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31 Mar 2016 - 09:41

null What is a digital leader anyway?

What is a digital leader anyway? Is there something about digital leadership that is different, or is a good leader good in any field? What does digital leadership really mean? All good questions – and ones we tried to answer in our Digital Leaders North West meeting last week. Liz Copeland of Knowledge Hub tells us more… We began our session as always with three willing speakers ready to tell... See more
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21 Mar 2016 - 15:16

null Delivering public services on a shoestring!

The recent Solace report ‘Transforming Services Transforming Leadership’ highlights the worrying effects of spending cuts on public services, and how local government’s senior professionals foresee the reality of the severe financial times ahead. Based on the Solace Insights Survey, the report raises Solace’s voice and commitment to delivering the best services for our communities, and this... See more
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01 Feb 2016 - 09:56

null The digital skills challenge – do you have the answer?

It was great to see one of our largest turnouts ever for the first Digital Leaders North West Salon of 2016. And of course it’s the topic that drew people in – the digital skills gap and what we’re doing about it – a critical subject for the North West, and indeed other regions around the country. Liz Copeland of Knowledge Hub tells us more about the discussion. Julie Ollerton, MD of... See more
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22 Dec 2015 - 09:05

null To infinity and beyond…! The great Digital Leaders North West Christmas debate

It was a merry band that gathered in Manchester last week for the final Digital Leaders North West meeting of 2015. The excitement was palpable, as we took our seats ready for the hottest debate of the year! Liz Copeland of Knowledge Hub guides us through what happened. Our motion: This house believes that digital saves money, solves problems and delivers efficiencies. Speaking for the motion... See more
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20 Nov 2015 - 10:39

null Our top 10 #OurDay tweets

With over 36,000 tweets throughout #OurDay on Wednesday 18 November, it's no wonder we've struggled to come up with our top 10! However, between them, Dimple and Liz of the Knowledge Hub Team have come up with five favourites each that they feel represent the diversity of the day. Liz has cheated and glued two together, but you needed to see the second part of the story too, so she's counting... 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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23 Jun 2015 - 10:13

null What does the perfect digital office look like?

his month’s Digital Leaders North West (DLNW) Salon in Manchester was, as ever, very stimulating. Our topic this month presented a challenge: digital talent – the match-up between our creative digital people and the skills our businesses need. Knowledge Hub's Liz Copeland, and DLNW Steering Group member, provides an interesting and informative write up... - See more at:... See more
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22 May 2015 - 09:07

null Digital talent and the skills match – it’s a game of two halves

The conversation at this month’s Digital Leaders North West (DLNW) Salon in Manchester was, as ever, very stimulating. Our topic this month presented a challenge: digital talent – the match-up between our creative digital people and the skills our businesses need. Knowledge Hub's Liz Copeland, and DLNW Steering Group member, provides an interesting and informative write up... Developing... 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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27 Feb 2015 - 10:00

null SOLACE survey gives insight to local government mindset

SOLACE members see a ‘predictable’ although ‘bleak’ picture ahead in terms of local government finance, according to the SOLACE Insights survey released this week. Our feature writer Suzanne Danon gets to grips with the main facts and figures. The survey, supported by CapacityGrid, was carried out to measure the mood in local government and enable SOLACE to identify and understand the main... See more
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09 Jan 2015 - 12:25

null Knowledge Hub - a year in numbers

Look how productive you were in 2014! Here’s a look back at some of the Knowledge Hub numbers from last year... We hope this year will see more individuals and organisations recognising that online communities and collaboration are essential to their way of working. Not only can they save time and money, but working collaboratively leads to public service improvement. Knowledge Hub is... See more
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17 Dec 2014 - 11:11

null All I want for Christmas is…

  2014, the year Knowledge Hub got a mint new look, introduced a bunch of new and exciting features (including library folders and advanced forum and facilitation tools), and welcomed a collection of vibrant new communities from the education sector. As we draw closer to the end of the year, we’re thinking about what we’re working on that will continue into 2015, to help connect... See more
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08 Dec 2014 - 16:27

null 10 benefits of being a group facilitator

Knowledge Hub groups usually have a number of facilitators who are responsible for a range of activities to help support and manage them. Most take on the facilitation role voluntarily and tend to be the people who first discover the need for the group. They take charge of getting the group up and running, inviting people to join, populating it with thought-provoking content and generally... See more
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28 Nov 2014 - 15:05

null The 7 different uses for a Knowledge Hub group

What is a Knowledge Hub group? Is it a discussion forum? Is it community? Or is it whatever you want it to be? Well, the official line is that a Knowledge Hub group is a group of people who come together because they have a common interest or shared goal. The aim being that they can freely connect, share knowledge, develop initiatives and share expertise in a secure environment. That’s all... See more
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27 Nov 2014 - 15:36

null #OurDay 2014 facts, figures and favourites

Wednesday 26 November 2014 saw the third annual #OurDay celebration. OurDay is an opportunity to showcase the fantastic work that goes on every day across public service. From local government, health and education to those who give up their time voluntarily to serve others, OurDay is about recognising all those who contribute to public service in some way.   And what a day we had!... See more
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31 Oct 2014 - 11:38

null How to upskill using Knowledge Hub

The work involved delivering public services and helping communities needs doing now and the fast paced working environments are stretching our responsibilities and availability. In order to stay on top of things we need immediate access to knowledge. We need ways to upskill without having to wait for budget to become available. So, when the need to maintain and develop skills and knowledge... See more
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24 Oct 2014 - 09:28

null What does Knowledge Hub mean to you?

We’ve been having some fantastic conversations with some of you who have been kind enough to spare us a few minutes of your time to tell us what Knowledge Hub means to you (thank you for your insight). We’ll be running a series of blogs to share some of these stories to highlight how others are using it and to give you some ideas on how you can make the best use of Knowledge Hub. One of the... See more
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14 Jul 2014 - 12:04

null Digital tips for new councillors (part 2)

We recently ran a fabulous blog by our friends Dave McKenna and Carl Whistlecraft @LDBytes all about their digital councillor session at #localgovcamp - that was part 1. We're now thrilled to announce part 2...! Given that we are in the midst of World Cup frenzy it seems fitting that our Digital Tips for Councillors has turned out to be a game of two halves.  Our first... See more
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12 Jul 2014 - 13:01

null Leading the revolution – thoughts from the LocalGovCamp Leaders' Summit

There have already been a number of inspiring blogs written about last weekend’s LocalGovCamp in Birmingham – you can read Sarah Jennings’ account of events here. And if you keep an eye on the @LocalGovDigital Twitter stream and the LocalGovDigital website you’ll see links to blogs by many of the ‘Campers’. One exciting addition to this year’s LocalGovCamp were two fringe meetings held on... See more
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