There are a lot of really good, really valid reasons why local government is not always an early adopter when it comes to new technology, like social media.
Local government is plenty busy with a lot of other things. Local
government has to be careful with public money, so it’s reasonable to
take a wait and see attitude…to a point. But there comes a time when
the weight of evidence is strong enough to take a risk. With…
A community around using social tech for social impact
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Request For Price (RFP) Issued to potential Knowledge Hub solution providers.
The RFP (or Invitation To Tender) was issued to potential solution providers for the Knowledge Hub on 23rd March. All recipients of the RFP are required to sign a Non Disclosure
Agreement (NDA) since some of the Khub requirements are commercially
sensitive.
If there are any other technology/web service providers who would like to be considered for inclusion in the tendering process, please contact either Philip Connett (…
Added by Stephen Dale on March 25, 2010 at 17:47 — No Comments
Open Source ePetition System now on OSOR
Public-i’s Open Source ePetitioning software is now available from The Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations (OSOR): http://www.osor.eu/projects/epetitions If you want to know more about it either contact me or there's a press release on the… Continue
Added by Amelia Nicholas on March 24, 2010 at 16:12 — No Comments
Local by social: social media as an opportunity for local public services
Added by Ingrid Koehler on March 17, 2010 at 16:46 — No Comments
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.
In the week of the…
ContinueAdded by David Wilcox on March 9, 2010 at 22:00 — 4 Comments
social by social, public by social...
Public mission and social media. How does the digitalisation of the media landscape affect the public mission of the media (information, education, entertainment) ? How to public institutions extend their services using new media? Is it easier to be a citizen in the digital age? Or is it all just a big fad?
Come to discuss these questions at a free event on 25 March 2010 in Central London. We have invited a wide range of speakers: the usual suspects (the BBC and academics) as well as… Continue
Come to discuss these questions at a free event on 25 March 2010 in Central London. We have invited a wide range of speakers: the usual suspects (the BBC and academics) as well as… Continue
Added by Anna Piela on March 9, 2010 at 13:40 — No 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
Young people looking for jobs and new skills ... community problems needing… Continue
Added by David Wilcox on March 7, 2010 at 18:56 — No Comments
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