about futuregov

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A consultancy and social innovation incubator helping to shape the future of government. A new media consultancy for government and social innovation. We also run campaigns and events.

FutureGov is…

•  Digital engagement – Communication – Engagement – Digital democracy

•  Public service transformation – Service co-design – Change management – Cross-organisational collaboration

•  Social innovation incubation –  Idea generation – Project co-design and support

FutureGov does

FutureGov clients

FutureGov publicity

FutureGov network

LocalBySocial.Net

From the “now wave” to the “next wave”: public

service delivery in a networked world

Making the Move to Gov 2.0

www.HKS20.com

Online democratic engagement

Connecting local social networks

Connecting local social networks

Collaborative solutions for a social gov

making Gov2.0 meaningful

http://safeguarding2point0.com

The thesis

How can we draw on our knowledge of social technologies, service design techniques and local government to develop a new approach to safeguarding children through better connecting those individuals and organisations involved?

Prototype app – due April 2011

SMITH

LIVES WITH MOTHER & FATHER (MARRIED) 2 SISTERS 1 BROTHER

ICS CASE NOTES TRENDING TOPICS

Height & weight (NHS)

School attendance

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CASE STATUS

CASE ACTIVITY

I can no longer stand P.Diddy's motivational "lotta work to do! let's go people!" Tweeting. He's like a contestant on The Apprentice.

# Missed appointment # Upset # Nutrition concerns # Uncle # Older friends

1 day ago JOHN SMITH’S TWITTER STREAM

ICS CASE NOTES TAG CLOUD

HOME | ICS | VISIT THE AUTHORITY INTRANET

Feeling really fed-up 2day. Haven’t seen my son in 5 days and now I’m beyond caring. Brat.

1 day ago JOHN SMITH’S FACEBOOK STATUS

# Missed appointment # Upset # Nutrition concerns # Uncle # Older friends

Bruises father

6 Mo 3 Mo Now

...I noticed the bruises were starting to fade.. Case Notes, PCT, Local Area. 12/04/10.

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Special consideration should be given to the sensitive nature of the

content. Context should be provided for ambiguous or emotive phrases, one way of doing this is showing snippets in roll-overs.

Go London social innovation competition

City wide call for ideas asking Londoners how they thought the City could get that bit more physically active. We developed a multi channel campaign aimed at using social media in a creative way to reach as many people as possible.

www.enabledbydesign.org blog: http://enabledbydesign.org/blog twitter: http://twitter.com/enabledby

Social Innovation

social innovation for cities

Simpl is a marketplace that connects government, social and business innovators to bring about radical change in our cities

Innovators: Post up your ideas and projects Say what you need to make it happen

Public Sector & People/Organizations with resources: Bid on ideas with cash or resources Post problems you want to solve

Simpl is meant for ideas that will radically improve our cities

New ways to design services

Ways to involve citizens

Better use of the web

Ways to save money

Simpl isn’t just about cash – people and organizations have much to offer in kind

Office space

Users to test ideas

Staff time

Contacts and connections

new ways of managing change: social innovation for cities

bringing on and offline together – a Simpl meet up