Archive for November, 2008

Time for mobile outlook?

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by kevincw

(also reproduced on ADCOLOG) We’re used to equipping ICT suites with PCs, especially public access suites.  Well, that’s what communities want, isn’t it, to access the internet. Well, yes, but it seems more and more people are acessing the net using their mobile phone, as this BBC article shows. I wonder if this could be [...]

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The Risk of Not…

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by kevincw

I just thought I’d draw attention to this news article from BBC Online. There’s some interesting stuff in it later on about the Digital Divide, something that is increasingly becoming a theme on this, and other blogs.   However, it’s the initial headline I want to expand on. Just under a year ago Dave Briggs came [...]

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Public Sector Innovation Conference – Part 3 (NEETS)

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by kevincw

This final post was prompted by the excellent workshop facilitated by Dr Richard Williams, the Chief Executive of Rathbone, on Engaging 16 – 18 year old NEETS using innovative methods.  It was based on some interesting research carried out partly by Rathbone amongst NEETs that found, amongst other things: That young people who are NEETs [...]

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These next two posts are just going to focus on a couple of issues I came up with during my the conference.  It shouldn’t imply they were the best points, but the points I felt needed more exposure or reflection. The first point was made very briefly during an excellent all round presentation by the [...]

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Local Government Innovation Conference (Part 1)

Posted on November 21st, 2008 by kevincw

I’m just coming back from two days at the Public Sector Innovation Conference in London. I’m going to blog some of the ideas I came up with more fully over the next few days, however I thought now was possibly the time to write a bit about the conference generally. Dominic Campbell, from FutureGov, was [...]

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Hello world!

Posted on November 21st, 2008 by admin

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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