"Hi Gavin
Dies this link for Appreciating Assets work? http://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/2011/appreciating-assets
Cheers
Lorna"
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Gavin replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion Introduction to Our Society: A Guide in the group Our Society: A Guide"Hi Lorna - there is now a slow transition towards enabling local authority employees to use social media as part of their work. For example many local authorities will have a 'social media policy' for employees, but the culture is still…"
Gavin replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion Introduction to Our Society: A Guide in the group Our Society: A Guide"Hi Lorna,
looking at the questions you've asked about the most 'important concerns for local government and other stakeholders, I typed out a quick list - you already have localism and open public services covered, so basically I see the…"
Gavin added a discussion to the group Co-design Our Society
Use of social media and mapping applications
I am still exploring what might be done with mapping applications and the use of social media. In this example I combined or mashed data from one map with another. I used a map developed by the Guardian Data Blog showing school league tables with a heat map I did showing income deprivation. The aim is to give a more contextualised…See More
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Our Society: A Guide
A collaborative space to contribute ideas to create a practical guide which is rich in stories, ideas and qualitative research. We will identify links with provisions in the Localism Act and emerging policy around Open Public Services, but this will be a bottom-up guide.See More
Gavin posted a blog postLocalism and the web: a new era for democracy?
copy of original article posted on Opendemocracy.net 12 February 2011. Local democracy in England is in a troubled state. Swingeing cuts to local government, voter apathy and declining civic involvement all suggest a parlous state of affairs and with no let up in the economic gloom, the prospect of double dip recession threatens to sideline every other issue.That…See More
Gavin posted a status"Hi, with Phil's help I have posted a heat map and accompanying slideshare on income deprivation http://ning.it/Asbf4k"
Gavin replied to Phil Green's discussion Our Society maps: your suggestions in the group Co-design Our Society"This is a map showing income deprivation that I recently created. Click on an area to get additional information. It takes the Index of Deprivation published by the Department of Communities and Local Government and maps at LSOA level - tiny…"
Gavin commented on Cathy Aitchison's group Our square mile"Hi Chris
Liken you, I am struggling to get a cross section of the community involved. I recently took advice from William Perrin, from Talk About Local who suggested that I had to segment my audience and use a method appropriate to each.…"
Gavin commented on Cathy Aitchison's group Our square mile"Thanks John. Have contacted Jaki and it seems as though we can do something here- apparently a good few university students are interested in this idea. Will also contact Jaki's brother as he has been working with Housing Associations and I…"
Gavin replied to Jeff Mowatt's discussion What is Social Finance? in the group Our sustainable society"I'm interested in this question myself and have been in contact with someone who looks at these questions. However it's better he explains more fully what he is trying to do, so will get back to you."
Gavin commented on Cathy Aitchison's group Our square mile"Hi John- where do you recruit your volunteers from? local colleges? how do you advertise? thanks"
Gavin replied to Phil Green's discussion Favourite visuals in the group Visual Camp"This set of visuals portrays mental disorders in a simple but powerful , but also slightly humourous way. Adapt also has a range of other visuals worth exploring."
Gavin commented on Cathy Aitchison's group Our square mile"Thanks to all for feedback and suggested contacts. I will pursue these...
I had earlier thought of Social Media Surgeries but this somehow slipped my mind. Maybe this is the moment to look at this again. At this moment I cannot lay my hands on…"
Gavin commented on Cathy Aitchison's group Our square mile"Hi
Just an update on my side with regard to Southampton Placebook. Things are progressing slowly and not always in the direction I would like them to go. I would be interested in any ideas and suggestions others have about the following…"
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Localism and the web: a new era for democracy?
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 20:35 0 Comments 0 Likes
copy of original article posted on Opendemocracy.net 12 February 2011.
Local democracy in England is in a troubled state. Swingeing cuts to local government, voter apathy and declining civic involvement all suggest a parlous state of affairs and with no let up in the economic gloom, the prospect of double dip recession…
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- At 19:16 on March 15, 2012,
Lorna Prescott said… Hi Gavin
Dies this link for Appreciating Assets work? http://www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications/2011/appreciating-assets
Cheers
Lorna
- At 10:29 on April 21, 2011,
Phil Green said… - Hi Gavin, hoping you might be interested to join Visual Camp group here on Our Society
- At 12:56 on February 14, 2011,
Sophie Ballinger said… Hello Gavin & welcome to Our Society!
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