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Train and support your new elected members with our free MDO webinar
With the elections of May 5 2011 now complete, Member Development Officers need to look at the most efficient and cost effective way to train these newly elected councillors. Continue reading
Training resources for Polling Station Staff
Modern Councillor is brought to you by Learning Pool, the online learning community for the public sector. A great advantage of this is that we are able to share with Modern Councillor subscribers resources created by our customers around local democracy. Learning … Continue reading
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Tagged DLE, learning pool, Modern Councillor, online training, polling stations
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Are you ready for the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May?
On Thursday 5 May 2011, there will be a referendum on the voting system we use to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Learning Pool has created a free and comprehensive e-learning module all about the Alternative Vote in time … Continue reading
Modern Councillor Webinar, 21 April 2011
With the elections on May 5 just around the corner for both English and Scottish councils, join Dave Briggs on this free webinar to learn more about Learning Pool’s relaunched Modern Councillor service and how the online learning and community … Continue reading
Assessing councillors’ skills against the Political Skills Framework
London borough councils Harrow and Brent partnered to assess their councillors’ development needs using the Political Skills Framework (PSF) using a suite of e-learning modules created by Learning Pool’s Authoring Tool. This is the first time this type of project … Continue reading
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Local by Social: Using Social Media to Achieve More with Less
Social media is changing the world in which we work, socialise and govern. From Twitter to eBay, Facebook to YouTube, new tools are emerging every year that place the connecting power of the internet in the hands of every one … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieving More with less, local by social, Social Media
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Working Together for Communities
NALC and CCN (County Council’s Network) have just released a new publication entitled Working Together for Communities. The publication highlights examples of joined up working between the tiers of local government. It emphasises the importance of collaboration if local councils … Continue reading
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Tagged best practice, collaboration, NALC, working together for communities
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Lessons from election 2010: local politics and social media
21st Century Councillor recently published a report along with TweetyHall, Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) and Local Government Chronicle (LGC) looking at the lessons learnt from the 2010 general election about the use of social media by politicians, parties and citizen activism. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st century councillor, general election 2010, Social Media, twitter
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Encouraging Councillors to Elect Social Media
The recent GovCamp York/Humber saw the first session held at the GovCamp events aimed specifically at elected members and their use of Social Media. Ken Eastwood, Assistant Director, Barnsley MBC, describes the reasons behind the session- “In thinking about the … Continue reading
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Tagged carl whistlecraft, engagement, govcamp, ken eastwood, simon cooke, Social Media, tim cheetham, york
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