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Big Society update. Now, what should we talk about?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kim Junker Jan 13, 2011.

Starting discussions on Big Society Stores and Spaces
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Started this discussion. Last reply by David Wilcox Aug 2, 2010.

Time to try joining up traditional community organising with the new hyperlocal?
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Let's co-design civil society, before government does it for us

I've been writing a lot at Socialreporter about the Big Society plans promoted by the Conservatives, and now adopted by the new coalition government - backstory here. The plans mean doing more with less public funding, with promised opportunities for charities, social entrepreneurs and volunteers, and a role for social technology both in empowerment and service improvements.

The Left thinks… Continue

Posted on May 21, 2010 at 10:00

A Manifesto for Online Communities - and digital inclusion (1999)

While looking at an old site I set up back in the 1990s I came across A manifesto for online communities, written by a group of us back in 1999, and published by the BBC as part of its Webwise campaign. It's a sort of early unofficial digital inclusion plan.

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Posted on March 9, 2010 at 22:00 — 4 Comments

Apps for Good: smartphones solving social problems

I've just posted this over on socialreporter, and thought it might be of interest because it updates the work Iris Lapinski reported earlier. Congratulations to Iris and all at CDI for securing funding from Dell and putting together such an innovative project.

Young people looking for jobs and new skills ... community problems needing… Continue

Posted on March 7, 2010 at 18:56

The tough issues in user involvement

The GovCamp event on Saturday was a terrific opportunity to ask the assembled tech and policy experts, innovators and creative disruptors, how they thought we might get more user involvement in the development of digital public services to improve quality, and/or save money. It's a project we are working on for Consumer Focus,… Continue

Posted on January 25, 2010 at 14:52 — 2 Comments

Developing better digital public services through user involvement

Following a critical review of Directgov - the Government's central online portal - the official consumer champion Consumer Focus promised a campaign to ensure that users of digital public services get a better experience in future.

What's needed to achieve this, Consumer Focus believes, is a stronger user perspective on digital service delivery from the very… Continue

Posted on January 14, 2010 at 11:48 — 1 Comment

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At 9:06 on September 2, 2010, Thomas Neumark said…: HI David, thanks - have put up a grainy photo now. We're in the process of writing up the report on the first year of the Connected Communities report, so I'll be sharing those findings ASAP

At 8:29 on August 27, 2010, Mary Richardson said…: Thanks David, all this technology is new to me, but I will definitely log on when I get an opportunity and add more to my profile and see what is going on.

At 22:46 on March 9, 2010, Simon Booth said…: Funnily enough I'm just about to email to see if there are any tickets left.

At 22:30 on March 9, 2010, Simon Booth said…: Hi David, finally got round to adding some more detail to my profile - a new baby can certainly keep you off the internet! Perhaps no bad thing.

As an ex-Brightonian you'll be glad to hear that the city's digital industry is thriving and keen to do some good. I'm looking forward to making some new connections here and contributing where I can.

Best,
Simon

At 0:39 on February 8, 2010, Kristina Glushkova said…: Hi David, thanks - very much looking forward to exploring and being part of the community. I'm disappearing to India for a few weeks shortly but will engage more actively once I'm back.
All the best,
Kristina

At 17:48 on January 17, 2010, Sangeet Bhullar said…: Thanks David - just working my way around :)

At 23:18 on January 15, 2010, David Wilcox said…: Hi Matthew - suggest you post a bit about yourself on your bio/profile page. Then if you wish blog an item about a topic ... or just join in wherever interests you

At 22:33 on January 15, 2010, Matthew Knight said…: Hey David

Thanks for inviting me to the group - where's the best place to introduce myself, so others can see why i'm here, or what i'm about? Or shall i just post that in my bio page? Looking forward to getting stuck into some discussion!

At 13:47 on January 15, 2010, David Wilcox said…: Hi Tracey - that's a great topic we could cluster people around. Might even get Ed Mitchell across from Transition. Did you see this that he tweeted ... article on how difficult it is to get people both engaged and will to put the effort in to organising. http://www.energybulletin.net/51189
This literature on participation might be useful
http://pathwaysthroughparticipation.org.uk/2010/01/understanding-participation-a-literature-review/
Anyway - how can we get going? You would do a forum post, maybe on the lines of 10:10 aims to achieve this ... we done pledges ... now looking at community based action ... my experience with LCCN suggests ... want more ideas
I could then follow up, help activate.
That sort of thing?

At 11:31 on January 14, 2010, Amelia Nicholas said…: Feel free to tweet away! Thank you.