Monthly Archives: February 2009

Diagrams are sweet

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Ben

I love diagrams.  Everybody loves diagrams.  They’re like the tangy bits in those chewy sweets, the little extra bit of zing that keeps you tantalised right the way through a pitch or presentation.  So as a little treat, I thought … Continue reading →

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Budget Simulator taking over the world (sort of)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by MichaelaD

We always knew our Budget Simulator had the potential to be customised so it could be used successfully by organisations other then UK Councils. In the last month or so we have had resounding confirmation of this fact with both a UK Police Authority and a New Zealand Council making use of our online tool. Both South Wales Police Authority and Wellington Council NZ are currently using the simulator.

Given… Continue reading →

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Cllr Tweeps – relevant to your interests?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Gez Smith

We’re not Twitterer’s here at Delib, on a personal level at least, but it’s definitely interesting, and beyond the small community of early adopters we think there’s quite a bit of potential for some interesting projects with it.  Always best … Continue reading →

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Dangers of social networking for the brain?

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Gez Smith

Sometimes you blog stuff because it’s of interest, sometimes you blog it because you just can’t make head nor tail of something and you hope other people can. This is one of those latter times. Lady Greenfield, professor of synaptic … Continue reading →

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John Prescott Gets It

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Gez Smith

Have been saying for yonks that if people and policy or politicians are to connect online, the politicians and policy makers have to go out to where the people are, not build fortresses that they expect people to come and visit (an assumption that led to one of the ways the National e-Democracy Project got it wrong a few years ago). In offline politics and policy making, government goes out… Continue reading →

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Opinion Suite product site gets a makeover

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Ben

We’ve been doing good work on our open source e-consultation and opinion research software package, Opinion Suite, and we’ve just set live a revamped product site to show it off to people.  Featuring snazzy videos from Gez and Michaela, answers … Continue reading →

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HMRC Charter Consultation Launched

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Gez Smith

We’ve been working on a really interesting project here at Delib for the last few months with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. In the 2008 Budget, the Government reaffirmed its belief that creating a charter for HMRC could play an … Continue reading →

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