Tag: Birmingham UK

Podnosh is based in Birmingham in the UK, so often we write about exciting things that are going on near us.

The Smartest Online Organisations

Just a quick pointer to the 59 smartest online organisations. Great for inspiration for charities looking to make better use of a range of internet tools.

Celeste over at studio 501c tells us to encourage just this sort of list making in our own organisations.

If you’re interested in using the web more effectively, ask different staffers or volunteers to each review a few sites and to report back to the group on their findings. Make sure to examine the sites of those with missions that are close to yours as well as a few that aren’t. If you have a narrow goal, e.g., improving your online donation capacity, concentrate on what the different nonprofits are doing in that area.

A civil spat – the Youtube way.

I have masses of blogging to catch up on, but thought I would start with one of our local councillors here in Birmingham who is using youtube to tackle graffiti. In the process Martin Mullaney appears to have sparked an intergenerational brushfire.

On January 5th 2007 this Liberal Democrat Councillor for Moseley and Kings Heath popped up a video in which he talks about specific tags and taggers and tells us that many of these young people are from ‘good homes’ and good schools. 10 days later it has provoked more than 170 (often vociferous) comments, essentially a conversation between the taggers concerned and the councillor.

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As Pete Ashton points out the councillor is clearly determined to confront the taggers. On his own blog we also find out that this particular politician gave police evidence which he says led to the arrest of 3 taggers before Christmas.

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Birmingham Passions six – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel

A New Year short for the Grassroots Channel podcast containing the condensed passions of people associated with the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network.

Birmingham Passions 6: Perry Barr, learning new tricks and changing the way old people live. We hear from Mike Trevor the Constituency support officer for Perry Barr, Glen Carr of the Home Office public enquiry unit and Barry Clewer from the Birmingham Advisory Council of Older People.

Birmingham Passions five – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel

A New Year short for the Grassroots Channel podcast containing the condensed passions of people associated with the Birmingham Community Empowerment Network.

Birmingham Passions 5: Democracy and the NHS, ancient Athens and modern Birmingham and a better life for Yemeni families. Contributors are Peter Tinsley of the Selly Oak Constituency Strategic Partnership, Niall Livingston from the University of Birmingham and Dalal Olewa who is Chair of the Yemeni Women and Children’s Society.