You probably think I’ve got a screw loose to be here, given the bad news you constantly receive about southern Afghanistan. But I think I’ve got the best job in DFID. I hope I can explain why – all the ups as well as the inevitable downs – through this Read more…
IAC 2008 has been up and running for two and a half days, and the event website is already buzzing.
It’s Blog Action Day on Wednesday 15th. The topic this year is Poverty. I’ve posted some advice for blogging councillors over at CivicSurf to help spark some ideas for blog posts on the day.
Oxford has a gorgeous old town hall complete with an ancient ceremonial mace. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture and so you’ll have to make do with this one of Steven Clift and Mary Reid who it has to be said were more interesting to talk to than the Read more…
I missed the UK Youth Online unconference at the weekend. Well done to Tim Davies for pulling it off. How are young people using social media? View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: social networking youth) Steph Gray shared these findings from research commissioned by DIUS. It’s notable for Read more…
It seems the well-intentioned agency V has realised the Volunteering is off-putting. (Why oh why did they not work that out before spending £000’s branding themselves as V?) 66% of young people thought so. Whereas 80% of young people have done favours for others. Therefore they are launching a new Read more…
Massive thanks to the five good people who have volunteered for I’m a Councillor – International
E-Government Bulletin from Headstar have published a short feature article I wrote based on the experiences of the CivicSurf project.
If someone breaches a comments policy on a website you can understand the comment being moderated, or perhaps even for the person to be barred from the site. But to be suspended from work for a month…
Steven Clift, Ashoka Fellow, eDemocracy.org, Local Issues Forum and general eDemocracy Font of Knowledge is passing through the UK on his way back from a conference in Europe. The meeting is taking place at Oxford Town Hall on Thursday October 2nd. If you fancy coming to help plot out a Read more…