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Crowd-source ideas and policies online.
www.dialogue-app.com
Run great budget consultation online. www.budgetsimulator.com
The purpose-built tool for governments to consult online.
www.quick-consult.com/
An open-source democracy platform.
www.citizenspace.com/
Category Archives: Advice
What Is The Big Society, And What If It Isn’t?
Interesting briefing paper out from the Consultation Institute today on what the Big Society might be, and how the government needs to issue more specifics on it, which reminded me of a point I’ve been pondering for a while. What … Continue reading
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Andy’s Rules #1631 – What makes “good”?
This is a rule I’ve been using for a while now. Great for making web apps “good”, but can be used in other places too (product design, customer service, copywriting, advertising). Being “good” is a route to “win”. 80% practicality … Continue reading
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Design really does matter….but perfection can be waste
Gez recently posted here asking ‘Does design matter anymore?‘ His case is that cutting ‘design’ can be a cost-saving measure. Using ‘design’ as a shorthand for ‘visual appearance’ and ‘style’, Gez questions specifically whether it’s worth paying extra to have … Continue reading
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Online engagement – does design matter anymore?
When people buy our apps, we usually spend a while talking with them about designs and the look and feel of the system they want. Generally, people’s needs are pretty light, most likely due to the amount of time we … Continue reading
How can councils acheive £1bn in cuts? What if they stopped asking the public?
In light of George Osborne’s budget announcements a fortnight ago, this week the Local Government Association meets to discuss how it will make £1bn in savings. As part of this exercise, the Association invited 2,000 members of public to share … Continue reading
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Crowd-sourcing – hot or not?
In the words of Mugatu in comedy flick Zoolander, crowd-sourcing is “so hot right now”. Dell want to launch a new computer – first thing they do is listen to the needs of the crowd across their Ideastorm crowd-sourcing app. … Continue reading
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Tagged crowd-sourcing apps, crowdsourcing, dell ideastorm, government ideation, ideation, policy crowd-sourcing
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How three UK councils used the internet for their consultation on budget cuts
From speaking to local authorities across the country, it’s very clear that the next round of budget consultations will be some of the most difficult and most important that most people have been involved in. I think it’s fair to … Continue reading
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Data Security Vs Data Freedom, How Does That Work Then?
It’d be hard to claim that things haven’t moved on in the field of e-participation since we started out all those years ago. People now get what it’s about, realise it’s not just about ‘young people’, and are even getting … Continue reading
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Bristol e-Participatory Budgeting Pilot Working Well
As we’ve mentioned before, we do far more interesting work here at Delib than we can talk about, due to client sensitivities. Even more important though, we rarely get to talk about the results of what we do in terms … Continue reading
Making effective democracy apps: the goal vs the play
Of course, there had to be a football-themed blog post today; you have now, so to speak, hit that post. We’re determined to improve democracy and governance by making it really simple for public sector bodies to run more effective … Continue reading
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