An online notebook
Simon Dickson has been doing his best to keep us up to date with the government skunkworks, the project to form a tight group of innovators in central government to work on new ideas. If you’re new to the idea of a skunkworks, here’s the Wikipedia page. Basically, a skunkworks is widely used in business, … Keep reading
The Local by Social online conference (various levels of sign-up required) is turning out to be a bit of a triumph. Yesterday saw some fascinating discussions about various elements of technology (mostly web) enabled change. Well done Ingrid (and team)! One was superbly facilitated by Walsall Council’s Dan Slee, who ran discussion on the subject … Keep reading
I’m taking part in an online conference on the LGID Communities of Practice platform (registration required) that’s running between 3 and 9 November. My bit will be on the 8th, between 1.30 and 3.30pm, and I will be talking about the movement of GovCamps across the UK, where practitioners, suppliers and interested others get together … Keep reading
Another example of a nice informal council website asking for ideas – this time in Barnet and focusing on financial issues. How can the council save money? Meanwhile, Walsall Council is using Delib’s Budget Simulator tool to get residents engaged in balancing the Council’s books.
Nice, informal, consultation site for what Leeds residents would like to see in their city: