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Category Archives: Conversations
Big Society: some thoughts on what it is, where it might go and how we might fit
Last Tuesday, I was fortunate enough to go along to the Big Society Network launch at Number 10 (I’ve never been before and, whether or not it should be like this, there’s still an exciting sense of prestige, privilege and … Continue reading
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Government Spending Challenge Data Opened Up Further
We launched another Dialogue App for UK Central Government last week, this time called the Spending Challenge, which is asking for people’s ideas on public spending and how money might be saved, be it from a small issue or a … Continue reading
Local Authorities, Government And Social Media
It’s funny how some ideas stay hidden for a long time, and then get mentioned by separate people in separate places all at the same time isn’t it? This idea’s one of those, and it’s a quick one really. Traditional … Continue reading
‘is [Your Freedom] the silliest new govt website or the most inspired?’
That was the question posed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy of http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/ on his Twitter account yesterday – and it nicely encapsulates the ability for an exercise and site like this to polarise opinion. There’s been a lot of coverage and comment … Continue reading
What Twitter is saying about ‘Your Freedom’
Unsurprisingly, the launch of http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/ has been accompanied by a significant amount of Twitter activity, with people talking about the site’s existence, sharing ‘interesting’ ideas and making known their feelings about both the process and the site. So far, there … Continue reading
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
6’66″ – Sympathy For The Devil (…or how to make Powerpoint interesting)
[Image courtesy of : Wendelboe on Flickr] The *devil* in question was indeed the force of office evil that is pointless Powerpoint, and Tom Alcott from the Social Network Company gave us a masterclass in how to keep presentations succinct, … Continue reading
Bristol City Council e-Participatory Budgeting Pilot Goes Live
Council Leader Barbara Janke at the launch of www.itsmybristol.org on Friday Here’s a fun little project we’ve been doing for Bristol City Council over the last few months. Participatory Budgeting, especially doing it online, is a hot topic at the … Continue reading
Bristol City Council’s New Website
I’m just back from this event, getting together the ‘great and good’ of the Bristol digital media community to discuss what the council should do with its new website. The backstory is that the council has seen that its current … Continue reading
15 Ways PCTs Can Improve Consultation On Difficult Issues
Amongst the different public sector organisations, PCTs are very often responsible for decisions that affect huge numbers of people and cover issues that people feel strongly passionate about. These issues and decisions are often difficult. This makes it all the … Continue reading