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  David Wilcox commented on Michele Ide-Smith's blog post Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed"I think framework and roles is a good way to go - see Steph Gray on roles if you haven't before. There's still the issue of who designs the framework, and sets the rules ... just the council/partners, or with community interests? "Not…"Nov 3, 2009David Wilcox commented on Michele Ide-Smith's blog post Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed"Doing some connecting, at another level, interesting tweet from Martin Howitt "no-one is saying it explicitly, but it seems governance is dead: empowerment, guidance, and responsibility are the watchwords". He was at the Gartner Symposium,…"Nov 3, 2009David Wilcox commented on Michele Ide-Smith's blog post Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed"Hi Steve - great to see you here ... and please keep reminding us of the lessons you and others have learned in ... how many years ... is it 15? It's the people and the issues, not the tech:-)"Nov 2, 2009David Wilcox commented on Michele Ide-Smith's blog post Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed"Hi Michele - thanks for opening up discussion on the sort of situation that I think many public bodies will face. Great analysis, very interesting in many ways.
  I think the fundamental issue is about control: how much are the power-holding bodies…"Nov 2, 2009Michele Ide-Smith commented on Antonio Irranca's event 'Local Communities Collaboration Workshop'"I have just signed up having contacted David W about this workshop. I am working on a project in Cambridgeshire (Fenland) which is using social media to improve community cohesion in a rural area (funded from the CLG Customer Led Service…"Sep 18, 2009 RSS
  Working on a project in Fenland, Cambridgeshire exploring how social media and technologies can improve community cohesion. Also carrying out research for an MSc dissertation, looking at attitudes and perceptions to the use of social media by local government for citizen engagement.
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  A digital engagement framework adapted for local government
  I've been doing a bit of research into citizen engagement models for my MSc research and started to think about how these models relate to digital engagement. I looked at various models and frameworks and combined them to help me conceptualise digital engagement.
  Firstly I evaluated the participation model provided by David Wilcox in his 1994 participation framework, which was based… Continue Posted on February 9, 2010 at 7:00 — 2 Comments
  Digital engagement governance – a dichotomy between hyperlocal or partnership managed
  I've just started working on a project where we'll be exploring digital engagement methods, using social media alongside offline forms of engagement such as neighbourhood panels. The aim of the project is to improve community cohesion in a semi-rural community. The project is being developed as a partnership between the County Council, District Council, community centres, a rural development agency, housing associations, the Police and the Fire & Rescue Service.