Daily Archives: June 16, 2010

Here’s Hugh Flouch! Hyperlocal communities Harringay Online – 2,900 members, 4-500 visits a day, 2-300 visitors a day Has discussion forum, event promotion, information about public services, photo gallery and local history archive ‘a bible of local information and gossip’ … Continue reading →

Paul Miller now up, from the School of Everything. SoE is all about getting more people to learn – the things they want to learn about Since Sept 2008 Private enterprise backed by investment SoE can help reduce costs, do … Continue reading →

Patient Opinion is a great site for people to leave feedback about their experiences with health services. Really micro level issues can be discussed and action taken Based on the telling of stories by service users Great example of dodgy … Continue reading →

Katie from Do the Green Thing is next. Trying to tackle climate change creatively People are inclined to help with the environment, but how do you make them become a bit more active? Obligation probably not the best route Make … Continue reading →

Next up is Hugo Manassei from Participle. Participle take on a new issue a year, so far: ageing, families and youth People are skipping the “third age” – period when you have retired but are physically healthy and active. This … Continue reading →

John Hayes from IDeA takes to the platform. IDeA is 11 years old, just like Google 353 authorities, providing 700 services each (in a Unitary authority), 2.1 million people working in local government All these people, services and authorities have … Continue reading →

Now it is Andy Gibson’s turn. He wrote the Local by Social book! Andy is hoping to provide some perspective on all the digital stuff As railroads transformed the way we work and our society, so will the new online … Continue reading →

I’m at the Local by Social event today, being run by FutureGov and the IDeA. It should be a lot of fun, and I’ll let you share in that fun by live blogging as much of the event as I … Continue reading →