Tag Archives: crowdsourcing

A mini unconference – some thoughts from the first BlueLightCamp

Having attended my first ‘unconference‘ back in January, in the form of UK GovCamp, the prospect of attending a smaller, emergency services focused event seemed exciting and timely. The day proved interesting and varied, with 5 different sessions and a … Continue reading

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Delib Wins Social Buzz Award 2011

A bit late in announcing this but Delib is very happy to share the fact that we won a Social Buzz Award for ‘Best Socially Responsible Initiative’ for our work on the My2050 project for the Department of Energy and … Continue reading

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G-Cloud take home thoughts from the second Tea Camp

This weekend will see the announcement of the names of more than 300 suppliers who have been successfully added to the G-Cloud Framework. In light of this exciting news, the second Tea Camp held yesterday at the National Audit Office … Continue reading

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Gov Camp 2012 – 15 take home pointers

GovCamp 2012 was awesome. With two days of packed and uber interesting un-conference style talks, coupled with an opportunity to talk to and debate with a whole host of varied people, the event was truly worth working on a Saturday … Continue reading

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5 ways to do better software demos

Software demos are often too long and they shouldn’t be. This great post from We Love Local Government hit a nerve. The post inspired us to set out some principles for how we demo. Our goal is simply to make … Continue reading

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How our apps link into IAP2 Spectrum of public participation

Having worked with a number of global clients including NAPA in America and DFC in South Australia, we are particularly interested in learning how our current and future clients can use our apps to inform IAP2 (International Association of Public … Continue reading

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Spending Challenge wraps up; government takes ideas forward

So on Friday the Treasury’s public ideas-gathering/crowdsourcing Spending Challenge site wrapped up, having collected more than 44,000 suggestions from the public. You can read more on the Treasury’s website or watch this quick BBC interview with George Osborne. Both the … Continue reading

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What’s smart for honeybees is smart for groups of people too

We (humans) think we’re a clever bunch, and always assume we’re the fonts of innovation and inventors of new solutions to problems – whether that’s a new technology or a new theory. However, often it’s the case that we’ve been … Continue reading

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‘is [Your Freedom] the silliest new govt website or the most inspired?’

That was the question posed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy of http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/ on his Twitter account yesterday – and it nicely encapsulates the ability for an exercise and site like this to polarise opinion. There’s been a lot of coverage and comment … Continue reading

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Looking after ‘Your Freedom’ site as it’s strained by intense demand

So at Delib towers, we’re still here, looking after the http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk website we set live earlier today. We’re excited to be working on this project, which really does look like it could be, as Nick Clegg said this morning, ‘the … Continue reading

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