There were some particularly inspiring and thought-provoking sessions at UK GovCamp 2011 last Saturday. The ones I found most enjoyable were:The session on trade unions led by Paul Evans, starting off with a rough aim to make trade unions more … [Read more...] about Reflections on UK GovCamp 2011 and a discussion around online archives #ukgc11
Nick Booth
Some Useful Links 19/10/2010
Here's a couple more Big Society explanations - the above film is from Beyond 2010, 'an international conference exploring the role of digital technologies in delivering better public services for less'. It starts tomorrow in Birmingham as part of … [Read more...] about Some Useful Links 19/10/2010
Creating community websites with platforms other than WordPress
The other day I was talking with a UK online centre trainer about how the people she had engaged on the talk about local project were finding the Wordpress interface quite difficult - the group haven’t been using the internet for long and are … [Read more...] about Creating community websites with platforms other than WordPress
Playing games with the Police
On 25th November William Perrin and I were lucky enough to attend a Social Media Workshop at the West Midlands Police Headquarters in Birmingham, which bought together the likes of talk about local, Podnosh and MyPolice with a small group of people … [Read more...] about Playing games with the Police