Lets Hangout?
Would love to attempt a hangout on google+, and see how many remote attendees can stream their pictures to the camp.
Would love to attempt a hangout on google+, and see how many remote attendees can stream their pictures to the camp.
Island communities, faced with very real practical, geographical and/or logistical challenges in addition to their natural remoteness, have so much to gain from embracing digital technologies. Digital can improve community interactions, service delivery and economic development potential many times over. Yet anecdotal evidence suggests that local councils are largely ignoring the agenda. Their websites often fail ...more »
Island communities, faced with very real practical, geographical and/or logistical challenges in addition to their natural remoteness, have so much to gain from embracing digital technologies.
Digital can improve community interactions, service delivery and economic development potential many times over.
Yet anecdotal evidence suggests that local councils are largely ignoring the agenda. Their websites often fail to mention that a service can be accessed online,which surely has to be an advantage if the alternative is - at minimum - a return inter-island ferry journey and perhaps the expense of an unnecessary car journey.
What practical steps might we offer up to help an island authority take a great leap forward?
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Most public services today are organisation centric. Citizens receive them from organisations. The service design reflects the system we have built. What if individuals could be the point of integration ? If citizens could create their own personal data stores, and interact with public service providers e.g. local government, education, health, social care and third sector, friends and family using volunteered personal ...more »
Most public services today are organisation centric. Citizens receive them from organisations. The service design reflects the system we have built.
What if individuals could be the point of integration ?
If citizens could create their own personal data stores, and interact with public service providers e.g. local government, education, health, social care and third sector, friends and family using volunteered personal information ?
I would like to do a session where we imagine the individual, the family and the community using the power of the web to transact based on an individual-centric architecture.
Thanks
Alex
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