Monthly Archives: September 2008

Opinion Suite – A New Approach To e-Consultation

It’s been a year in development, and some of you will have heard about it already, but today sees the formal launch of our new e-Consultation and online opinion research platform, Opinion Suite. Opinion Suite is a new approach to … Continue reading

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Chris Moyles On BBC Your Say

One of the fun things about working at Delib is listening to the radio in the morning and hearing people discussing work you’ve done. This morning I had that pleasure, as I happened to catch Chris Moyles taking the online … Continue reading

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BBC Trust Launch National Consultation With Opinion Suite

The BBC Trust has today launched a national consultation using Opinion Suite.

The BBC Trust is the governing body of the BBC and is there to make sure that the BBC meets the public’s expectations by providing great TV, radio and online services for everyone in the UK.

As part of this work, the Trust undertakes public consultation on a range of BBC services, and this time is looking at… Continue reading

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Europe just got closer

For a long time now there’s been a political debate rolling on about Europe, largely around the questions of its relevance to modern Britain and what exactly it does (and of course why are they so bad at golf?!). Clearly … Continue reading

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Beware the “creepy tree house”

Just had a look around the fantabulous internets and came across this phrase. Its mint.

Creepy Tree House

“The expression that young people use to describe a site set up by adults to be attractive to young people, but that misses the mark.”

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MOJ – Election Day – Weekend Voting Consultation

The subject matter of this consultation is really interesting, the MoJs Consultation Paper on Weekend Voting unfortunately is not so forward thinking in its practice as it is in its content. Check out the website for the consultation http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/cp1308.htm, can you see an online response mechanism there? Nope, nor could we. Does it end in about a week, and did I hear about it? No there… Continue reading

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Participatory Budgeting Conference

Myself and Gez attended the National Participatory Budgeting Conference yesterday, at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. Despite the early start and threatened train delays (no 6 am journey is complete without that announcement, is it?) we got there in time … Continue reading

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Like your dad dancing at a disco…

Had an fun evening out the other week for the leaving do of my former colleague Carol Hayward at Bristol City Council. She’s off to New Zealand now, and despite working in the virtual world where location is more meaningless, … Continue reading

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Consultation Institute on online only consultation

Most of you reading will know about the Consultation Institute, and if you don’t, you should. Every other Tuesday they send out a ‘Tuesday Topic’ email to members, a short article with some thoughts, facts and ideas on an issue … Continue reading

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