Building Perfect Council Websites 2010: Research-led design at Southwark Council

with Christina Fowler from Jadu and Alice Ainsworth from Southwark Council

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Opening up election data

With the launch of data.gov.uk, and smaller scale open data projects from the likes of Kent, Warwickshire, Lincoln and my own council, Lichfield, everybody's waking up to the world of open data.

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CMS, Better Connected and making better websites

The Better Connected 2010 report shows some interesting results. Compare it to reports done 2/3 years ago, it's clear you can see improvement.

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The way forward with Social Media – a question of strategy?

Organisations with a high take-up of social media face some interesting strategic decisions in planning the future.

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Data.gov.uk and ASBOrometer

Data.gov.uk is the UK's source for Government collected Open Data and is available for use in third-party applications and websites.

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Tom Steinberg talks about how MySociety.org creates Transparency in Government

Tom Steinberg's speech at the Personal Democracy Forum Europe 2009 in Barcelona on transparency in government.

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How the Internet is Changing Politicians

I recently attended the Personal Democracy Forum Europe 09 in Barcelona and sat in a talk with one of our beloved Tom Watson to find what he and other speakers had to say about how the internet is changing politics.

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Charlie Leadbeater's Keynote Summary on Cloud Culture: How Cloud Computing Will Change Culture and Politics

Just a few weeks ago, Charlie Leadbeater gave a great keynote speech at the Personal Democracy Forum Europe 09 in Barcelona. I had the pleasure of being in the audience as a Google Fellow at this conference.

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Better Connected 2010 looking into Local Councils Social Media Activities

My interview with Helen Williams about Better Connected 2010 and social media.

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LGCLincoln: What about a university for Public Sector Web Professionals?

I interviewed Paul Canning at LocalGovCamp Lincoln about Socitm's new "Public Sector Web Professionals".

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