Local Gov is self organising

As much as I enjoyed being involved in organising LocalGovCamp, when emails started to be sent to the group asking when the next one was, I was quick to distance myself from it. These things can take up a lot…

#GoogleLocalGov

Do you work in local government? Are you free on 7th August? Fancy popping down to Victoria in London to visit the Google offices? Oh, and get to hear from the real experts about how to make the most of…

LocalGovCamp – what a day!

Image credit: Arun. LocalGovCamp last Saturday was a marvellous day, lots of great conversations and everybody seemed to have a good time. David Wilcox caught up with me just before lunch for a chat about how things were going: There…

LocalGovCamp group

Much planning is afoot for LocalGovCamp, the unconference for local government which is taking place on 20th June in Birmingham. All tickets are technically sold out, but if you are desperate to come, email me. I took a wander around…

LocalGovCamp a sell out

I’m delighted to be able to say that all the tickets for next month’s LocalGovCamp have been claimed. This is remarkable: all gone in just over a week! Many thanks for the enthusiasm so many people have shown. If you…

LocalGovCamp stuff

A quick note on the LocalGovCamp site on who should consider attending. And on The Connected Republic, a call to local gov folk in other nations to consider running their own event.

LocalGovCamp update

A few things have been happening behind the scenes, and I think it is about time that LocalGovCamp was ‘officially’ launched in some way. I guess this is it. The event will probably take place in June, probably in Birmingham…

Localgovcamp

One of the real successes of Saturday’s government barcamp was the large turnout of local government folk, which was great to see. This has set me thinking that there must be sufficient numbers of peope who would be interested in…