C.E. Jottings

Public services and Web2.0

The blog at Sharp Brains continuously provides food for thought. A recent posting alerted me to Medicine 2.0 - "how web 2.0 interacts with the medical field" - "the bi-weekly blog carnival of the best posts pertaining to web 2.0 and medicine". Inevitably this opens up a whole world of new links, such as the Medical2.0 blog, which points to Medical 2.0 "a new platform/ service for physicians, researchers, other professionals in the fields of medicine and biological science ........ Read more →

Web2.0, Participation and eDemocracy

This post does not sit easily within an existing Category. Actually, though, it does fit well with our Strategic Plan' Key Output to create a Communication Plan. But mostly I just wanted to note a fine article I came across under the self-explanatory title "Some Lessons from Web2.0 for Participation and E-democracy", under the names of Lee Bryant and David Wilcox, and a couple of related links I noted about the same time. Noting that "most research into why participation... Read more →

Governance and Priorities for a CEO

I see this year's ACEVO annual conference is entitled "Governing the Future - The Roles of Chairs and Chief Executives" and will "help CEOs and trustees answer the tough questions they face: strengthening governance to meet future challenges? developing high-performing trustees? building better relationships between chair and chief executive?" I will not be attending the conference. Not because I do not think the subject important. Likewise, I do not belong to ACEVO. Again, not because I do not think it... Read more →

Paces Strategic Plan

Trustees having approved Paces' Strategic Plan (Download 0712_strategic_plan_v.5.4.doc) on 24th September 2007, which I have been working with them on since back in March, my attention now turns to the related Business Plan. Aside from the very few who may be curious about what Paces is up to, perhaps the main general interest in the Plan is its structure. Being a third sector, charitable company, we have a commitment to the concept of the 'double bottom line' in evidencing our... Read more →