I thought I should offer a quick update to last week's post about the Digital Democracy guide for police and crime commissioners. Commissioned by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (and written by Catherine), it makes the case for how and why PCCs should be using digital means to develop a meaningful, productive relationship ...
As police and crime commissioners settle down to work it's worth remembering that they are the first major elected office to arrive in the UK since Facebook was founded in February 2004. PCCs will be charged with bringing about a new relationship between the police and the public at a time when social media, and ...
Next Friday, the 23rd of November, sees our long-awaited user group. We posted a while back that this would be about boosting viewing figures and reaching new audiences - and I said then that I'd take the time to explain a bit more about our thinking as soon possible. Well, that's now... Making more of webcasting ...
Next week sees the annual gathering of local authority chief executives at the Solace Summit, held this year in Coventry. As ever, a number of Public-iers will be there. While I'll be lending a hand with social reporting, Sarah, Mathew and Dave will be talking about our Open Network engagement work. And last but by no ...
Public-i is collaborating with our friends at the Democratic Society and OCSI to bring local government an open and networked approach to engagement. By getting together we’re combining our unique sets of skills to create what we believe is an exciting, attractive package offering genuine engagement. Of course that begs a question: what is ‘genuine engagement’? Well, for ...