Member Development Support

Modern Councillor has been designed to not only provide engaging online learning through our suite of interactive e-learning modules but to provide Member Development Officers responsible for rolling out this training with advice on the best way to do this.

Here we will post a range of resources to help with this.

Low-cost online learning for Elected Members, Webinar Resources

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Admin User

If you weren’t able to attend Modern Councillor’s first webinar on low-cost online learning for Elected Members, you can now catch-up below on the resources from the webinar. The webinar was  completed by, Dave Briggs, Learning Pool’s Community Evangelist, and  provided … Continue reading →

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Assessing councillors’ skills against the Political Skills Framework

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Breda Doherty

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

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Breda Doherty

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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Working Together for Communities

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Breda Doherty

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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Lessons from election 2010: local politics and social media

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Breda Doherty

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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