Archive for November, 2009

Barriers to Agile web design and development in local government

28 Nov

Posted by: Michele Ide-Smith in: LocalGov, User experience

I work in a team that manages local government web development projects. We work closely with applications developers in IT and we do most of our development in-house. A couple of years ago we realised noticed a pattern in the way we were working. Some projects had complex requirements and often involved working with new [...]

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Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed

01 Nov

Posted by: Michele Ide-Smith in: LocalGov, Social Media

I’ve just started working on a project where we’ll be exploring digital engagement methods, using social media alongside offline forms of engagement such as neighbourhood panels. The aim of the project is to improve community cohesion in a semi-rural community. The project is being developed as a partnership between the County Council, District Council, community [...]

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Linking hyperlocal blog posts and councillors: a simple solution
Apr 25, 2010
Great stuff Chris. I imagine you are right that many councils won’t have a pingback client. Although I know a few are starting to implement Drupal, their press releases may be in a separate system. I also suspect many councils would link to...
A way of involving the ‘hard-to-reach’ groups and the expense of...
Feb 14, 2010
Interesting post Paul. Can you share any of the research you’ve done into mobile phone platforms for surveys? Would make an interesting read. I’m working on an engagement project at the moment where we’re keen to have an option...
Community Ambassadors – bit of a rethink and a really long list….
Feb 2, 2010
This is really interesting Catherine, so thanks for sharing. Not least because I was drawing up a role ‘description’ for our community champion role a couple of weeks ago, which is very similar to your community ambassador role. The...
UKGC10 Session two: Socialising Internal Communications
Jan 26, 2010
Great notes Sharon! You’ve captured the main points really well. I was obviously doing too much talking and not enough note writing…
LocalGov group hug*
Jan 25, 2010
I think there were some really good points in this session about the value of the JFDI approach. I don’t think you came across as blasé at all. But I do think it’s harder for staff who have a good grasp of using social media to take...
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