links for 2009-04-14
By Dominic Campbell • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Useful links-
Short, sweet, simple and erm, strategic guide to using social media in government
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Call me sceptical but…
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I LOVE DELICIOUS
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OpenSecrets.org releases 200 million [gov't] data records today (via Alberto Nardelli)
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"As the government ramps up its army of bureaucrats to help oversee and implement the stimulus, Washington will become ground zero for new jobs, many of which will be filled by people moving here from somewhere else." (via Dennis McDonald)
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Blimey
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Stunner especially the linked info (via Derek Baird)
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"Physical impairments need not prevent someone from participating in daily activities as well as special occasions with family and friends. Electric mobility scooters restore independence and freedom of mobility to help promote an active lifestyle." (via Robert Groth)
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In awe
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Initiative to promote and encourages high school students to use design thinking to solve real world problems
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"Design Ignites Change, an initiative created by Worldstudio Projects and Adobe’s Youth Voices, which promotes and encourages high school students to use design thinking to solve real world problems"
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"OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy. Whether you’re a voter, journalist, activist, student or interested citizen, use our free site to shine light on your government. Count cash and make change." (via Alberto Nardelli)
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Comprehensive sum up from Ingrid
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Digging the mature approach taken by the IDeA
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"We are a grassroots campaign to encourage UK government and public sector organisations to make their data available to the general public." (via Dave Briggs)
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"We are a firm of experience’s ideation and strategic creativity, designing, from 2002, innovative projects for brands, cities and firms. We are innovative and our goal is to explore, to research and to implant creativity and innovation, in order to reach a progressive transformation." (via Lauren Currie)
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"At strategic level, Government has recognised the imperative for innovation in the public sector and the Design Council has set up Public Services by Design, a new programme to enable and inspire innovation within public services which will help government create services that are not only cost effective, but connect the public into the heart of policy making." (via Lauren Currie)
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"The majority of Twitter users worldwide are age 35 or older, and young adults ages 18-24 make up only 10.6% of the Twitter population in the US and are less likely than the average user to Tweet, according to an analysis of February data by comScore blogger Sarah Radwanick." Well I never (via Derek Baird)
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More of this sort of thing. Where's our fun? (via Merici Vinton)
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