The following is an abstract from an item I produced for the IDeA in response to a media query about the impact of Web 2.0 on Local Government. What is Web 2.0? The term ‘Web 2.0′ was officially coined in 2004 by Dale Dougherty, a vice-president…
For anyone following the story in the UK press, and the churn in the blogosphere, it would seem the internet blogger who published accounts of life as a civil servant at the heart of the Brown Government has been identified and suspended, as repor…
A number of other bloggers have already picked up on this, including David Wilcox, but worth another mention here. Colin McKay, who works for the Canadian government has produced a handy little guide offering some tips on how to get social media a…
So glad to see the Community of Practice (CoP) website for local government getting some blog coverage. Happy to provide any help, information, advice to anyone wishing to use the platform, or anyone wishing to start up a similar initiative for th…
An excellent posting from Shawn over at Anecdote about fostering a collaboration culture. A good corollary to my recent postings about what I see as growing and misplaced belief that Web 2.0 is the solution to more effective knowledge sharing. The…
A warning for any business that uses an American company for domain name registration. eNom is one of the largest domain registrars in the US with over 5 million domains registered through it. The company was cited in the NYTimes earlier this week…
This is getting to sound a bit like my hobby-horse. In response to a query from someone working in local government who wanted to know how they could use social networking sites to engage with their citizens, I felt compelled once again to remind …
The Empowering Citizens Through Technology and Participation Symposium has posted a couple of webcasts of the two-day event. I was presenting on the first day on the topic of building communities in the local government sector, using metaphors to …
I will be attending (and presenting) at the International eParticipation and Local Democracy Symposium on 28/29 February. I will be joining Diane Downey (Assistant Corporate Head of ICT – Delivery, Sunderland City Council), Richard Wilson (MD of I…
For anyone who may have missed my earlier blog – published 12 December 2007 – about the Local Government Association’s publication of 100 words that public bodies should not use if they want to communicate effectively with citizens – well, it seem…
