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That was #mailcamp12 2 days ago · View
And so it came to pass: 80 people heard 15 talks from organisations ranging from The National Archives to Central Bedfordshire Council; the Royal Society to Blue State Digital. We made interesting new connections; discussed segmentation, mobile and data protection; and polished off nearly £500-worth of pizza, drinks and snacks between us. Matt Jukes did a tremendous [...] -
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Countdown to #Mailcamp12 1 week ago · View
We’re just a few days away now from Mailcamp 2012, with over 120 places booked to hear from our line-up of 16 speakers, including: Central Bedfordshire Council The National Archives Comms2point0 Driving Standards Agency Blue State Digital Bang Communications ActionRocket The Royal Society Suffolk County Council Trading Standards Department for Education Government Communications Network Local Government Information Unit Lewisham Council National Audit Office Reason Digital Helpful Technology (er, that’s me!) It’s [...]
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Public sector collaboration with the social economy (community, voluntary and social enterprise) 2 weeks, 5 days ago · View
Sure – try Francis Clarke at @francisclarke on Twitter or via his website linked from here: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/francis-clarke/22/14a/4b0
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Applicant: Dan Slee Funding provided: £250 Event details: http://hyperwm.org.uk/ Event description: We’re looking to stage – for the third year – an unconference in the West Midlands that brings together people in and around local government. Previous years have been half day but we’re looking to stage a full day event for the first time. One [...]
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We’re almost out of cash… 3 weeks, 6 days ago · View
We’ve had a fantastic response with lots of applications coming into the UKGovcamp Grants programme. Check out our Supported Events section for details of the events that have been funded, including: MailCamp: £350 Scotgovcamp: £250 Digital Health: £350 Librarycamp: £400 Bluelightcamp: £500 High St Camp : £250 Code Skool: £200 Social enterprise/Gov collab: £250 Open Space South West: £400 (23 Apr) [...]
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NHS Hack Day 3 weeks, 6 days ago · View
Applicant: Carl Reynolds Funding provided: £250 Event date & location: 26-27 May, University of London Union Event info: http://twitter.com/nhshackday Event description: NHS digital technology is too often disappointing, we’re stuck with user experiences that ten years ago would have been barely passable, but today are totally unacceptable. As a junior hospital doctor NHS digital technology causes [...]
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IslandGovCamp 2012 3 weeks, 6 days ago · View
Applicant: Sweyn Hunter Funding provided: £250 Event location & date: Kirkwall, Orkney: 25-27 May 2012 Event info: http://islandgovcamp.blogspot.co.uk/ Event description: A self organised unconference for people who work in and around government in islands, wherever they may be (including the big one with Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London on it); and for anyone with connections to islands, however tenuous. [...]
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Open Space South West 3 weeks, 6 days ago · View
Applicant: Carl Haggerty Funding provided: £400 Event details: TBC Event description: Purpose is to reach a south west of england audience and in particular policy makers, heds of service and councillors and I suspect a range of the usual govcampers
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Book your ticket for MailCamp now 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
We’ve just opened up bookings for this year’s MailCamp: get your free ticket now from: http://mailcamp12.eventbrite.com/ The National Audit Office ( sign up to their email alerts! ) are kindly hosting us in their great office next to Victoria Station in central London. Kick off is at 3pm prompt, and we’ll end with pizzas and a well-earned drink [...]
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ElectionCamp 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
Applicant: John Popham Funding provided: £300 Event details: TBC Event description: A one day unconference about exploring new ways of re-connecting the electorate with local politics and politicians. Examining existing and new ways in which Hyperlocal Bloggers and Citizen Journalists can cover local elections, inform local people better about the issues and personalities, and help [...]
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Public sector collaboration with the social economy (community, voluntary and social enterprise) 2 months ago · View
Applicant: Francis Clarke Funding provided: £250 Event description: Responding to the broad brief that events should broadly be about how technology can support transparency, engagement or collaboration we would like to hold an event which looks at how technology can support collaboration between smaller social enterprises (and other third sector organisations more generally) and the [...]
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Code Skool 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Applicant: Shirley Atkinson
Funding provided:£200
Event details: TBC (Location: Plymouth)
Event description:
The purpose is to bring year 8 children to Plymouth University for a competition. The day will start with a problem posed to them – about young peoples feedback to local government – they will then create a website to solve the problem.
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Digital Health Conference and Hack 2012 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Applicant: Claire Jones Funding provided: £350 Event details: TBC, likely Leeds, 29th and 30th June 2012 Event website: http://digihealthcon.wordpress.com Tickets: http://digihealthcon.eventbrite.co.uk/ Event description: We aim to get people together for two days to discuss opportunities and challenges to implementing digital and social media within health and social care. We aim to host 256 delegates, in Leeds, 29th and [...]
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scotgovcamp 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Applicant: Alex Stobart (Mydex), Bill Roberts (Swirrl), Ian Watt Aberdeen CC Funding provided: £250 Event info: TBC – previous event website: http://scotgovcamp.wordpress.com/ Event description: Purpose – get 50 to 70 Scotland based webbies, open data, social media, developers, commissioners, citizens together to chat, exchange ideas, in an open format with outcomes being projects, open data, Apps ideas, [...]
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High Street Camp 2012 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Applicant: Julian Dobson Funding provided: £250 Event date/location: 24 May, Willesden, London Event info: http://highstcamp.eventbrite.com Event description: High Street Camp is intended as an unconference to follow up the Portas Review published in December 2011. The aim is to bring together innovators in local government, community activists, artists, retailers and traders, and others interested in creating [...]
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Library Camp 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Applicant: Richard Veevers, Carolin Schneider Funding provided: £400 Event date/location: TBC September/October, likely to be Birmingham Event website: express interest here (ticket booking not yet opened) Event description: Library Camp facilitates the debate in encouraging awareness and use of Libraries, particularly among those who do not use the existing service. Those involved in the voluntary organisation want [...]
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Announcing MailCamp 2012 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Thanks to our kind host @nickmhalliday of the National Audit Office and the support of GovDelivery, I’m delighted to announce that MailCamp 2012 is happening on Thursday 17 May 2011, from 3pm-8pm. If last year’s event is anything to go by, it should be a fascinating afternoon of show+tell, pizzas and conversation about what works in [...]
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MailCamp 2012 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Applicant: Steph Gray Amount funded: £350 Event details: http://mailcamp.ukgovcamp.com Event date: Thu 17th May 2012 Email alerts and newsletters – done well – have massive potential to increase take-up, boost online campaigns and support ongoing digital engagement. You can build all the social media communities you like, but chances are, its the weekly email roundup, pinging [...]
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