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Part 2 of “An open source business model for government software; how we’re making it work, in 3 easy parts”
In part 1 of this series I looked at the basics of open source for government, and identified that there are challenges in making it work, specifically: Development Evangelism and raising awareness Ensuring sustainability, responsive support, and further development In … Continue reading
Posted in Code & Tech Stuff, From Delib, How Delib gets stuff done, News & thinking
Tagged business models, citizen space, Delib's business model, developing software, government software, innovation, investing in open source, open source, open source for government, public sector procurement, software business, sustainable open source projects
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Part 1 of “An open source business model for government software; how we’re making it work, in 3 easy parts”
The use of open source software by government continues to attract a lot of interest and discussion, ranging across issues such as: How can central government manage tech procurement better and reduce costs? How should government and the wider public … Continue reading
Posted in Code & Tech Stuff, From Delib, How Delib gets stuff done, News & thinking
Tagged business models, citizen space, Delib's business model, developing software, government software, innovation, investing in open source, open source, open source for government, public sector procurement, software business, sustainable open source projects
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Tips for setting up your organisation’s consultation infrastructure
If you’re planning to embed online consultation seriously within your organisation, and help build a more participative organisation for the future, then you need to think hard about how best to set up your online consultation infrastructure. The core reason … Continue reading
Posted in From Delib, News & thinking, Tips & tricks to help you
Tagged building consultation capacity, citizen space, consultation infrastructure, consultation software advice, consultation tips, gov2.0, government consultation software, online consultation, open source, public consultation
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Five interesting pieces of digital democracy news for people working in Local Government
1) Guidance – best value consultation + communities Just released: guidance from Communities and Local Government on Best Value Duty. This document provides guidance on how authorities can work with voluntary and community groups and small businesses when facing funding … Continue reading
Posted in From Delib, From other people, News & thinking
Tagged best practice, best value, budget simulator, citizen space, delib, dialogue app, digital democracy, e-consultation, Engagement, Flickr, government, local council, local government, local government twitter, online consultation, online consultation advice, participation, Social media, twitter
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7 useful things for NHS consultation, engagement and patient involvement
NHS Social Media – my favourite find of last week, this is a straightforward twitter discussion for anyone involved in using social media in the NHS. The discussion takes place every Wednesday evening and is easy to join or watch. … Continue reading
Posted in From Delib, From other people, News & thinking, Tips & tricks to help you
Tagged citizen space, consultation software, crowd-sourcing, data visualisation, GP Consortiums, GP practices, healthcare policy, how-to guides, NHS, NHS Social Media, patient consultation, patient involvement, policy dialogue, public consultation
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In-house project to develop a consultation system? Could that be bad maths? (And sorry if I’m ranting).
Apologies: this is a rant. Ranting is rarely useful or interesting, and we mostly avoid it on this blog. But this one seemed justified. I wrote it in 2010, but didn’t publish it. I’ve spent some time cutting out a … Continue reading
Stockport PCT choose Citizen Space as a key tool to help manage change within the NHS
With a major period of change in the NHS, many PCTs are having to increase consultation needs within a restricted budget. Having recently chosen to use Citizen Space, Stockport PCT have identified the system as a key tool to help … Continue reading
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Tagged case study, citizen space, Consultation Policy, Engagement, GP Consortiums, GPs, health, healthcare consultation, NHS, online consultation software, patient consultation, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, PCTs, public consultation, Restricted Budget, Stockport PCT
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Using RDFa to create a Google Calendar
Part of what we like to do in Delib is demonstrate how easy it can be explore to Linked Data and get more engagement from a public consultation process. I’ve just spent an hour or so playing around with the … Continue reading
Opening up the Citizen Space consultation Aggregator
Earlier this year we launched our consultation Aggregator, and put a demonstration site online. This combines all our clients’ consultations running on Delib’s Citizen Space software into a single, searchable hub. We were very pleased with this demo, and its … Continue reading
Customisation Costs, Fact.
Nearly a year ago, Andy made an eloquent post describing the difference between brand and design. He argued that although design really does matter, paying extra to have an App branded to match your core website exactly, is overkill. More … Continue reading
