debate raging late last week about the needs of digital in local government (again). I wrote up some thoughts to share with everyone – I was feeling somewhat limited by the 140 character confines of Twitter – and I may as well post them here too. The GDS has set out, in … Keep reading
I’ve done a fair bit of councillor training on digital in the past. Every time it focuses on social media, digital engagement and how members can use the web to interact with the public. It usually goes away, people have an interesting time and one or two actually start doing new stuff as a result. … Keep reading
I’ve seen a few comments bouncing about Twitter and other places debating the meaning of the word digital, and why it hasn’t caught on in some places at all. I’ve also seen some people saying that ‘digital’ is an unhelpful term, given the broad range of things it seems to describe. I’d agree that it … Keep reading
I spend a lot of my time at the moment talking about digital capability. To my mind, this means the ability of people throughout an organisation to make the most of the opportunities offered by digital technology. Capability is less about skills though, and more about confidence – or maybe comfort. Sure, a certain amount … Keep reading
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The power of technology for learning and why creating together is better | Helen Milner Barcamp NotForProfits | dxw (I’ll be there representing @tasksquadhq) Digital local government: a future in Google Glass and the internet of things GDS becomes political as Labour launches digital government review … Keep reading