"Hi, Started britishseniorcitizensParty to promote link between Philanthropy/Democracy. Soon found that the ppl have been robbed of their Independent Reps and given Party dogma in it's place. Same in America. So now trying to build The Peoples…"
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The future of Ning and making networks work
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Wilcox Jan 26. 23 Replies 0 Likes
Our Society runs on a platform provided by Ning, in common with many others in the community, voluntary and social enterprise fields. It allows us all to provide good online services, at modest cost.…Continue
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julian dobson posted a status"The DWP is undertaking a survey on social justice. Well worth having your say here: http://ning.it/zZbRKs"
David Wilcox replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"Hi Jess - I too would be interested in how you are finding Ning management. It takes some effort to facilitate - so congratulations on Meanwhile. Can we keep them all going? We are reviewing Social by Social"
julian dobson replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"Fair point Jess, but the list was naming 'just a few'. Clearly any thoughts and experiences from the Meanwhile group would be very helpful."
Jess Steele replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"Hi Julian.
Interesting discussion about nings.
I was a little bit sad not to see the Meanwhile Ning here. Just did a quick comparison, shown below. Obivously it's not all about the numbers, but...
ABCD Europe
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Social by…"
Jeff Mowatt replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"It looks like the end of the road for my hyperlocal efforts as SocialGo the platform I've been using to build it since 2010 has all but vanished returning a 'domain removed' message.
As we know, this platform has been chosen for Your…"
julian dobson replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion Methods to help the development of Our Society in the group Our Society: A Guide"Participatory budgeting is a potentially important way of giving local people a real say in spending decisions. It's still in its infancy in the UK, but the Participatory Budgeting Unit's website is a good place to start. For a wider…"
julian dobson replied to Lorna Prescott's discussion Methods to help the development of Our Society in the group Our Society: A Guide"The Community Action Toolkit produced by the Young Foundation links a lot of their work of the last six years together. It covers a very wide range of material, from discussing 'what is a community?' to methods of devolving budgeting…"
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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
Phil Green left a comment for julian dobson"Hi Julian, made changes as suggested. I tried joining yammer, but looks like I would need to know the email adress the rest of you guys are using (?) Never used yammer before, obviously don't quite get it!"
Phil Green left a comment for julian dobson"Hi Julian and Sophie, any thoughts re: Enlivening or refreshing the main page design a bit, and hopefully stimulating a bit more interactivity perhaps? Happy to do this, should only take a few mins. Likely to upset anyone?"
Anthony Woods-Waters joined julian dobson's group
A successful northern economy
A chance to take part in a collaborative response to IPPR North's Northern Economic Futures Commission.See More
julian dobson commented on Anthony Woods-Waters's blog post illusory work programme"Thanks for alerting us to this, Anthony - it would be interesting to see whether others have had similar experiences."
Jeff Mowatt replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"Ah Matt, how to communicate information across discrete networks. More a £12.7 billion than $64,000 question today perhaps?
Not just a technical problem but also a silo mentality. My reason for creating a social enterprise group on…"
David Wilcox replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"Thanks Julian, Matt, and also Roxanne for Xenforo.
I think one difficulty, even when there are tech solutions, is to get enough energy and support from volunteers and an occasional-use community to make the investment for both setup and a different…"
Matt Lent replied to julian dobson's discussion The future of Ning and making networks work"It's possible to create and add discussions across a selection of LinkedIn groups, this is a function I like and use, if LinkedIn can do it I'm sure Ning can as well. Although it doesn't go far enough in that it doesn't…"
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Wake up! The big society cavalry aren't coming
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 6:45 4 Comments 0 Likes
Anyone familiar withTolkien’s The Lord of the Rings will recall the scene. Whether you’ve read the book, seen the film or both, there are few things more stirring than the Riders of Rohan storming to the rescue of the besieged forces of Gondor.
Tolkien does it on an epic scale, with thousands of horsemen galloping around the shoulder of the mountain to bring hope to the beleaguered forces of goodness and justice. But it’s a…
Building our society - there's more to it than giving
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 16:52 3 Comments 2 Likes
If you thought the Big Society had vanished into thin air, the news is that the Rapture hasn’t happened - it’s still with us.
But rather than a Big Society promoted by government, or even a lower case ‘big society’ as outlined recently by Nick Denys, a variety of societies seem to be emerging.
Given the lack of understanding out on the streets of what government and their advisers… Continue
But rather than a Big Society promoted by government, or even a lower case ‘big society’ as outlined recently by Nick Denys, a variety of societies seem to be emerging.
Given the lack of understanding out on the streets of what government and their advisers… Continue
Community organisers: collaborators or prophets?
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 10:40 1 Comment 2 Likes
Of all the discussions that followed last week’s troubles in Bristol, perhaps the most important is a series of posts by Tessy Britton on conflict and collaboration, and the online chat that has surrounded them.…
Five tests for the big society's second year
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:49 3 Comments 3 Likes
Yesterday may have been the best day’s business for Britain’s pubs and bars in a long time, as thousands of local government and voluntary sector workers drowned their sorrows and looked forward to a very uncertain future.
For many the disappointment was not just personal - the loss of livelihood (sometimes cushioned by a redundancy package), the apparently wasted years of professional development, the lack of opportunity or the bleak prospects of self-employment in a cut-throat…
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- At 7:48 on October 31, 2011, Phil Green said…
- Hi Julian, made changes as suggested. I tried joining yammer, but looks like I would need to know the email adress the rest of you guys are using (?) Never used yammer before, obviously don't quite get it!
- At 15:26 on October 28, 2011, Phil Green said…
- Hi Julian and Sophie, any thoughts re: Enlivening or refreshing the main page design a bit, and hopefully stimulating a bit more interactivity perhaps? Happy to do this, should only take a few mins. Likely to upset anyone?
- At 20:18 on April 9, 2011,
Neil Worthington said… - Hi Julian
Thank you for welcoming me to your site I developed Abstract Space a year ago and we are celebrating our first anniversary we have not had to receive any funding, we had a poetry recital at Nottingham Playhouse as I have links with the Open Arts form made up of arts organisations aimed at helping service users throughout Nottingham, Everyone has given us great comments and we have all benefited through being a part of City Arts and through Community Cohesiveness Policy in Nottingham
- At 3:40 on February 18, 2011, Eileen Conn said…
thanks Julian.
These kinds of sites really frustrate me as they it is often so difficukt to find basic stuff! Two Qs can someone help me on:
1. how do I post a message to someone, ie how to find their name to click on? Do we have to scroll through 340+ names in alphabetical order till we find it? I had to go back to the email from you to get back to this screen. Or maybe I am as often missing the obvious?
2. What is the difference between a Group and a discussion in the Forum?
Thanks.
- At 19:38 on February 16, 2011, Eileen Conn said…
Is it possible to have a setting to get emails for a particular discussion posted to my inbox rather than to have to visit the website? I am interested for the moment in just the discussion about community organising. I don't find these sites very easy to find my way around. And so the time is too much otherwise.
Eileen
- At 14:31 on February 16, 2011, Eileen Conn said…
Hi Julian
thanks for the welcome. Just to say will try to follow the exchanges but very little time just now. But very involved in community action as activist in London, and working on articuating the dynamics of the grassroots which are not understood very well. Also on personal note I am half a Dobson as my mother's father was a Dobson from Gateshead, Tyneside...
- At 14:47 on January 26, 2011, Phil Green said…
- Hi Julian, wondered if you'd be interested to join Our society international
- At 12:55 on December 9, 2010,
Sophie Ballinger said… - Hi Julian & welcome to Our Society!
This network is in the early stages of development so we'd very much appreciate any comments or suggestions that you have. I've set up a Feedback Forum for this, so please do share your thoughts there.
You can read a bit more about Our Society and what we hope to achieve by having a read of our About Us page.
As a quick way to get the ball rolling, please feel free to say hello and tell us a bit about yourself in the "Who are you?" thread.
Thanks again for joining, please contact me if you have any problems, and do feel free to set up your own group or discussion - I'm happy to assist with either.
~ Soph
- At 14:09 on December 3, 2010, Sophie Ballinger said…
- Hi Julian - you now have full admin powers... Careful how you weild them ;)
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