An online notebook
Simon Wakeman presents a nice roundup of some of the new websites being launched, comparing Barnet and Cheltenham‘s latest efforts with the current poster-child, Redbridge. Generating an environment for residents to interact online with their councils will generate more engagement with the democratic process and council work in general – but it needs truly interactive … Keep reading
Image credit: tricky Tidying up a few bits on the IDeA Performance site, and seeing Steven Tuck’s comment on my previous post about it, I thought about how these techniques could be used in different situations within local government. After all, here is a way of making a face to face event more accessible for … Keep reading
Here are the slides from my talk at Public Sector Forums in Birmingham yesterday. Hopefully they make some kind of sense… Engagement through social networking View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: psf) It was an interesting day and I had some great conversations with delegates. The main issues seem to be – as … Keep reading
I’m going to be talking to a bunch of public sector folk on Thursday as part of a Public Sector Forums event entitled Public Sector Websites – Essential Issues for Managers, Developers and Others. It should be a good day – as well as me, other speakers include: Gavin Woods – Business Development Manager, BrowseAloud … Keep reading
Simon Wakeman poses a potentially controversial question on his blog: One idea that’s been playing on my mind for the past few days is whether a council needs a website at all. Initially this might seem like complete heresy. Surely a public sector body providing services to local residents needs a website to help them … Keep reading