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KHUB Focus
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16 Jun 2017 - 10:06

null Digital Leaders Week starts on Monday 19 June 2017

Digital Leaders Week (19-23 June) celebrates, showcases, shares and inspires the best digital transformation across the public, private and non-profit sectors. Starting on Monday over 40 events will kick off across the UK as part of the first ever Digital Leaders Week. Digital Leaders Week is here to enable the leaders of today become the leaders for a new Digital Industrial Age. It will... See more
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07 Aug 2017 - 10:30

null Gathering local authority feedback quickly and efficiently

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We interviewed Alex Marshall, Programme Support at the Local Government Association about how the LG Inform and LG Inform Plus Group is used to support a range of work including gathering local authority feedback, consultations, organising content for events, disseminating learning and more.   "We gather informal feedback about LG Inform through polls and ideas, and we can also... See more
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KHUB Focus
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27 Jul 2016 - 12:59

null My Digital Transformation Poster

The below poster is from Warwick District Council's Digital Transformation Team who have been using it to start conversations at the council about digital and technology with people who perhaps wouldn't usually feel comfortable with those topics. Tass Smith at Warwick DC says: "When I used this poster to get people talking, lots of staff still seemed a bit scared and came out with... See more
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19 Nov 2015 - 17:30

null #OurDay 2015 – our highlights

Since 2012 those working and volunteering to deliver public services have been coming together for an annual 24 hour tweetathon called #OurDay to showcase the important work that happens every day in our communities. It’s just one day in the year to tell the story of what really happens in public services. On Wednesday 18 November the fourth #OurDay was held, and it was combined with... See more
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13 Oct 2015 - 16:11

null Intranet survey results: your intranet is dull and failing you

Thanks to Dan and Darren at Comms2point0 for helping to carry out a survey to find out just how good and bad intranets really are. Here are the findings...   Too dull, too corporate and too uncollaborative… today’s intranet is too often failing today’s employees. That’s the message from the comms2point0 / Knowledge Hub survey of almost 80 communications and PR workers. Yet, the silver... See more
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22 Sep 2015 - 13:13

null Connecting the digital and the physical – the life changing possibilities of the Internet of Things

It's always interesting at Digital Leaders North West discussions that we often don't end up talking about technology or digital, we end up talking about people – and data! Hold on... Wasn't the data discussion last month? It was. But it actually formed quite a large part of this month's discussion too. Liz Copeland of Knowledge Hub tells us more… I'll be honest I don't understand much about... See more
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06 May 2015 - 17:11

null Breaking down silos: How digital can support collaboration and culture change

A couple of weeks ago, we hosted a Digital Leaders Salon at KHub HQ looking at how digital can support collaboration in organisations. Dan Mount, Head of Policy for Digital Leaders, tells us more about the session. For the best part of a decade, technologists have highlighted the potential for digital communication and collaboration platforms to erode the rigid organisational silos which... See more
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30 Apr 2015 - 18:11

null Digital Leaders North West: how digital helps business grow

The Digital Leaders North West monthly salon took place in Manchester this week. Laurie Cooper, DLNW Steering Group member and self-confessed 'Collaborator', updates us on a really interesting meeting... How Can Digital Help Your Business Grow? Digital Leaders North West is getting started again and has chosen Manchester as its new home. We'll be meeting at MMU's Shed for the foreseeable... See more
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31 Mar 2015 - 17:39

null Speeding up the process of digital change

In the run up to the general election promises and policies are being announced left, right and centre. In amongst them are fail-safe vote winners, those that make the pencil waiver in the ballot box, and others which confirm long standing views. But others have fallen wide of the mark, including Labour’s announcement to save ‘at least £8.6m a year’ by bringing local authority websites within... See more
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KHUB Focus
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13 Feb 2015 - 17:37

null ‘Can do councils’ saving millions by going digital

A report released this week has urged councils to embrace the digital age or face missing out on millions of pounds of savings. Our feature writer, Suzanne Danon, explores the report. The DCLG commissioned report Local Digital Today which was written by Local Digital Campaign and UKAuthority has highlighted that councils have the potential to save £5bn over the course of the next... See more
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13 Feb 2015 - 09:31

null Great turnout for Not in Westminster event

An event designed to make democracy ‘work better for everyone’ has been hailed as a great success. Our feature writer Suzanne Danon spoke to one of the organisers Carl Whistlecraft, Head of Governance and Democratic Services at Kirklees Council, to find out more. The Not in Westminster event, held in Huddersfield at the weekend, attracted approximately 80 delegates ranging from... See more
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04 Feb 2015 - 14:26

null Engagement with democracy dependent on technology

Ahead of this weekend's Not in Westminster event, our feature writer Suzanne Danon examines a report launched by the Digital Democracy Commission, designed to help people engage with the democratic process by recognising society’s greater interaction with technology. The report Open Up! recognises that the growth of digital technology has to be taken account of when looking... See more
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23 Jan 2015 - 14:49

null Technology experts to be parachuted into primary schools

The Government has announced a tech teaching funding boost of £3.6m, to ensure primary school children are equipped with the right skills for the future. Our feature writer, Suzanne Danon, tells us more. Experts from firms including 02 and Google will help prepare England’s primary school teachers for the new computing curriculum, which more than four million primary school children have... See more
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