An online notebook
There was all sorts of excitement yesterday with the news that yet another Council has reacted to the fact that some of their staff spend some of their time using social networks. This from Arun on LocalGov.co.uk: Staff at Portsmouth City Council have been banned from using social networking sites after a local paper investigation … Keep reading
After a break of a week, the guest posts are back! This time it’s Mark Pack, who has written a handy guide for councillors on how to get to grips with the net. It is pretty rare these days to find a councillor who doesn’t use the internet, at least occasionally. However, in part because … Keep reading
Dom Campbell of FutureGov has blogged about the start of a new project around how the web can help improve and innovate in children’s services. This project will kick off with a get together of interested folk: To start off with, we are looking to bring together multi-disciplinary senior manager and practitioners, from childrens social … Keep reading
LocalGovCamb is the latest regional LocalGovCamp to be arranged. I’m helping put this together with Michele Ide-Smith. There are hardly any details, really. December this year or January 2010. Somewhere in Cambridge. Theme will be local government innovation. While the event is obviously targetted at authorities close by to Cambridge, there is no resason why … Keep reading
Learning Pool are running a free breakfast meeting for local authorities in the East and West Midlands. This meeting will give you the chance to see and hear what your neighboring local authorities are doing with E-Learning, hear how you can create efficiency savings using e-learning as well as give you an opportunity to share … Keep reading