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- No 5: Government information? Get the public to provide it!
- No 4: See Change – opening policy research to the public
- No 3: Assertion-flagging: for less partisan, prejudiced blogging
- No 2: The politics of buying stuff
- No 1: Towards Interactive Government
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Category Archives: About Political Innovation
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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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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What’s happening on Saturday in Belfast
We had over eighty people along for the Political Innovation event in Edinburgh on Saturday. Slugger O’Toole has a write up here, and Bruno Panara has pulled together a good timeline using Storify here.
Who’s coming to Political Innovation in Edinburgh on Saturday?
We asked people registering to tick a few boxes. Those questions aren’t that easy to read and some are cut off on Eventbrite’s reporting display, so here are the questions in full from the registration system: It’s about as good … Continue reading
Citizen engagement exchange
This is a guest post by Mick Phythian. In many ways, it makes a similar point to the series of essays on this site entitled ‘What Politicians Need to Know about social public information’ – but a good deal more … Continue reading
What politicians need to know about social public information pt4: Lessons from effective hacktivism
Enlightenment thinkers were wide awake to the dangers of direct democracy as demands for the franchise increased. The concerns raised by thinkers such as Burke, Mill or DeTocqueville remain very pertinent to the discussions around the idea of The Big … Continue reading