Some exciting stuff going on right now! Baroness Hanham from the Department of Communities and Local Government is hosting an online discussion on how councils and the voluntary sector can work more closely together. Has there been enough in the mix about digital collaboration? Runs through the 26th – check it out. Representatives from DemenShare [...]
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via flickr.com As part of a community reporters project, local people used a variety of social media to cover the local elections in Kirklees. Some really interesting coverage of election night, candidacy and the roles of the people who make elections run smoothly. See it all at Election Tales
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Hey all, at Local Government Group we’re trying to redo the guidance for councillors on social media. But sooo much social has happened in a year. I’ve made a little list of examples you can help us out with, please! You’ll be fully credited and your contributions will help councils and councillors use social media [...]
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via flickr.com “NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne today unveiled Road Map for the Digital City – a comprehensive strategy to make New York the nation’s leading digital City.” 16 May. This amazing effort and beautifully structured and designed report sets out examples of what has been done and where [...]
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The Big News Yesterday the Making a Difference With Data site launched at madwdata.org.uk . This is an exciting initiative which is helping practitioners, councillors and active citizens alike to publish and use data more effectively. It covers the local authority (transparency and democracy), education, health and social care, housing, roads and transport and police [...]
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Happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Tolstoy Lives are messy. Lives are full of complex relationships and difficult circumstances. All families are chaotic. I mean, I guess they are. Mine is. Certainly some of the most intractable problems that we face in the public sector are caused by [...]
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It’s online community manager appreciation day..
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The latest social media phenom is Quora. A kind of question and answer forum. Its neatest trick is that it encourages you to re-produce your social graph from Twitter. Ready made followers and people you probably already ask questions of to follow. Anyhoo…there was a question on Quora I answered recently Does open government require [...]
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Five predictions for open local government in 2011 that I really hope don’t come true.
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