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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch site launches

Posted by Ben on May 09 2008 | Democracy and government, Projects and client work

Yes, it’s a lengthy title but if I’d abbreviated it you wouldn’t know that we’d done a site for a Parliamentary organisation, would you?

CPA UK Branch screenshot

The mission of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ‘is to promote the advancement of parliamentary democracy by enhancing knowledge and understanding of democratic governance’. Our client, the UK Branch of the Association… read more

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Here come the tube-steppers

Posted by ChrisQ on May 01 2008 | Democracy and government, Opinion research, Projects and client work

Today we launched our final Opinion Tracker analysis for the Mayoral elections.  The results are pretty interesting, with what looks like a final surge of buzz and positive sentiment for Boris.

Check out our latest election opinion research results here

Plus you should also check out a piece I’ve written for the Prospect Magazine blog about the “Tube-stepping” trend we’ve identified through our Opinion Tracking.  If… read more

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Latest opinion from London Mayoral election

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 29 2008 | Conversations, Opinion research, Projects and client work

On Friday we published our latest Opinion Tracker analysis of what people are saying around the internet about the Mayoral elections. To read the full report, check out our internet opinion analysis here.

Quick snippets of insight include:

  • Buzz is down across all main candidates
  • Sentiment towards Ken is rising - ahead of Boris
  • Facebookers and Ken don’t get on, with a high number of anti-Ken groups being set

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Opinion tracking Opinion Tracker

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 23 2008 | Delib news and events, Opinion research, Projects and client work

Since its official launch yesterday,  Opinion Tracker seems to be creating a real buzz within the political and marketing / research communities, requiring us to turn Opinion Tracker on itself to find out what people are saying about the product around the net…

Mentions so far include something nice and big from Brand Republic, a front page on Research Magazine and some good comments from our… read more

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What the world (and his dog) is thinking about the London Mayoral elections

Posted by ChrisQ on Apr 18 2008 | Opinion research, Projects and client work, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

We’ve launched a nice new shiny product called Opinion Tracker. Opinion Tracker does what it says on the tin i.e. it monitors what people are thinking and saying around the net.

We track conversations around the net (in forums, communities, blogs and videos) and then analyse these to show what people are thinking and saying about specific issues - whether that’s to do with an event like the… read more

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New School Councils UK site launches

Posted by Ben on Apr 14 2008 | Participation, Projects and client work

Hmm, I seem to remember writing a post on a very similar theme a little over a year ago! Back then, we were launching School Councils UK’s ambitious venture into the world of online interactivity and collaboration, taking them from a small site of static information to a large site with an emphasis on community, attempting to leverage the great asset they had in their… read more

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Finally a council gets it!

Posted by Gez Smith on Jan 22 2008 | Good examples, Projects and client work, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

Great e-Democracy work is coming out of Northamptonshire County Council at the moment, along the lines we’ve been advocating for a while.

First of all, they’re one of the many clients using our Budget Simulator this year. Nothing unusual with that, it always just works wherever it’s used. What is new is that they’re promoting it through Facebook alongside more traditional channels, which is having a measurable impact… read more

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Citizenspace.com relaunches

Posted by ChrisQ on Dec 04 2007 | Engagement, Projects and client work, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

Drum roll . . . trrrrrrrrrrr . . . we’re proud to announce the re-launch of CitizenSpace.com!

Citizenspace was originally launched as a consultation portal in 2005, however in the last few months we’ve been having a re-think about what best to do with it and we decided on . . . well . . . a space for citizens (hence the name).

The overall (and fairly loose) idea is… read more

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MyAbodo takes off

Posted by Ben on Jul 18 2007 | Delib news and events, Participation, Projects and client work, Social media, web 2.0 and other buzzwords

Crumbs! We were still putting finishing touches to MyAbodo when suddenly the internet snatched it up and ran with it… it’s caught the attention of loads of people and seems to be creating a real buzz:

First of all, the numbers:

Main site

Embedded Abodos

Day
Total visits
Unique visitors
Total visits
Unique visitors

10th July
4
2
7
2

11th July
1055
936
3316
2149

12th July
759
684
2152
1276

13th July
1654
1567
398
266

14th July
984
880
407
253

15th July
849
776
425
243

16th July
1303
1189
555
301

That’s some pretty healthy traffic, especially considering we’ve not really started telling people about it yet!… read more

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