Tag: participation

24th February 2010

Things I've spotted February 23rd from 16:39 to 23:38

Here are some of the things I’ve been reading February 23rd from 16:39 to 23:38:

Open Government Ideas Look All the Same: Are You Surprised? –
Nodalities » Blog Archive » Richard Stirling Talks about data.gov.uk –
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state | Technology | guardian.co.uk – "It turns out that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its "Special 301 watchlist" because they use open source software."
digital economy bill – massive lobby remains | Tom Watson MP – "If you counted the number of people who are working full time to bounce this Bill through the Commons on behalf of big publishing interests I bet it would run into three figures. Those that want to protect the Internet connections of the nation’s youth? Probably one or two."
Are newspapers selling linkspam? (Again?) | Online Journalism Blog – "Clever as this idea may sound, the newspapers may want to research what happened when other publications tried the same approach. The Irish Independent, the Economist and The Times are among publications whose PageRank has been penalised by Google."
RAWM and Charity Builder UK – "RAWM has joined forces with Charity Builder UK to offer a £300 a year web service free of charge to RAWM members.
Charity Builder UK (CBUK) is a new online service which has the potential to transform administrative tasks in your organization. Designed for charities and community groups, it provides advice on lots of important topics such as human resources, health and safety, volunteering and governance."

8th August 2009

Things I've spotted on August 8th

Here are some of the things I’ve been reading August 8th from 12:43 to 13:15:

Citizen involvement in local governance | Joseph Rowntree Foundation – “This Round-up outlines the challenges and dilemmas that local partners, central government, councillors, staff and communities must resolve if citizens are to have more power and influence over local services and their neighbourhoods.”
Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0: How to address scaling and cause fatigue? – Beth challenging non profits to step uop a gear when it comes to now owning the message but being part of a network which achieves things. Excellent post
What would you do with a journalist? « Talk About Local (alpha) – Good question asked by Will Perrin.
Where British blogging is at | The Democratic Society – Demosc worries about whether blogging can replace msm: “a lot of sympathy with his scepticism about what blogging brings to political debate. It may be that it grows up, or that the cream floats to the top, if the traditional media do go under.” Medium and message mix up again?
A Rebuttal & an Example of a High Performance Organization | Tactical Philanthropy – This is one of a series of interesting posts and conversations about social media and charities, high performance versus high impact. Some really intelligent stuff being chewed over on this blog.
Hyperlocal, when you don’t want everything – jon bounds – Jon Bounds improves is Birmingham hyperlocal blog pipe, created as part of Talk About Local

14th May 2009

Stuff I've seen May 12th to May 14th

Journalism.co.uk :: New Northcliffe hyperlocal sites will combine ‘social networking and news’ – The next generation of Northcliffe’s local news sites will combine citizen journalism, blogging and Facebook-style networking, the publisher has said.
Journalism.co.uk :: CN Group to trial revenue share with ‘community correspondents’ – The correspondents will receive 25 per cent of any revenue generated by the sites, which varies between properties. Sites carrying at least five adverts will pay around £80 a month, Nick Turner, CN Group’s head of digital content development, told the Digital Editors Network meeting yesterday.
BBC NEWS | Politics | Peer turns fire on BBC presenter – Transparency is exciting. two public servants argue about what is right – one a journalist, the other a politician
Government invites bids for a share of £20 million to fund adult learning – Organisations can bid for a share of £20 million in Government cash from today to open up and promote informal learning for adults and young people across the country.
Carnegie UK Trust – Democracy & Civil Society – Civil Society Commission – The distinctive roles that civil society associations play in creating safe spaces for meaningful deliberation where difference can be articulated and acknowledged.
The relationships between civil society associations and media.
The marginalisation of dissent – with a focus on relationships between UK and global civil society.

8th April 2009

Stuff I've seen April 5th through April 6th

These are my links for April 5th through April 6th:

Walkit.com gets a redesign. – Need I say more!
Government Needs Smart-sourcing, Not Crowdsourcing | techPresident – Clay Shirky, while in London last month promoting the release of Here Comes Everybody in paperback, said the following: “All the rhetoric, including – I’m embarrassed to say – some of mine, has assumed in the past that democratic legitimation is itself enough to regard aggregate public opinion [online] as being clearly binding on the government. I’ve changed my mind.”
G20: Tom Watson MP – Watch the short youtube film from Lloyd davis where Tom Watson explains why the G20 matters and why it’s important that bloggers were given access to the conference.