Last year we provided support to councillors at the Billesley Ward ctte for them to experiment with low cost live streaming. They tried it once as a learning exercise – 15 months later they back with this…. It’s just shows that patience and persistence pays off and something we find all the time: that the …
Do hyperlocal websites fall foul of Leveson and the new press regulator and libel laws?
Last week I spent a couple of hours at a consultation in Birmingham run by the Press Recognition panel, which is the regulator set up to oversee the creation of (a?) new press regulator(s) following the Leveson Inquiry and the Royal Charter. (I know this has already got a bit “what?”, but stick with …
Five good habits for better public services
The magazine New Start has been looking at alternative approaches ot create economic vibrancy in a number of uk cities, including Birmingham and the West Midlands. They asked me to write something …. ———————- Senior leaders in the city know that they need to help their teams focus on the values that shape what they …
Useful things from the NCVO annual conference Evolve 2015
We’ve been spending the time providing a social media surgery at #evolve2015 – we get to charities and voluntary organisations use social media and open data bit better and in return meet fab people and learn good stuff. Here are some of the things I found through wandering and conversations… that interest me… Circle Central. …