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Archive for April, 2009

Budget consultation survey

Posted by MichaelaD on Apr 30 2009 | Consultation, Delib news and events

Following on from our work in 2006, we are currently conducting another online survey on budget consultation practices in the UK, with the aim of sharing best practice across participating authorities. The survey can be found at: <http://www.citizenspace.com/local/consult/budget_2009> If you are a member of local government or other public organisation and are involved with your annual budget consultation we would love to hear from you. The survey should only take 12 minutes of your time… read more

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E-Petitions And Their Outcomes

Posted by Gez Smith on Apr 29 2009 | Bad examples, Democracy and government, Engagement

Can't really let this one go past without comment. For all the controversy and debate stirred up by the number 10 e-petitions site over the last year, this one may have legs.

A user has submitted an e-petition to the site that, through being kept nice and simple, has got round some of the barriers to petitions being of a political nature. It simply says "We the undersigned petition the

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Oh Yeah? – Prove It. Measuring Social Media Opinion

Posted by Andy on Apr 20 2009 | Conversations, Opinion research, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

Useful blog piece on hard metrics and anecdotal evidence for the value of social media. Via Power Shift - Social Media Blog
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Twitter = Delicious + cute birdy

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 15 2009 | Delib news and events

It's interesting to see how people are using Twitter - and how it fits into the history of social media. It can't be more than 3 years ago now that people (including Yahoo) were getting all hot and bothered about a new internet phenomenon called Delicious. Apparently we were all going to turn into a social search engine - where people usurped technology and instead of… read more

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Twitter Explained Through A Cartoon

Posted by Gez Smith on Apr 03 2009 | Debate, Democracy and government, Engagement, Participation, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

This made us smile in the Delib office, so thought it worth sharing with you all. http://current.com/items/89891774/twouble_with_twitters.htm 

It's pretty negative about Twitter, but it actually raises some interesting points. What is the point of Twittering?

Sure, it's become a reasonably popular communication method, especially amongst people working in the web, and the media love it as a hook for stories at the moment, but what is actually gained from it in… read more

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