Participation
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Trick or tweet?
29th October 2015 by Chris Connolly
As it's Halloween we couldn't resist a punny title and pumpkin pic for our blog post about barriers to using social media as a tool for policy makers in the Scottish Government.
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Switchover
22nd October 2015 by Christian Storstein
This week we finally did something we’ve been wanting to do for some time. We switched over to our new consultation hub. We have been using it for a good while, but since Monday it is the way we now do all our consultations.
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Our experience so far- crowdsourcing for policy making
6th August 2015 by Leah Lockhart
Dialogue is on demand software created by Delib, a small social venture focussed on creating tools that make it easy for governments to involve citizens in decision making.
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Stereotypes, expectations, and planning ahead
29th July 2015 by Eachann Gillies
Today I had a somewhat startling realisation about expectations and stereotypes. We here at the Digital Engagement team love to talk about how important it is to know your audience.
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A reflection on the last 6.5 months
19th June 2015 by Chris Connolly
We’ve come a long way since we launched in December. Trying to navigate the complexities of Scottish Government and promote ourselves across the organisation, we've had somewhat of an uphill battle.
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Crowdsourcing ideas for Scottish public service open data
7th June 2015 by Leah Lockhart
We've opened up our first instance of crowdsourcing ideas and suggestions today and it's all around open data.
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Working with our Directors General
2nd June 2015 by Leah Lockhart
Since we came together as a team last winter, we’ve largely focussed our energy on reaching policy teams- the people as close to the ground as you’re likely to get in Scottish Government. But lately we’ve been meeting with our Directors General (DGs) to help them talk and think through their digital aspirations and what...
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Walking the talk – our progress on digital engagement projects
18th May 2015 by Leah Lockhart
There is a serious push for better engagement generally from Scottish Government (this includes internal and external engagement) and the digital aspect is a very new area to so many people.
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Our radio silence
12th May 2015 by Leah Lockhart
Publishing schedule, curation ahoy and better capturing of our day to day work.
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Citizen Space – the Scottish Government’s new consultation platform
2nd April 2015 by Eachann Gillies
The Scottish Government runs around 100 consultations a year, on a wide range of subjects. The consultation process is designed to allow people a chance to have their say on government proposals or policies.
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