As the keen followers of this blog will know, we like to organise (and attend) the odd event or two here at FutureGov. From FutureGov Network meet ups, to Gov2Gov events, to online film premieres, to lending a hand at bigger events like Gov20 Camp, Reboot Britain and Social Innovation Camp, we love getting out and about listening, learning and sharing. At all of these events and more besides, there has been a rapid growth in real time reporting on the goings on during the sessions due in no small part to the explosive adoption of tools like Twitter.

At the end of last year I did a post about Ivo Gormley’s seminal film, Us Now. The film had such an impact that since then (as promised) FutureGov has been working with Ivo to screen the film both in the UK and further afield. The reaction at these screenings was so positive that we’re working with Ivo to launch the film online in association with the British Council think tank Counterpoint.

This weekend I’ll be flying to Washington DC to attend the Politics Online Conference. The line-up for the two day event looks fantastic! I’m especially happy to be there to support the screening of Us Now, which is a UK film about mass participation and collaboration directed by Ivo Gromley.

This is the transcript and presentation from my slot at the IDeA’s “Councillors Connected” online conference on their Community of Practice site.

Having enjoyed co-hosting the Public Services 2.0 event over in Brussels last week with David Osimo and Lee Bryant (video of the event now available), this week Justin and I will be heading out to Washington DC to reprezent for the UK GovWeb scene at Government 2.0 Camp, a 500 (yes 500) strong BarCamp event for US GovWeb geeks and policy wonks.

A bit of a delayed post this one, but a couple of Wednesdays ago I was lucky enough to go along to a screening of Ivo Gormley’s new film Us Now. Pitched as “a film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet”, Us Now focuses on the changing relationship between citizens and the state enabled by developments in technology and the expansion of the Internet.