Next Big Thing in KM – workshop report

I’ve just finished running a workshop on What’s the Next Big Thing at the KIMPS09 public sector knowledge management conference, and succeeding (I think) through the simple expedient of asking participants what think. As I explained earlier I came (read more...)

Help! What’s the Next Big Thing in Knowledge Management?

What’s the next big thing in local government knowledge management? I could do with some help on this topic because tomorrow I’m running a workshop at the big annual KM event run by the Ark Group – KIMPS09 – and I’m not a specialist in the topic.

The invite to contribute came in months (read more...)

Local social tech: can communities do it themselves?

We had a terrific workshop about local communities and social tech yesterday with some 40 people crowding into the boardroom of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills for an unconferency session.

We heard news of major national programmes like Community Voices, Talk About Local, (read more...)

Local government knowledge hub – much more interesting than it sounds

Yesterday I went along to a meeting that, on the face of it, was about how UK local government and public agencies might share knowledge in future. Limited interest? No, because it generated a discussion touching on how far all citizens might have access to much “official” information; the impact this could have on local (read more...)

Revisiting local online communities, 15 years on

Over the past few weeks I’ve been concentrating on an issue that first engaged me with things Internet some 15 years ago – how to use the Net in local communities, and how to help those pioneering this work to share experience.

My Social by Social book collaborator Amy Sample Ward and I have (read more...)

Free download of Social by Social book

The Social by Social handbook written by Amy Sample Ward, Andy Gibson, me, and Nigel Courtney and Professor Clive Holtham of Cass Business School got a really nice mention from Craig Newmark (as in Craigslist) in no less than the HuffingtonPost.

Hey, if you’re interested in using social media in your organization, and you (read more...)