An online notebook
The first day of the Councillors Connected online conference was really successful, with some excellent contributions from a whole host of different people. Here are some of my highlights: A fantastic debate about the meaning of local to different people. Cllr Mike Causey kicked things off, asking There’s a lot of good aspirations around social … Keep reading
Over the next three days, a rather special event is taking place online – a virtual conference for council officers and members to learn about the benefits of using social media to engage with communities. It’s happening on the IDeA Community of Practice platform, which does mean there are a couple of hoops to jump … 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
Cambridgeshire County Council have put up some videos on their YouTube channel from the leaders of the three main political groups on the Council. The aim of the videos are to encourage people to put themselves forward to become councillors. As the Council’s press release states: The films represent a first for local democracy in … Keep reading
I wrote a little while ago about how council’s websites might look, and ventured the idea that perhaps all that is needed is a big search box. Look what Cheltenham Borough Council have got now! OK, so it isn’t the home page, but it has extra use as it searches other local sites too. Great … Keep reading