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Category Archives: About Political Innovation
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
What politicians need to know about social public information pt3: Breaking public sector info-monopolies
We’ve seen that it’s possible for manufacturers to rely upon social spaces to do their marketing for them with minimal input from themselves – and how the benefits of doing so can outweigh the advantages of the controlled message. But … Continue reading
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Edinburgh event on Saturday: Attendee breakdown (so far)
By the time you read this, we will have probably had more than 100 sign-ups up for the Political Innovation Edinburgh event. Sign-ups were asked to provide a small amount of information about themselves to help us to ensure that … Continue reading
What politicians need to know about social public information pt2: How commercial monopolies were broken
If you like gadgets (I do) you will be familiar with the way that users research and buy them. Imagine you are a hi-fi enthusiast or an amateur photographer. You want to buy a new amplifier or a camera. How … Continue reading
Political Innovation event poster – designed by thinkpublic
One of the Political Innovation essays has come from Ivo Gormley – director of the Us Now film and one of the team at the service-design agency, thinkpublic. A few weeks ago, they contacted us and offered to do some … Continue reading
What politicians need to know about social public information pt1: Breaking the monopoly
A few summers ago, David Cameron allegedly sent Tory MPs on holiday with a copy of Thaler & Sunstein’s behavioural economics bestseller Nudge – a standard-bearer for a wider canon of literature all about how small tweaks in the way … Continue reading
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