Category Archives: E-Democracy

The biggest mistake councils made with online engagement

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Mark Pack

It’s frequently costly. It almost always achieves little. It lets people tick the “use the internet to engage with the public” box without actually achieving much. I am, of course, talking about webcasting council meetings. The idea has honourable roots. … Continue reading →

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Local Authority Audit of Online Consultation

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Dave

Bristolian eDemocracy dudes Delib have published their audit of local authority online consultation offerings across the UK. Delib – Local Authority Audit of Online Consultation It’s interesting reading. Personally, I’m still not convinced I really know what proper consultation looks … Continue reading →

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LocalGovCamp Lincoln

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dave

Last Friday saw LocalGovCamp moving to Lincoln for the first of the follow up days. Learning Pool were happy to help out with some sponsorship of the event, which was marvelously organised and convened by Andrew Beeken of Lincoln City … Continue reading →

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Local e-petitions

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dave

Headstar reported the other day about the progress of the piece of legislation that will mandate local authorities to set up systems allowing residents to create e-petitions, and to respond to such petitions. Under the ‘Local democracy, economic development and … Continue reading →

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FCO’s social media policies

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Dave

A great post from the FCO’s Stephen Hale reveals their digital diplomacy site. There is plenty of good stuff on there, but of particular interest to many will be the social media policy and guidance. Many thanks to Stephen and … Continue reading →

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Obama’s democracy

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Dave

Interesting paper from Delib on the approach to government taken by the Obama administration in the States: The reality has certainly been a lot more muted than most geeks would have liked. Nothing overly glam and technologically ground-breaking, but instead … Continue reading →

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Watch the whole of Us Now – now

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Dave

Us Now is “A film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet” and it’s also rather good. Even better, you can now watch all 60 minutes of it. Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo. Once … Continue reading →

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The importance of evaluation

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Dave

Stephen Hale at the FCO has an excellent, interesting and important post about measuring the success of the London G20 Summit site. With wonderful openness and transparency, Stephen has set out some of the factors by which the site’s success … Continue reading →

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A new collaborative community

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Dave

Helen has launched a new community blogging project over at digtialengagement.org which aims to be: a collaborative space for all those interested in digital engagement to share ideas and agree priorities for action around digital engagement This is of a … Continue reading →

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Cambridgeshire County Council uses YouTube to encourage new councillors

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Dave

Cambridgeshire County Council have put up some videos on their YouTube channel from the leaders of the three main political groups on the Council. The aim of the videos are to encourage people to put themselves forward to become councillors. … Continue reading →

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