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Hi Cathy,
Interesting ideas about terminology and how to tackle barriers to participation. This also raises an issue about civic identity online. Whilst you can attempt to profile those who might participate online using a framework like this, it m…
Hi Michele
I find this very interesting. I'm not up with the theory, being more of a practitioner (training in radio and basic online comunications). However, it does strike me at all the categories begome increasingly negative/perjorative as the le…
I've been doing a bit of research into citizen engagement models for my MSc research and started to think about how these models relate to digital engagement. I looked at various models and frameworks and combined them to help me conceptualise digit…
Thanks David - I had read Carl's post briefly last week but just went back for a more thorough read. I recently re-wrote our web strategy and was struck by how much our strategic thinking has changed over the last couple of years. The focus is much…
Hi Catherine. Thanks for getting in touch. I will read up about your project. I think we could definitely benefit from sharing the learning from what we are doing! I am also aware that similar research/work is being carried out by Talk About Local,…
Hi there - very interested in this project as it is very much in the same space as one I am running (http://curiouscatherine.wordpress.com/virtual-town-hall-pilot/). We are getting pilot sites up and running with 5 councils which has been fascinatin…
Our experience is that no matter the population base you need at least 100 people for the following reasons:
1. Critical mass required in an online space to likely have someone willing to reply - otherwise the space seems dead
2. Forces you to actua…
David - thanks for the link to the videos from localgovcamp. Very useful to get more insight about things I've been following online.
Steve - one quick question. Do you have any stats on the percentage take up of the issues forums in relation to th…
I think framework and roles is a good way to go - see Steph Gray on roles if you haven't before. There's still the issue of who designs the framework, and sets the rules ... just the council/partners, or with community interests? "Not invented here"…
I can see how the word "governance" is perhaps too reminiscent of "government" and doesn't sit too well with the ethos of community empowerment! Either way, there is a need for some "rules" of engagement (so people feel comfortable, know how to get…
Doing some connecting, at another level, interesting tweet from Martin Howitt "no-one is saying it explicitly, but it seems governance is dead: empowerment, guidance, and responsibility are the watchwords". He was at the Gartner Symposium, and works…
If you have resources for outreach - in-person leveraging the events of your partners - and can ID a community volunteer to serve as the Forum Manager, an Issues Forum can be set up quite easily. It doesn't have all the flash of a blog or Ning site,…
David / Steve,
Many thanks for the links. I really appreciate you both taking the time to reply. I will take a good look through and digest what you have provided. All the 'lessons learnt' stuff will be very useful.
We have very limited time to do…
Hi Steve - great to see you here ... and please keep reminding us of the lessons you and others have learned in ... how many years ... is it 15? It's the people and the issues, not the tech:-)
Lots of lessons from "bottom-up" Issues Forums might be useful.
We are in the UK, the U.S. and New Zealand. We just finished up a four community expansion in rural Minnesota (where we are based). Here are some lessons from our volunteer Forum Manag…
Hi Michele - thanks for opening up discussion on the sort of situation that I think many public bodies will face. Great analysis, very interesting in many ways.
I think the fundamental issue is about control: how much are the power-holding bodies pr…
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- Working on a project in Fenland, Cambridgeshire exploring how social media and technologies can improve community cohesion. Also carrying out research for an MSc dissertation, looking at attitudes and perceptions to the use of social media by local government for citizen engagement.
Michele Ide-Smith's Blog
A digital engagement framework adapted for local government
I've been doing a bit of research into citizen engagement models for my MSc research and started to think about how these models relate to digital engagement. I looked at various models and frameworks and combined them to help me conceptualise digital engagement.
Firstly I evaluated the participation model provided by David Wilcox in his 1994 participation framework, which was based o… Continue
Firstly I evaluated the participation model provided by David Wilcox in his 1994 participation framework, which was based o… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2010 at 7:00am — 2 Comments
Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed
I’ve just started working on a project where we’ll be exploring digital engagement methods, using social media alongside offline forms of engagement such as neighbourhood panels. The aim of the project is to improve community cohesion in a semi-rural community. The project is being developed as a partnership between the County Council, District Council, community centres, a rural development agency, housing associations, the Police and the Fire & Rescue Service.
The partners are all relativ… Continue
The partners are all relativ… Continue
Posted on November 1, 2009 at 2:23pm — 14 Comments
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