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Tag Archives: community
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Civility in service | Public Strategist – "Civil servants should understand the constraints they accept as part of the job. They – and everybody else – should understand the limitations … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, biglottery, bigsociety, Communities, community, conduct, digitallocal, education, engagement, hyperlocal, ipad, policy, technology, twitter
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Localism needs bespoke, not scale
David Wilcox does his usual excellent summarising and commenting job on the latest snafu involving BIG Lottery funding and the internet. It’s all about a grant of £1.89 million to the Media Trust, to fund the establishment of “connected news … Continue reading
Bookmarks for April 28th through May 18th
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Local Government Graduate Gripes – "How would a networked, open, innovative, tech-enabled, social recruitment scheme for government work?" 10 things Alpha.gov.uk gets wrong (Part 1) | Helpful Technology – Nicely … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, agile, alphagov, Blogging, comms, communications, community, digital, football, govit, govweb, kindofdigital, localgovernment, microparticipation, networkedps, ngdp, opensource, politics, recuitment, socialmedia, websites
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Communities and ‘hyperactivism’
Excellent analysis and writing from Tessy Britton in reaction to the recent disturbances in Bristol: This is the real landscape into which the Localism Bill will descend. There seems to have been some dramatic shift recently from ‘government knows best’ … Continue reading
