Local by Social and the Knowledge Hub

1. Local by Social: networked
innovation and the
Knowledge Hub
Ingrid Koehler and Brendan Harris
January 2011
Monday, 31 January 2011

2. A bit of history...
• Collaboration with
NESTA
• Building on Social by
Social
• The Internet as
Infrastructure
• Saving money,
innovating and
improving
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3. Why local by social?
• huge
opportunities
• crisis as a lever
for change
• new technology
as catalyst
• pooling our
learning
Radhuset by permission of user To Die For on Flickr
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4. Local by social online
• 1100 people
• 190+ councils
• 27,000 page views
• 1123 contributions
• sharing the
learning at
localbysocial.net
Tron and PacMan easter egg on by MAQ on Flickr
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5. Local by social: London +
Coventry
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6. Connect:
Networked governance
Branching Morphogenisis/ Jenny E Sabin by Ars Electronica on Flickr
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7. Collaborate:
working together and by
the numbers
Numbers by KrissyHo on
Flickr
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8. Learn:
by doing and sharing
margot the light by shoothead on Flickr
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9. Innovate: disruptive
technologies
Striped skunk at London Zoo by Baby Dinosaur on Flickr
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10. The focus of local
• Moving away from experimentation, but
staying playful
• Tackling common issues together through
the lens of real areas
• Doing useful things usefully
• Supporting local learning
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11. Some useful things to do
• Regional transport
• Money where you live - parks, open spaces,
happy amenities
• Local news: neighbour to neighbour
• Open deliberation
• Everyday green! Flowers, fruit and veg
• Sharing learning between practitioners
• Others?
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15. A central hub for
learning
local.gov.uk/knowledgehub
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17. Extranet for the sector
• Immediate capability to share
knowledge across the sector
• Ability to securely share information
between partners and across
organisations
• Open source suite of tools to
provide the sector with knowledge
sharing capabilities
local.gov.uk/knowledgehub
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18. When is it coming?
• rapid development NOW!
• apps development NOW! xSpend and
Inform
• Knowledge Hub conference 1 March
• beta launch March/April
• open launch April/May
local.gov.uk/knowledgehub
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19. Contact us
• www.local.gov.uk/knowledgehub
• www.twitter.com/knowledgehub
• Knowledge Hub community of practice at
http://bit.ly/KHubCoP
• brendan.harris@local.gov.uk
• ingrid.koehler@local.gov.uk
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20. local.gov.uk/knowledgehub
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