One of my favourite sessions at LocalGovCamp was Lloyd Davis talking about his trip across the States and his upcoming project to go where the work is in the UK. Here’s a video (if you can see it): I speak up with a few minutes to go at the end, making the point that IRead… Read more »
I’ve been a big fan of James Gardner‘s work on innovation for a while now. His blog is a great read and his Little Innovation Book is a fantastic run down of the things you need to know. His new book is going to be called Sidestep and Twist and it’s main point is thatRead… Read more »
It’s hard to tell… but here’s a presentation I did sometime in early 2007 that I found when ploughing through some old stuff: Social Media And The Information Authority View more presentations from Dave Briggs If you can’t see the embed or access Slideshare, here’s a PDF. Original post
Saturday’s LocalGovCamp was a marvellous day, entirely thanks to the superb organisation of Digital Birmingham’s Simon Whitehouse and Sammy Williams; and of course the 130-odd people who turned up on the day, giving up the best part of their weekends to talk about work. Also: thanks to the great sponsors who made the event aRead… Read more »
The first Kind of Digital webchat went really well, with twenty people online in total and at least half of those contributing during the conversation. Not bad at all for a first go. The subject of the chat was how the web can help promote local democracy amongst citizens and communities. You can download aRead… Read more »
This has rather crept up on me, but this Saturday , 18th June, sees LocalGovCamp coming back to Birmingham. Around 200 people from across local government will be getting together to figure out how we can keep innovating in this age of austerity. Following some cancellations, there are still a couple of places free ifRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Towards Effective Corporate Communications: Let Your Engineers do the Talking – For engineers, replace with any front line public sector worker! John Naughton on The Waste Land app – Great example of cloud culture, or how digital technologies can enhance cultural experiences. Councils need aRead… Read more »
This looks like it’s a good opportunity for community groups to get some support in using digital tools, from the Young Foundation: By practically supporting six communities across England, we hope to understand more about the role that technology can play in connecting and mobilising local communities to act, and to share good practice andRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Civility in service | Public Strategist – “Civil servants should understand the constraints they accept as part of the job. They – and everybody else – should understand the limitations on public speech (not quite the same thing) which are part of the deal.” UsingRead… Read more »
My previous post, giving a bit of advice for people wanting to be active online and yet stay out of trouble at work, missed one vital point: Don’t post pictures of your groin on the internet – especially if you’ve only got your pants on. Original post