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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Transformed by You evaluation
I wrote about the Transformed by You project, run jointly between Kent and Medway Councils, here. By all accounts it was a great event, and thanks to the great social reporting efforts of David Wilcox, we can all get a … Continue reading
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Tagged innovation, local government, localgovweb, transformed by you, transformedbyyou
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Mobile opportunities
I had an enjoyable day yesterday at TechCrunch Europe‘s GeeknRolla event – a conference for techy startups. There was lots of discussion about what the next big thing might be (no-one really knows) and how to get funding from venture … Continue reading
Posted in mobile
Tagged ewan mcleod, geeknrolla, gknr, iphone, mobile, mobile industry review, nokia, techcrunch
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Bookmarks for April 11th through April 16th
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. A New Approach to Printing – “a service that enables any application (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device to print to any printer.” Governments and Citizens: You Don’t Own … Continue reading
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged 2010, ads, advertising, api, Apple, apps, article, australia, beauty, blog, blogs, calibre, campaign, chat, cheekygeeky, chromeos, chromium, civilabs, cloud, cloudcomputing, collaboration, communication, content, converter, cool, countculture, culture, data, democracy, design, digitalstorytelling, docs, e-book, e-books, E-Democracy, e-gov, e-government, ebook, EBooks, edemocracy, egov, egovernment, electiondata, Elections, enterprise, enterprise2.0, epub, google, googleapps, googledocs, gov2.0, gov20, govent, government, government2.0, ict, innovation, intellectualproperty, ipad, it, khub, kindle, library, lichfield, lichfielddc, lichfielddistrictcouncil, manager, marketing, microblogging, mobi, opendata, openelectiondata, opengov, openlylocal, opensocitm, opensource, ownership, pdf, pezholio, Presentation, printing, publishing, saas, Search, social, socialmedia, socialnetwork, socialnetworks, socialsoftware, spreadsheet, tech, tool, tools, twitter, usability, Video, videos, web2.0, youtube
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Recruit the internet-savvy
The Telegraph had an interesting article this week: MI5 dumps spies who can’t use Facebook and Twitter: Patrick Mercer, chairman of the Parliamentary subcommittee on counter-terrorism, told the Daily Mail: “As terrorism changes, counter-terrorism officers have to adapt to keep … Continue reading
Posted in culture, People
Tagged culture, hiring, human resources, organisational development, talent management
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Connected Generation 2010
Connected Generation 2010 is, in the words of chief cheerleader Tim Davies: …a one-day conference exploring youth engagement and technology in 2010. Based on feedback from participants at recent training events, and on the positive response to the Beyond Twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged conference, digital, engagement, local government, online, young people, youth, youth work
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