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Local by Social: networked innovation and the

Knowledge HubIngrid Koehler and Brendan Harris

January 2011

Monday, 31 January 2011

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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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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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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Local by social: London + Coventry

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Connect: Networked governance

Branching Morphogenisis/ Jenny E Sabin by Ars Electronica on Flickr

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Collaborate:working together and by

the numbers

Numbers by KrissyHo on Flickr

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Learn: by doing and sharing

margot the light by shoothead on Flickr

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Innovate: disruptive technologies

Striped skunk at London Zoo by Baby Dinosaur on Flickr

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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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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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A central hub for learning

local.gov.uk/knowledgehubMonday, 31 January 2011

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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/knowledgehubMonday, 31 January 2011

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/knowledgehubMonday, 31 January 2011

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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local.gov.uk/knowledgehubMonday, 31 January 2011