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Author Archives: Paul Evans
What to expect at Political Innovation’s London Events in 2012
We have five ‘Translation Layer’ events planned between 24th January and the 3rd April 2012. Full details can be seen here. At each event, there will be a short-ish talk followed by a discussion among participants. Personal networking is at … Continue reading
Co-design and policymaking – London event on 7th February
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen just how powerful a concept collaborative authoring is. Using little more than standard blogging tools and a creative use of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests, campaigners Sue Marsh and Kaliya Franklin started … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Co-design, Collaborative Authoring
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Crowdsourcing analysis for policymakers? What could possibly go wrong?
I’m looking forward to the ‘Crowdsourcing Analysis for Policymakers‘ event next week, with Andrew Stott kicking the evening off with some of his experiences working on the Government’s Open Data and Transparency Programme. We’re expecting a packed house but there … Continue reading
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Tagged Cognitive Surplus, Consultations, Transparency
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Full list of the Political Innovation ‘Translation Layer’ 2012 events now confirmed
Just a quick short post to highlight the 2012 ‘Translation Layer’ events. All speakers and dates have now been finalised – full details here. I’ve already written up a more detailed outline of the first event – Crowdsourcing Analysis for … Continue reading
Crowdsourcing Analysis for Policymakers
Crowdsourcing Analysis for Policymakers is the first of five planned Political Innovation Translation Layer evening events in the new year. These free events are taking place and the Adam Street Club just off The Strand in London. Get your tickets now … Continue reading
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Tagged Crowdsourcing, Open Data, Policymaking, Think tanks, Translation Layer
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Politicos – meet gamers
I’d like to invite you to an event I’m helping to organise along with a few friends, in which politicos and gamers will be expected to mingle and swap ideas. Get a ticket here (it’s next Thursday in central London) … Continue reading
FED – Ideas to Sustain
Realpolitik and Bella Caledonia present ‘FED – Ideas Worth Sustaining’, a one-day program of talks, discussions, and, most importantly, ideas. FED takes its cue from July’s TEDGlobal Edinburgh conference – but while TED costs an eye-watering £3,700 to attend, FED … Continue reading
Sometimes a quote is so good it deserves a posting of its own…
“An administrator in a bureaucratic world is a man who can feel big by merging his non-entity in an abstraction. A real person in touch with real things inspires terror in him.” – Marshall McLuhan
City Forward – using public data
I met IBM’s John Tolva at the Personal Democracy Forum in Barcelona recently – here’s a short vid about his ‘City Forward’ project: I’m putting it here mainly to bookmark it because I think it’s the sort of thing that’s … Continue reading
Edinburgh & Belfast events – a round up
There’s not too much to add to the comprehensive write-ups of the Edinburgh and Belfast events that Mick has posted on Slugger O’Toole apart from a remark about how good it was to meet so many new people that share … Continue reading
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