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Benchmarking e-government in web 2.0 » Lessons learnt from online engagement: don’t expect policy co-creation #policy20
This is part of the open Q&A on online engagement that I launched to prepare for the Policy-Making 2.0 conference. When it comes to online engagement on public policy, one common mistake is to expect co-creation of policies from scratch. In reality, collaborative creation “wiki-style” is the hardest to achieve. The transaction costs are very high, to enable many people … [Link]
Kind of Digital » New successful digital engagement course open for registration
Our first successful digital engagement course is up and running and going great guns. In fact, I’ve already had a few people asking when the next one is going to be. So, am happy to provide an answer! We’ll be running it again starting on 4th September 2013 and it will again run for 8 weeks, and so will come … [Link]
mySociety » mySociety – BAFTA and Emmy nominations
We won’t insist on being addressed this way, but you can now append ‘BAFTA and Emmy nominated’ to our name. We were very chuffed to be nominated for two television awards in the last month: the BAFTA for Digital Creativity in Television Craft, and the Emmy for best Digital Non-fiction Programme. ‘TV?’, you might be thinking, ‘I thought mySociety were … [Link]
Benchmarking e-government in web 2.0 » Last days to enter the #PolicyMaking20 prize
The Crossover project, together with UNDP CIS, the Democratic Society and Euractiv, is organising the first “Policy-Making 2.0″ prize [1]. It goal is to raise awareness and consolidate the community about a new set of tools to support policy making, such as as open and big data, visualisation, opinion mining, collaborative governance, modeling and simulation, serious gaming. Submit your application … [Link]
Kind of Digital » Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Mind the (Agility) Gap Big Lottery Fund announces £15 million of funding for digital skills MOOC’s – What Are They? The Camden Challenge is Open! Systems and symptoms The end of pat-on-the-head digital engagement There Is More To The US Open Data Policy Than Meets The Eye Open data in extractives: … [Link]
Kind of Digital » Successful digital engagement course launches
Today my new online course, successful digital engagement, kicks off over at School of Digital. I’m excited, and nervous. I’ve not done something like this before. I’m pretty sure it should work, from my experience working at Learning Pool and all the reading I’ve done recently about online education. It ought to work because it is focused on a small, … [Link]
Kind of Digital » Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
Excellent stuff: Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility. [Link]
Intellitics » Blog » Pietro Speroni: “Crowdsourcing the History of eDemocracy”
Via the Metagovernment mailing list:, From Italy-based researcher Pietro Speroni di Fenizio (check out his blog or follow him on Twitter): Hello everybody, I have been invited to give a talk on the history of eDemocracy for state of the Net. I am also writing a book on eDemocracy, and the history will surely be a chapter into it, too … [Link]
Benchmarking e-government in web 2.0 » How can technology improve public policy? Come and find out in Dublin!
David Osimo, Giulio Quaggiotto and Anthony Zacharzewski Join us in Dublin 17 and 18 June This June, policymakers and techies from around Europe will come together in Dublin to discuss how technology can be used to improve the policymaking process. The challenge Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have supported decision-making processes for many years. Whether used for analyzing datasets, managing … [Link]
Kind of Digital » THIS IS WATER – By David Foster Wallace
Just fabulous. [Link]
Kind of Digital » Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: How we used email as a customer support system at mySociety Ten propositions about digital technology later in life Reflections on WebSci13 John Carey on the Internet Time for revolution rather than evolution? Capsule, The Developer’s Code Journal Scripting News: The Fargo-WordPress connection. Simple Map Making With Google Fusion Tables [Link]
Kind of Digital » Convenience vs control
Everything in life is becoming a balance of convenience versus control. Only, it’s not so much of a balance as a mass grab for convenience. Sometimes this doesn’t matter, sometimes it does. Take food for instance. We love the convenience of ready-made meals! Those microwaveable lasagnes make cooking so easy – you don’t need to know how to make a … [Link]
Kind of Digital » Webchat on social media in parish councils
As part of our work supporting NALC in their inquiry into the future of localism, I’m facilitating a webchat on the use of social media in parish, town and community councils. It’s happening this Thursday, 9th May at 12pm on the inquiry website. We’re using CoverItLive, so you can sign up for a reminder on that page. Look forward to … [Link]
Intellitics » Blog » Participatory Budgeting in North America: Use of Technology 2012/2013
As was to be expected, I greatly enjoyed the Participatory Budgeting Conference this past weekend. Always nice to meet folks in person, learn a few things, and make new connections with instigators from around the globe who are pushing the participatory envelope in their communities. The Twitter stream seems to agree. However, after two conferences one thing has become strikingly … [Link]
Intellitics » Blog » What Is Digital Engagement?
Here’s a working definition I used during today’s presentation at the 2013 Participatory Budgeting Conference: Digital Engagement The use of information and communications technologies to support, enhance or extend public participation and civic engagement processes. Another one comes to us via Steph Gray: Digital Engagement uses digital tools and channels to find, listen to and mobilise a community around an … [Link]
Intellitics » Blog » PB Conference: “Digital Engagement Across the PB Lifecycle”
Here are my slides from our technology panel earlier today (see program): Session C: Tech Tools for PB (DH 231) This session will focus on the key issues and questions that people should consider when developing and using tech tools for PB. The panel will share their expertise on online civic engagement tools. Facilitator: Alissa Black – California Civic Innovation … [Link]
Benchmarking e-government in web 2.0 » Getting ready for Policy-Making 2.0 conference: interview with @Alberto_Cottica
In preparation of the Crossover conference on Policy-Making 2.0, to set the tune, I start interviewing some of the speakers about their perspective on the future of policy-making. Here’s my first interview with social networks research hacker Alberto Cottica. Soem background: policy-making 2.0 has become the central topic of my work in recent years, both in research and practice. As … [Link]
Intellitics » Blog » Top Posts April 2013
Our most popular recent posts for April: Hello Europe: A Fresh Idea to Connect Europe Zilino Road Show Continues: Chicago and D.C. Group Patterns: How Do They Apply to Virtual Environments? And our overall top goal-getters: What Is Public Participation? What Is Government 2.0? What Is Public Participation? Thanks for reading along! [Link]
Kind of Digital » Link roundup
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: With not for From the ground up (or how to encourage a school boy) How councils are crowdfunding community projects ★ Web Apps vs. Native Apps Is Still a Thing Devon County Council selects Huddle to support Targeted Family Support Initiative GOV.UK at 6 months old Small data helping in your … [Link]
Kind of Digital » A Boy And His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie
I don’t understand how this is even possible but… wow. [Link]
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