Comments on: digitalgovuk: Tracking social media innovation in government

By: Richard van den Boogaard

Richard van den Boogaard — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:15:53 +0000

I came across the Downingst YouTube channel a few weeks ago. I use it as an example of how YouTube channels can be used creatively.

What I really like is the iteration between citizens and the PM in the channel’s “Ask the PM”-section.

Any idea why this channel is not regularly updated with new Q&A’s?

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The library of youth offers - Plings Blogs — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:20:40 +0000

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By: Vicky Hawkes

Vicky Hawkes — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:31:23 +0000

Thanks Steph. Look forwards to reading this blog and passing on some of its wisdom to colleagues.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:44:05 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Vicky!

I’ve added your nice examples to digitalgovuk – keep up the good work.

By: Vicky Hawkes

Vicky Hawkes — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:48:23 +0000

Hi We don't yet have a delicious account (if we did, it would probably be aimed more at internal reflective practice) but Careers Scotland not only has a YouTube channel, we also have Facebook and Bebo applications (currently in their early stages)

By: A brilliant resource for public sector social media | Simon Wakeman - Marketing and public relations

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:15:30 +0000

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By: Tim Davies

Tim Davies — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:37:07 +0000

Hey Steph

This is a fantastic resource.

I was struck by your comment over on Neil’s blog:

“Incidentally, a nagging worry in my mind recently is that lists like my digitalgovuk actually imply that use of the tools is enough in itself to be innovative and engaging, when clearly that’s not right.”

Two thoughts:

>DigitalGovUK is a list of uses and approaches, over just a list of tools – which is great

>Could DigitalGovUK provide a foundation for (either on the site itself, or something others should build using the RSS feed out of it) for structured exploration of Pro’s / Con’s / Business Case / Adoption Patterns for different tools…?

Overall though this is a great way of bringing things together…

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:51:20 +0000

Thanks all, and for your tagging.

@Simon: cheers, and for the nice write up.

@Neil: thanks for the tips. I’ve been in and raided CivilWiki and shared those links at your suggestion and will work on the rest.

I’ve just added a print stylesheet; a check to remove duplicate URLs tagged; enabled email subscription by email for updates; and tag-specific RSS feeds, e.g. if you only want to hear about new YouTube channels.

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:13:53 +0000

In terms of suggestions: have you raided existing lists already?

- Dave’s Twitterverse and Public Sector Blogs list
- Case studies on CiviWiki or Digital People @ COP
- Digital Dialogues 1, 2, 3.

Happy to help tag some stuff, have been tagging a few CLG bits already.

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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:31:21 +0000

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