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The role of technology in Citizen Power Peterborough:
what we are learning
Georgina Chatfield
Knowledge Exchange Network. Participation and Engagement in the arts. Seminar 5.
Citizen PowerPartnership between RSA, Peterborough City Council and Arts Council England, East
ParticipationParticipation
AttachmentAttachment
InnovationInnovation
“Places change for the better when you give people the power to do things differently. That takes courage and genuine commitment to new thinking and ways of working on the ground. Citizen Power is an excellent example of this”
Irene Lucas, Former Director General, Department for Communities and Local Government
“Places change for the better when you give people the power to do things differently. That takes courage and genuine commitment to new thinking and ways of working on the ground. Citizen Power is an excellent example of this”
Irene Lucas, Former Director General, Department for Communities and Local Government
A city with strengths•Fast growing, dynamic leadership, culturally diverse and ambitious
A city with challenges•Limited sense of place, average levels of civic participation, low level of arts engagement, high levels of drug related offences
Why Peterborough?
6 strands of Citizen Power
Arts and Social
Change
Arts and Social
Change
Sustainable CitizenshipSustainable Citizenship
Recovery Capital
Recovery Capital
Peterborough Curriculum
Peterborough Curriculum
Civic Commons
Civic Commons
ChangeMakersChangeMakers
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Social media strategy is one way to tackle www.citizenpower.co.ukwww.facebook.com/peoplecreatechange@citpowerNewsletterRSA blogs
ChallengesEncouraging voices – as an open group participants don’t know who they are talking to – restricts conversation, particularly with those new to social media
How to strengthen online ties between people
Project partners and Councillors can find it difficult to present themselves online
Managing dissenting voices – approach to this, how far to let it go
Ways of workingNeeds to be resourced properly and thoughtfully
Needs to be reviewed from time to time
Whole team needs to feel comfortable, confident and use social media and equipment
Report back on the successes
Cheap technologies – flip camhttp://www.citizenpower.co.uk/
What’s next?Keep creative content coming
Tumblr – create a digital scrapbook for documenting projects for the second commission
New relationships - Kind of Digital and Culture Hack East
Research into Peterborough Community & Voluntary organisations use of social media by RSA Fellow Edward Truch
Developing a creative response to AHRC evaluation in form of an animation inspired by RSAnimate
What we’ve learntSocial media not the only way to engage
Need to talk about social media face to face – this encourages online engagement
The value of social media is in supporting and encouraging face-to-face interaction
Inspirationwww.socialbysocial.com Tessy Brittan and Andy Gibson’s practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact
www.themuseumofthefuture.com Blog by Jasper Visser Innovation and participation in culture
www.jamesbarber.mycouncillor.org.uk James Barber Lib Dem councillor for East Dulwich – community participation
