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Archive for April, 2008

Latest opinion from London Mayoral election

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 29 2008 | Conversations, Opinion research, Projects and client work

On Friday we published our latest Opinion Tracker analysis of what people are saying around the internet about the Mayoral elections. To read the full report, check out our internet opinion analysis here. Quick snippets of insight include:
  • Buzz is down across all main candidates
  • Sentiment towards Ken is rising - ahead of Boris
  • Facebookers and Ken don't get on, with a high number of anti-Ken groups being set
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ICELE launches ‘Blog in a Box’

Posted by Gez Smith on Apr 28 2008 | Engagement

It's been talked about for a while now, but last week saw the launch of ICELE's new 'Blog in a Box' platform/toolkit. A follow on from the 'Read my Day' project, Blog in a Box is meant to make it really easy for councillors and other local authority figures to put together a blog, get guidance on how to make it work, and have their blog listed… read more

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Opinion tracking Opinion Tracker

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 23 2008 | Delib news and events, Opinion research, Projects and client work

Since its official launch yesterday,  Opinion Tracker seems to be creating a real buzz within the political and marketing / research communities, requiring us to turn Opinion Tracker on itself to find out what people are saying about the product around the net... Mentions so far include something nice and big from Brand Republic, a front page on Research Magazine and some good comments from our… read more

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What the world (and his dog) is thinking about the London Mayoral elections

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 18 2008 | Opinion research, Projects and client work, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

We've launched a nice new shiny product called Opinion Tracker. Opinion Tracker does what it says on the tin i.e. it monitors what people are thinking and saying around the net. We track conversations around the net (in forums, communities, blogs and videos) and then analyse these to show what people are thinking and saying about specific issues - whether that's to do with an event like the… read more

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Apathy party – wanna get involved?!

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 16 2008 | Democracy and government, Engagement

I'm not sure who made this or what it's for, however it's a v.good pastiche of political campaigning in the US. I particular like the Apathy Party's campaign slogan of "whatever", the idea of having a "nonifesto" and it's poll on climate change which includes "staying inside more" as a way of helping stop climate change - which is kinda true in an obscure way, and no… read more

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New School Councils UK site launches

Posted by Ben on Apr 14 2008 | Participation, Projects and client work

Hmm, I seem to remember writing a post on a very similar theme a little over a year ago! Back then, we were launching School Councils UK's ambitious venture into the world of online interactivity and collaboration, taking them from a small site of static information to a large site with an emphasis on community, attempting to leverage the great asset they had in their… read more

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Designing for Social Justice

Posted by Gez Smith on Apr 08 2008 | Democracy and government, Good examples, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

A few months ago now, I was invited to take part in a two day workshop on 'Designing for Social Justice' run by Futurelab. It was a really enjoyable set of sessions, bringing together a wide mix of people from different sectors, and showed once again the strength of many minds coming from varying perspectives working together. The results of the workshop has now been excellently written up, and contains lots… read more

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Queen Rania asks people to “join the conversation”

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 04 2008 | Debate, Democracy and government, Engagement, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

This has been our for a while now, but I've only just caught it... but better late than never... Queen Rania (Queen of Jordan and general looker) is running (or was running last year) a campaign to try to get people to change their views of the Arab world through dialogue with each other - using the power of YouTube. Her stereotypes campaign is interesting to us not just because she's using… read more

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