Social media & local gov event 29th October
From:
paul canning
Date:
Sep 04 11:06 UTC
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I have yet to see any of this stuff properly marketed to people. This is why
nobody uses it (or hardly anyone, or the usual suspects ... )
2008/9/2 Mick Phythian <mick@phythian.org.uk>
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> As to getting the citizens writing - nice idea but I await people truly
> getting involved online, apart from a very small minority, normally with
> a grudge! We established forums on our council web site which haven't
> been used either by staff or the public, we have tried online budgetary
> involvement with statistically insignificant feedback. We recently
> provided a form to 'question the Leader' - 15 responses of unknown
> quality but he seems pleased! But again what about the excluded?
>
> Personalisation may pull a few more in but technology doesn't come
> cheap, nor the people to develop and support it. According to the FT the
> whole Blair e-gov spend was around eight billion, surely some ground
> work on process and needs beforehand could have ensured a better spend?
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