The What, the Why & the How

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• Digital engagement– Communication– Engagement– Digital democracy

• Public service transformation– Service co-design– Change management– Cross-organisational collaboration

• Social innovation incubation– Idea generation– Project co-design and support

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The What...

TweetyHall is a constantly updated barometer of local issues. Powered by twitter we allow both councillors and citizens to track local politics in real time and connect to each other.

Inspired by...

Gov 2.0 for a New kind of Politics

Leadership

2.0 CollaborativeAction orientedPermission to experimentPublic value over public bodiesIntrapreneurs and entrepreneurs

building blocks for #localgov innovation

open

social

democratic

collaborative

inclusive

networked

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The How? In short...

BUT this is not about technology!*

• We want to make Local Government more engaging, open and honest

• We want local representatives to be the best they can be by using web tools effectively

• We want to encourage politicians and citizens to have more conversations with each other

*well, not only

Functional

Helps Councillors connect with their citizens

Allows councillors to keep up with real time news“It’s worth remembering that although most people don’t use twitter (yet) - the media and the political elite do”@antoniabance

“I can communicate my message and people can immediately respond – traditionally we have done this face to face, but more and more people communicate through social media and we need to keep up.”@dwoodend

everybody’s doing it

Sharing good web practice

At Home....

And Away...“Social media has given me the best policy research and feedback I’ve ever gotten. Twitter is no one way street.

... I can send out one tweet and it will reach more people than any newspaper in the city, my phone is a printing press in my pocket”@CoryBookerMayor of Newark

old skool leadership done in a new skool way

support is on hand

Publication: Lessons from #LE2010

What’s next?

•Improve functionality, including topical channels.• Continue to document good practice of the web in local government • Reach out to more local representatives• Continue to connect and support #localgov champions

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