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v, the national youth volunteering service, are currently running a really interesting project called Voicebox.
The Voicebox is a platform to register their views on a range of social issues over the next few months. It's an experiment in using social media to engage people in social and political conversation. The Voicebox uses interactive opinion polls, less boring than the average questionnaire, and data visualisations to try and prompt debate.
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I shared the presentation a few weeks ago and now here is Tim O'Reilly giving his views on Government as a Platform.
You might also be interested in his "O'Reilly Radar" keynote at O'Reilly's annual Open Source Convention (OSCON).
There's a new blog post over at FutureGov:
Let us know your thoughts - What one interview question would you ask someone going for a public sector leadership job to test whether they truly believe in social innovation and the social web?
Carnegie Trust UK and Open Democracy are hosting an event focussing on media, state/international governance, poverty and civil society to identify civil society's role in enabling dissent.
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"Ipsos MORI’s latest work provides an insight into how well local areas are performing based on analysis of the 2008/09 Place Survey national dataset"
You can download a copy here [opens in PDF]
Highlights the growing crisis in confidence in local government despite service improvement, with an equal decline in effective communications. Enter social media and other tools?
If you're curious to know about my experiences going to NYC as FutureGov's competition winner and attending the impressive Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2009, come check my reporting back on the FutureGov Consultancy website. Another report on with more information from the conference will be written due to popular demand! So stay tune for that! Till then, take care folks! :-)
FutureGov competition winner Liz Azyan reporting back from PDF09
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