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The Democratic Society Slides from a session I did at the New Social Media and Councils conference yesterday.
Source: www.slideshare.net
The Democratic Society Four rules for councils’ democratic engagement
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Reading a great presentation by Joshua Porter on social software: http://www.slideshare.net/bokardo/design
The Democratic Society Facebook should have an option to follow a page that doesn't imply you actually are a "fan" of it.
The Democratic Society I took the UK citizenship test (http://bit.ly/geaT4) and failed. (63% - pass mark 75%). What's your score?
The Democratic Society Off to Government 2010 in London shortly.
The Democratic Society England & France fought each other for 70 of the 194 years before 1815. In the 194 years since, not at all. Happy Trafalgar Day.
The Democratic Society I'll be at Government2010 on Thursday, work commitments permitting. Look forward to meeting some tweeple there.
The Democratic Society Ten years since the Cluetrain Manifesto. Never liked it much, but even so I feel old.
The Democratic Society On way to FT breakfast roundtable, and they mean breakfast: 0730 start. You can tell they're city types: public sector breakfast is 0845
The Democratic Society Good pub conversation this evening about funding models. Thanks, Mark!
The Democratic Society On the blog: Polish politics is more normal than you might think http://bit.ly/ICWRh
The Democratic Society After smoking stopped being cool: 36% of under 35s Tweet and Check Facebook After Sex http://bit.ly/4k2se0 (via @Mashable @JustinSMV)
The Democratic Society Final Irish referendum result YES by 67/33 on 58% turnout. Pretty decisive result - http://bit.ly/1aYWOW
Source: bit.ly
Irish voters have strongly endorsed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty - 16 months after their first vote rejecting it plunged EU reforms into deadlock.
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On the blog: Voting twice for Lisbon isn't undemocratic (or not more undemocratic than the first time, anyway): http://www.demsoc.org/blog/2009/10/02/he
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It's the day of the second Lisbon Treaty referendum in Ireland, and polls suggest that the Irish people are going to vote yes on the second attempt, as they did
