That’s the name of the latest Home Office campaign to reduce binge drinking amongst 18 – 24 year olds, but it could equally apply to advertising. Looking at the murkiness beyond the glare of the window, the agency really should have employed a specialist window dresser. A pair of TV Read more…
LondonCouncils have a launched www.beacouncillor.org.uk promoting the role of councillors and presenting them as young, diverse and interesting individuals. It’s a fine looking site but would be improved by allowing people to ask questions and have them answered by existing councillors. No, you have to turn up on July 12th Read more…
The Cabinet Office released "Participation online Guidance for civil servants" today. It has been some time in gestation but the really good news is that it is only one page long. In fact the guidance has been boiled down to 5 main points and a paragraph on how it relates Read more…
Tim Davies has co-authored a report for the National Youth Agency about Youth Work and Social Media (pdf, 811kb). It is an interim report so I hope someone accelerates the funding and allows him to press the pedal to the metal and get it finished because if only 29% of Read more…
If a Councillor said he rode a bike dressed up as a woman, I’m guessing he would get a hard time on I’m a Councillor. I hope that Ian Walker on I’m a Scientist gets votes for the extra mile he is willing to go in the interest of the Read more…
A Swedish Councillor, a German Professor, and a Dutch Civil Servant walk into a bar. No honestly they did, today in Norwich at the eVoice conference. We’ve also heard from Cllr Mary Reid, Euan Semple, Stephen Hilton, Cllr Daniel Cox and seen the World Premiere of the CivicSurf film. Still Read more…
David Wilcox and I walked down the Embankment last summer and talked about his idea for social reporting. This spring it has gathered some momentum and today he and Dave Briggs are at the Digital Inclusion Conference at the Brewery in London. They have created a site to provide some Read more…
Ploddledygook: when the police try to be overly corporate. My favourite was from Lincolnshire Police: "The ambition of Lincolnshire Police is to: focus on the citizen, achieve the highest standards of professionalism, deliver excellent performance and so inspire confidence amongst the people we serve." "Could they have an ambition to Read more…
The British Medical Journal has published (behind a payment firewall) a report saying that suicide is promoted on the web. There are the usual calls for Internet Service Providers to "pursue strategies that would maximise the likelihood that sites aimed at preventing suicide are sourced first." Paul Canning has written Read more…
The Obama08 campaign doesn’t stop amazing me. Today Michelle Obama emailed me to show me a video (shared via YouTube of course) from The Bronx High School for Performance and Stagecraft in a tough part of the Bronx (are there wimpy parts of the Bronx??). The video is incredibly natural. Read more…