I'm a Councillor...
I’m a Councillor, Get me out of Here! kicks off
IAC 2008 has been up and running for two and a half days, and the event website is already buzzing.
civic leader blogging
What to post on Blog Action Day
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.
Conferences etc
Oxford eDemocracy meet up
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 Read more…
Youth Participation
How are young people using Social Media
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 Read more…
Youth Participation
Volunteer? Do us a Favour
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 Read more…
I'm a Councillor...
I’m a Councillor International – An update
Massive thanks to the five good people who have volunteered for I’m a Councillor – International
civic leader blogging
Civic Blogging – What’s the point?
E-Government Bulletin from Headstar have published a short feature article I wrote based on the experiences of the CivicSurf project.
Engagement
Harsh moderation policy
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…
Conferences etc
From Minnesota to Oxford
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 Read more…
Engagement
CivicSurf documentary online
We’ve posted the full CivicSurf documentary on YouTube. Full details at www.civicsurf.org.uk. Please watch and let us have some feedback. Better still, organise a viewing at your council. if you want a copy on DVD with some booklets, just email: Read more…