It’s Friday. It’s 3.30pm. It’s time for generic viagra a nice entertaining post about the character of local government. Oh! Here’s one – on a blog that’s generally worth keeping an eye on. Along with the Glum Councillors tumblog, we’re seeing the culture of local government being ever-so-slightly lightened and humanised by the blogosphere.
Posts Tagged ‘Councillors’
Blogs, twitter and leadership
Just a quick signpost to this post on the ReadWriteWeb blog about. I think that this observation has implications for the nature of representation – and even for leadership. “Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once wrote that Twitter made him “a better and happier person.” He asks, “What would you do differently if there were a [...]
Interactivity v political success
Cllr Mary Reid (a Kingston-Upon-Thames Lib-Dem) has a short post up about percentages of councillors blogging. Cutting to the chase…. In the UK … 7% of all Liberal Democrat councillors have websites/blogs. 2% of all Conservative councillors have websites/blogs. 1% of all Labour councillors have websites/blogs. The Lib-Dems plainly value interactivity more highly than the [...]
The internet for councillors
Apologies for the light posting here lately – even bloggers go on holiday, y’know? I’ve not collected my thoughts for any original posts yet, though the ‘Duty to Promote Democracy’ and the obligation to offer petitions will be on the statute book shortly providing plenty of new material in the coming weeks. For now, Dave [...]
A new deputy in town
At the risk of loading expectations onto someone, it’s very good news to see that Bill McCluggage has been appointed as Deputy Government CIO in Cabinet Office. I did some work with Bill over the last eighteen months in Northern Ireland where he was a very powerful advocate for getting local councillors and councils to take [...]
What central government thinks about local councillors
It’s Friday. Time for a bit of a laugh. This ‘Yes Minister’ clip provides a rough outline: And on the wider perception of councillors, here’s Vic & Bob’s take: Joking aside, if there is one thing that desperately needs rebranding, it’s the very idea of the Local Councillor.
Councillors blogging – looking for encouragement
I’ve promised to help a few Councillors from Welwyn and Hatfield Borough Council start their own blogs. I already manage a project that is intended to get as many of them as possible to manage a small personal website. Anyway, here are the five aspiring bloggers. All have made a start, but you will see [...]