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Consultation Institute Wrong On e-Participation

02-02-2010 - Gez Smith | Bad examples, Consultation, Democracy and government, Engagement, Participation

We like the Consultation Institute. Their courses are interesting and they've come from nothing to national prominence in just a few years, all impressive stuff.

But occasionally, when it comes to online consultation, they seem to miss a few tricks. Their newsletter this week is… read more

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My favourite thing on iPlayer? That advert for a BBC Trust online consultation…

01-02-2010 - Ben | Consultation, Engagement, Good examples, Projects and client work

Further to my post last week about delivering the BBC Trust's online consultation system, here's a pleasing example of it in action: the Trust are currently running a consultation on the BBC's on-demand services and have been promoting it through iPlayer.

Screenshot of 'what do you think?' consultation advert on iPlayer website

We like this for a few reasons:
  1. as big

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We’re making Opinion Suite join up with Linked Data (through RDFa)

29-01-2010 - Ben | Delib news and events

With so much chat and buzz at the moment (and rightly so) about Tim Berners-Lee et al's data.gov.uk, I thought it'd be timely to say a bit about how we'll be doing our bit towards publishing online consultation information as Linked Data (Steph Gray has recently blogged on a similar subject). We've built (and are continuing to iteratively improve) Opinion Suite, an open-source online consultation management… read more

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Politics And Twitter

27-01-2010 - Gez Smith | Conversations, Debate, Democracy and government, Engagement, Good examples, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

Interesting report out from Tweetminster the other day about the amount of politicians and political parties using Twitter at the moment, which hopefully adds a bit of context to the whole 'This will be an internet' election meme around at the moment. More interesting in many ways though is the response to it from the political chattering types, and Tweetminster's response to that. Lots of useful stuff… read more

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Delib helps the BBC Trust run their consultations online

26-01-2010 - Ben | Delib news and events

Often, the most exciting work we do has to stay under wraps, so we're really delighted to be able to buck that trend and show one of our favourite recent projects: delivering the BBC Trust's online consultation system. In their own words, 'the Trust sets the course for the BBC. We represent the public who own and pay for the BBC'. Clearly, the BBC Trust has an enormous responsibility… read more

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Open Gov the Movie goes large in the US

25-01-2010 - ChrisQ | Delib news and events

So, last week week, Delib finally launched "Open Gov the Movie" the documentary film we shot whilst in Washington DC back in November, documenting the year since President Obama's Open Government memorandum. The film features some pretty awesome / influential people including Tim O'Reilly (Web2.0 god) and Beth Noveck (Head of Open Gov in the White House), and has been generating quite a buzz in the US - including… read more

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Practical learnings from online patient opinion trials

22-01-2010 - ChrisQ | Delib news and events, Engagement, Ideas-sharing, Participation

I'm now out of hospital (thankfully); however, the patient crowd-sourcing website I set up whilst in hospital – as a frustrated patient – is still up and running. helpusimprovekings.org has had mixed success since its launch and we've learnt a huge amount over the time we've been running it so we thought we'd share these learnings. From a practical perspective, the key learnings have been:
  • Make it simple to use -

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Open Gov the Movie launches in the US

21-01-2010 - ChrisQ | Delib news and events

We're pleased to announce the launch of Open Gov the Movie - a short film we've made documenting the year since President Obama's Open Government memorandum. To check it, visit: www.delib.co.uk/opengov "Open Gov the Movie" - from Delib from Delib on Vimeo. We're launching the documentary - today - on the year anniversary of President Obama issuing the  Open Government memorandum, giving an insight into… read more

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WhiteHouse.gov: Anywhere

20-01-2010 - AnthonyG | Conversations, Delib news and events, Good examples

President Obamas' administration want to know what citizens think, they are proving this by encouraging dialogues between state and citizens, something we were proudly able to help with last year using our Dialogue Platform. Now they want you to watch, listen and understand them via the new iPhone app WhiteHouse.gov: Anywhere. The emergence of internet enabled phones and their proliferation will certainly add an interesting paradigm to the Opengov… read more

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Delib’s “technology not policy” Parliament Debate round-up

19-01-2010 - ChrisQ | Delib news and events

So we're all now back from our "technology not policy, will win the 2010 election" debate in Parliament last night - which by all accounts went down very well.  First off a quick apology for anyone who couldn't get into the debate - unfortunately the event was a complete sell-out, and the Policeman on duty wouldn't let any more people in the debating chamber! Also, a quick thank you for everyone… read more

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