Tools for getting ideas, and having a debate on those ideas.

Examples: Dialogue App, Ideascale

Crowdsourcing

3Tools for getting feedback on a set of proposals

Examples: Citizen Space

eConsultation

3Tools that allow people to deliberate on decisions by showing the effect of specific options or proposals.

Examples:Participatory budgeting

Calculators & Simulators

3Tools for working together with a group of stakeholders to produce something.

Examples: Google Docs, Huddle

3

Radio programme or long audio piece that can be consumed on variety of devices

Examples: Soundcloud, iTunes

Podcast

2Production of data in an open and reusable format

Examples: data.gov.uk, RDFa

Open Data

2Short, plain English description of your project or proposals

Examples: Plain English Society

Clear written explanation

2

Full explanation of your policies with relevant links to publications, consultations, etc.

Examples: SG Topic pages

gov.scot

2Tools to visualise geospatial information, usually with interactive functionality.

Examples: Google maps, Thinglink

Maps

2

Online community spaces where users share updates.

Examples: Facebook, LinkedIn

Social networking

2Activity where you report from an offline event, bringing it to a wider audience online

Social reporting

2

Collaborative editing

Tool that provides a historical perspective - showing how something has evolved over time

Examples: Dipity, Hstry

2

Timeline

Usually a panel of experts answer questions submitted over set period

Examples: CoverItlive, Facebook

Online Q&A

2Posting updates on your work, in an informal way

Examples: Wordpress, Tumblr

Blogging

2Posting on community sites and forums in order to target existing community.

Examples: Netmums, The Student Room

Outreach

2Track mentions on social media sites, analyse key trends and influencers

Examples: Social Mention, Hootsuite

Monitoring

2

Tools for uploading and sharing videos and photos, (inc. liking and commenting).

Examples: Flickr, Youtube, Instagram

Video/images

1Tools for broadcasting live video from an event

Examples: Periscope

Live video

1Inviting people to test their knowledge, or vote on a set of options

Examples: PollDaddy, Facebook

Poll/Quiz

1Tools for bringing together content from different online sources

Examples: Pinterest, Storify

1

Way to create shareable visualisation of data or concepts

Examples: Canva, Piktochart

Infographic

1A one-off blog post about an issue or event that includes lots of images and/or video

Examples: Medium, Shorthand, Exposure

Online ‘feature’

1

Curation

Targeted and regular emails to set of subscribers

Examples: SG push email, Mailchimp

1

Email newsletter

2

Public service information from your business area

mygovscot

2Set people a challenge (submit an image, video, text) with some kind of reward

Examples: Instagram, Youtube

Online challenge

Way of following multiple sites, accounts and keywords on a regular basis.

Examples: Netvibes, Feedly

Dashboards

1