"The rise of citizen-run websites" - Harringay Online on BBC again

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 11, 2010 at 11:29

Thanks for picking this up Adam. You were on to it almost as soon as it was published it seems!

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Permalink Reply by matt on June 11, 2010 at 12:45

Good article.

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Permalink Reply by Lesley Ramm on June 11, 2010 at 13:15

Thanks for directing us to this article. it's good for HoL to get such well deserved recognition.
well done HoL

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on June 11, 2010 at 15:22

In case people missed it, can I recommend David Goldblatt's talk yesterday about Dutch Total Football in the early 1970s. (The item was on Radio 3 Night Waves - 37 minutes into the programme.

What's this got to do with the flowering of citizen-run websites? Listen and ponder.

And then consider the implications for top-down Command-and-Control models of central and local government management.

Anyone want to try Total Waste Management?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 11, 2010 at 15:43

In an interesting companion piece to this, it's just been announced that Award for best use of digital campaigning by a candidate has gone to Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green

The judges felt that she has built up a strong social media presence through long-term hard work.

Lynne said:

I don't feel you can be a good elected representative now, in the sense of communication, if you're not accessible online.

I hope our local elected representatives will listen and learn. (And by the way, that means being accessible where the people are - NOT expecting people to come to you!)

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