Ingrid Koehler

I have never heard that before. I would certainly express in an interview how much I wanted the job, but I’ve never said “So can I have this job?” (But I work in the public sector in the UK – so I know they would never be able to say – “yep, here you go” because there’s a process that I’ve been on the other end of, too). I also try to use language…[Read more]

Job security – these days? Ha!

In England, we’re lucky to have some central bodies that support local government – we’ve just established a transparency programme across the Local Government Association group bodies LGA, LG Improvement and ESD-toolkit and also with key professional bodies SOCITM (IT managers) and CIPFA (accountancy) ahead of the requirement for all local…[Read more]

My favorite college memory was of leaving my car illegally parked in a Faculty lot at the University of Tennessee – I’d gone up to do some work in Geology lab at night and then went off to the library forgetting I’d driven. Not just a ticketable but a TOWING offense. But President George Bush (the elder) was speaking on campus the following day…[Read more]

There’s lots of really great stuff happening in Birmingham UK – We recently ran an event for local gov policy leads across England – (argghh – really annoying you can’t just drop links into the comments) – round up of the full event here, http://ideaperformance.com/2009/07/27/round-up-of-performance-to-trust-strengthening-accountability/ – but the…[Read more]

Thanks for the comment – I’ve been up in a no-electricity, no signal lodge up in Scotland – just picked it up. You may also want to have a look at http://www.civicsurf.org.uk which has some blog specific guidance.

@ingridk

Mostly concerned with local government in the UK

I’ve cited your state best practices wiki to colleagues here in the UK looking for good examples of wiki usage.

This may not be exactly what you’re looking for, but here in England my employers the Improvement and Development Agency (for local government) are hosting an online conference on social media in local government next week (6-8 April). Local governments in the UK have a variety of responsibilities that cross over some state and local remits in the…[Read more]

Here’s a list of UK public sector tweeters/ twitterers…ranked by numbers of followers.

Surprised and happy I come in high, but inspired by league table approach to thwart my competitors work more collaboratively with my fellow tweeters.

I’m @ingridk

I think the Canadian Green party drafted its party platform using a wiki. There have been a couple of examples of some departments in the UK using wikis for consultation. These are just off the top of my head…

In the UK, at Barnet Council (one of the London boroughs) the Leader of the Council (party leader of the ruling political group), does regular sessions in different parts of the borough and then that content (video and/or transcript) is posted here: http://leaderlistens.com/ Folks who were or weren’t in attendance can contribute to the…[Read more]