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How mature is your organisation’s approach to digital?
Nick Halliday is asking another of his interesting questions: Creating a public sector digital maturity model – what is missing? http://t.co/wtWuTGrNgh will share results — Nick M Halliday (@nickmhalliday) June 13, 2013 And here’s his Google Doc so far as … Continue reading
Opening up
Twenty years ago, before regular people had the web, I was a 13 year old discovering a hybrid database/scripting application called HyperCard. One of my early projects was a random number generator for the newly-launched National Lottery, which incredibly, made … Continue reading
Time for revolution rather than evolution?
At heart, I’m an evolutionary, softly-softly kind of digital person, so I instinctively disapproved of chunks of Martha’s report. But even I can appreciate that, amid the destruction GOV.UK has wrought amongst the websites of Whitehall, there are some breathtaking … Continue reading
After the earthquake
The changes going on right now in central government digital communications are pretty seismic. Not least because thanks in large part to GDS, digital teams no longer view ‘communications’ as the limit of their ambition these days, as they mainly … Continue reading
The Wheel of Misfortune
I had a great time at CommsCamp in Birmingham last week. Ann, Dan, Darren, Lloyd and helpers did a fantastic job, putting on an event which worked for old hands and those new to unconferences. Every time you think there’s … Continue reading
Digital wackiness for 2013
Things will be tight in the public sector – and local government especially – in 2013. So far, so Mystic Meg. I don’t underestimate the effort required by the brave souls who, unlike me, are still in public service, just … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, digital engagement, ebook, mobile, openpolicy, teleconference, wacky
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Dealing with social media mishaps
When you tweet something about work that you shouldn’t have, or from the wrong account and it gets picked up, you want the ground to swallow you up. It’s awful, and the chronicles of social media crises are full of … Continue reading
The GOV.UK team
What’s most interesting about today’s launch of GOV.UK isn’t the savings, nor the focus on user needs, nor even the remarkable (for Government) technology stack it’s all built on. What’s really interesting is the team that built it. When Alan … Continue reading
What do you want from me? 7 alternatives to ‘Leave a comment’
Think back to you last digital engagement project outside Facebook. What did you ask people for? Chances are, you asked for a ‘comment’. Maybe a ‘reply’. ‘Feedback’, perhaps. A handful of you might have requested a ‘submission’. That’s not necessarily … Continue reading
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Tagged comments, consultation, digital engagement, layers, questions, strategy
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Introducing CommentariatGOVUK
It’s almost Christmas, we skipped the 24tips this year, so I thought I’d release a cheeky little mince pie of a WordPress theme in case others find it useful. Today’s seen the launch of the latest little site on our … Continue reading →