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By: Socialreporter | A invitation to help develop the Good Stuff Store

Socialreporter | A invitation to help develop the Good Stuff Store — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:47:42 +0000

[...] to and watched doing great things in recent years. It probably won’t be called that. As Dave Briggs says it could cover many things …”hyperlocal reporting, community activism, tapping into [...]

By: Janet E Davis

Janet E Davis — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:58:14 +0000

I think it could work, in an area that’s at least 70% middle class, and where lots of those middle class people are not in the process of losing their public service jobs.
I am also a little concerned that it will not be democracy so much as an oligarchy in many areas.

By: John Popham

John Popham — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:40:04 +0000

Good stuff Dave.

I think the “Your Square Mile” stuff set a lot of alarm bells ringing outside London, and they probably rang louder the further away you got. This is one of the reasons for setting up the Big Society in the North, to provide some local context, and help people and organisations find their own voice in all this.

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Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – July 19, 2010 | Gov 2.0 Radio — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:46:36 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:31:28 +0000

Thanks Catherine. There's an interesting discussion on the RSA network about this, where I made some less techy comments, which probably wouldn't suit this blog.

By: Catherine Howe

Catherine Howe — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:13:50 +0000

Good round up I think here and as you know much the direction of my own thoughts on this. I think the place where us social media folks should connect to the big society to start with is in trying to help these hyperlocal communities really grow – and as you say this does not mean building new tools but rather helping people to explore the free and low cost stuff that is already there and building capacity – which is why the app store is such a good idea.

Am still not sure what big society is but it has to involve stronger communities at a local level – and I think social media can really help with that. So – I’m going to concentrate on that aspect and see how the rest pans out!

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CS_People (Chris Punch) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:04:02 +0000

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janetedavis (Janet E Davis) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:03:06 +0000

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jvictor7 (Jamie Summerfield) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:02:06 +0000

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davebriggs (Dave Briggs) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:19:01 +0000

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