PI No. 8: Self-improvement for people who read newspapers (and blogs…)
In the latest Political Innovation essay, Miljenko Williams of the blog 21st Century Fix looks at what politics can learn from the likes of Last.fm
Pol. Innovation
The Political Innovation project is a project that has grown out of the political blogosphere. It is for anyone who has ever asked themselves 'why is politics still done like this?' We're looking for political innovations that would gather support from all sides of the political spectrum. All contributions will be archived on www.politicalinnovation.org – along with details of what we’re looking for from essayists and a bunch of FAQs and a guide to how we hope the whole thing will play out. I hope you’ll get involved in this as a commenter, participant or maybe even as an essayist. Make sure you don’t miss anything by joining our Google Group, subscribing to the blog RSS feed, getting each post emailed to you and, of course, following us on Twitter and Facebook.
Political Innovation – coming soon to Edinburgh and Belfast
A quick note to thank Left Foot Forward for helping us with the Political Innovation essays; see here for more about the project and a list of all the essays so far, with a few more to come in the next few weeks. We would like to invite LFF readers to a couple of events that we’re doing in Edinburgh (13th November) and Belfast (20th November) – both are Saturday get-togethers – details can be found here.
PI no. 7: Breaking the monopolies that control the way schools are designed
The spontaneity of parents, teachers and communities can be mined in new ways to ensure we are getting the best out of limited resources. We need a ‘national clearing house for schools’ that shares real time knowledge about what works, one that uses clever information tools to pool the wisdom of grassroots professionals.
Political Innovation no. 6: Citizen-control of personal information
If the big political innovation of the moment is to give power back to people, then a good place to do it is with personal data – but whose data is it anyway?
PI no. 5: Government information? Get the public to provide it!
The fifth in our series of Political Innovation essays – on getting the public to provide government information, by Lauren Currie.
PI no. 4: See change: Opening policy research to the public
The fourth in our series of Political Innovation essays – this one is about opening up policy research to the public.
PI no. 3: Assertion-flagging: for less partisan, prejudiced blogging
Most political bloggers are motivated to fight what they see as bigotry, prejudice, and ill-informed, unjustifiable assertion. This is a fine and noble cause, because the spreading of false beliefs – without the evidence to support them – is bad for all of us, as is the displacement of informed argument by mere rhetoric. All the more so when the perpetrator is powerful or influential.
Political Innovation no2: The politics of buying things
This is a guest cross-post by Dominic Campbell – originally posted on the Political Innovation site here Well, you wouldn’t still be reading had I called it the politics of procurement now would you? (no, stop – don’t go!). No-onetest
Political Innovation no1: Towards Interactive Government
If you’ve faced or solved problems around interactive government, help shape the body of knowledge around each of the barriers and their solutions on the wiki.
Launching the ‘Political Innovation’ project
This week, a cross-party group of bloggers have come together to launch a project called ‘Political Innovation’. It is for anyone who has ever asked themselves “why is politics still done like this?”