Tag Archives: Unconference
Doing more with digital
Uk GovCamp It’s just over a year since I attended THE annual event for people interested in public sector digital tech: UK GovCamp. I raved blogged about it here. According to organisers Steph Gray (Helpful Technology) and Dave Briggs (KindofDigital): … Continue reading
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Posted in Events, Social Media, Technology, UKGC13, Unconference, weekly blog club
Tagged digital, public sector, social media, UK GovCamp, UKGC13, Unconference
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BlueLight Camp: Post of posts
Planning for BlueLight Camp 2013 is well under way, and more information will be published about the event on the BlueLightCamp site shortly. In the meantime, I thought it worth highlighting some of the articles written about the first BlueLight Camp, held … Continue reading
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Posted in blogging, BluelightCamp, Events, Social Media, Technology, Unconference, weekly blog club
Tagged bloggers, collaboration, emergency services, highlights, social media, Twitter, Unconference
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A local GDS, for Local People
In case you aren’t familiar with it, GDS is the acronym for the Government Digital Service, which was set-up by the Cabinet Office to ‘transform’ government digital services. GDS is responsible for – amongst other things – the single government domain. … Continue reading
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Posted in apps, LocalGov, Sociable Enterprise, Technology, weekly blog club, WordPress
Tagged collaboration, GDS, Local Government, Sharing, Unconference, yammer
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The rise of the unconference
An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term “unconference” has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a conventional conference, such as high fees, sponsored presentations, and organisation. … Continue reading
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Unconferences: Good, Bad or Ugly?
This is the second part of a joint effort by Sasha Taylor and Mark Braggins. In this post we talk about two topics we’re finding difficult to keep entirely separate: #lgovsm (a weekly chat on Twitter for Local Gov social media … Continue reading
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Tagged LocalGovCamp, social media, Twitter, Unconference
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Reflections on events
Over the last year or so I’ve attended a bunch of ‘unconference‘ events. In this post I thought I’d take a look back at some of them. All events have something worth sharing, and most I’ve attended have had shed-loads; I’ve therefore … Continue reading
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Tagged Bambuser, Remote attendee, social media, technology, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
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Puffin Island (IslandGovCamp)
There was barely a cloud in the sky during the whole of IslandGovCamp. Gorgeous weather prevailed throughout. In the absence of real clouds, I decided to make one instead and make it colourful and interactive. Most of the words are clickable … Continue reading
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Tagged IslandGovCamp, Orkney, social media, Tag cloud, technology, Twitter, Unconference, word cloud
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BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt1)
First thing in the morning on Sunday 15th April there was barely a cloud in the sky above Manchester. The sun shone, the sky was blue, and I was off camping. It was a few miles walk to the camp … Continue reading
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Tagged Local Government, Police, technology, tools, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
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A ‘Sociable’ Enterprise?
Last week, in a post for Weekly Blog Club, I wrote about the new iPad, and how I use it for work. Phil Jewitt kindly mentioned my post on Twitter, and a we chatted about how weeklyblogclubbers possess all sorts of qualities … Continue reading
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Tagged IslandGovCamp, Orkney, Twitter, Unconference
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Camping without the tents: UK GovCamp 2012
I spent Friday and Saturday in London at UK GovCamp 2012, or #UKGC12 as it’s known on Twitter. It was an “unconference” with no prepared agenda. If you aren’t familiar with unconferences, Steph Gray gives a good description in his November … Continue reading
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Tagged GovCamp, technology, Twitter, Unconference, weekly blog club, WordPress
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