Over on the project blog we've just published the beta version of the Networked Councillor report. It marks the completion of phase one of the project we're involved in running for Improvement East articulating the challenges and opportunities faced by local politicians in an increasingly networked and digital society. The beta is open for comments - which ...
It was great to spend Tuesday this week at CommsCamp 2013, the event for public sector communications folk organised by Ann Kempster, Darren Caveney and Dan Slee. Last week - at about this sort of time on a Friday, actually - I noted down a few thoughts on what I'd like to talk about when I ...
It's been a little while since we've blogged, so my apologies. If there's an excuse it is that it has been extremely busy round here. Good busy, of course. And, if anything, it's only set to get busier. For a small number of us that general busy-ness will next week include CommsCamp, an event we're getting ...
Back in January a Bristol City Council webcast received more than 3,500 live views– when the redevelopment of Bristol Rovers’ Memorial stadium was considered by the authority’s development control committee. While Bristol is no stranger to such big viewing figures, a few things made the meeting worth shouting about. For us, it was the first time ...
At the recent user group, in November of 2012, we talked about the R600, the dedicated hardware unit we use as part of the Public-i Connect and Connect Social webcasting systems. The R600 has served the company very well. Its reliability and durability have been an important element to our success. We make the unit ourselves, ...