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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
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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Introducing the Digital Engagement Guide
I think it’s probably safe to say that you, like me, think that public servants engaging online as part of their work is the proverbial Good Thing. It might be a tougher challenge if we were to try to put … Continue reading
A vision for engagement and participation online
Neil has blogged some thoughts and slides on digital engagement that he worked on with Simon Dickson and me, on the fringes of the Alphagov project. (Literally the fringes, we were sat round a forlorn a set of pedestal drawers, … Continue reading
Would you like sauce with your policy?
On balance, today was a good day for more progressive approaches to online consultation by government. The BIS team were out of the blocks early with a nice little consultation site for the proposed changes to parental leave which explains … Continue reading
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Tagged bis, consultation, DCMS, digital engagement, george osborne, open source policymaking
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Humanising public sector organisations
I don’t get out as much as I used to. Well, I do, but I don’t do quite as much speaking about digital engagement and how the public sector can use the social web as I used to. So it … Continue reading
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Tagged #emtech11, digital engagement, scotland, social media, social services, speaking, strategy, talk, training
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The State of the Engagement
It’s the biggest political event in a non-election year in US politics, certainly the biggest speech, and presumably a pretty big deal Comms-wise for the good people of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. On Tuesday, President Obama delivered his State of the … Continue reading
Defining the roles within digital engagement
One of the big challenges for the emerging field of digital engagement is to define and describe what it is that we do, and establish roles within teams which can enable it to happen more easily, more consistently and on … Continue reading
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Tagged digital engagement, Government, roles, Skills, social media
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London Summit: digital engagement done right
I’ve been watching from the sidelines the excellent work being done online by FCO in preparation for the UK’s hosting of the G20 at the London Summit in April. I suspect a lot more will be said about the event … Continue reading
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Tagged digital engagement, fco, Government, londonsummit, londonsummit2009, yoosk
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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 →