This UKGovCamp 10 Session by Al Smith was focused mainly on how council’s responded to January’s Big Freeze in terms of online communication.
Al had some interesting experience and innovations to share around communicating quickly information on school closures, road gritting and any affected services.
The group talked about how in a rapidly occurring situation online communication [...]

A slightly unusual name for the first session I attended at UKGovCamp10, suggested and led by someone I won’t name as they’d come unofficially rather than on behalf of their organisation.
The session was intended to share progress, experience and tips on social media,online and technology for local government. The focus was on how to get [...]

I didn’t make a resolution for 2009 but at localgovcamp in June I made a pledge:
‘Be passionate, be pursuasive, persevere and share’
I think this has stood me pretty well for the second half of the year and is sentiment I’ll be taking with me into 2010.
This year has been a fascinating and exciting journey for [...]