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Over the years I've been a journalist, specialist in regeneration partnership and community engagement, and social media. I'm now tying the experience together as a social reporter: someone who uses that mix as a way of facilitating conversations and surfacing stories for collaboration. It may be around events, in localities or organisations, or across networks.
More about social reporting on my blog and at the socialreporting toolbox.
I recently co-authored a handbook about the use of social technology for social benefit, funded by NESTA. The content of Social by Social is is available here, and can be copied and reused with attribution.
I worked for UK online centres in setting up this network, with Dave Briggs, around the National Digital Inclusion Conference.
I'm now focussing here on how social technology can be used in local community development: if you are interested in that, do please join the local communities group.

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This group now has its own network here http://localcommunities.ning.com/

March 15

David Wilcox commented on Bryony Taylor's blog post 'It's time to collaborate!'

Hi Bryony - have you seen the AppsforGood project in Tulse Hill which combines the spirit of Paolo Friere with locally-based innovation, Smartphone apps and social entrepreneurship? More here I think we'll also get some innovative approaches from Tr…

March 13

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Digital Inclusion ten years ago

Looking back at old site of mine, I came across a A manifesto for online communities, written by a group of us back in 1999, and published by the BBC as part of its Webwise campaign. It's a sort of early unofficial digital inclusion plan. Here's the summary. (I've written a longer post

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Posted on March 9, 2010 at 10:44pm — 1 Comment

Closing this network

Hi all

Earlier in the year I was engaged by UK online centres to develop and facilitate this digitalengagement network, so that we could report and follow through from the National Digital Inclusion Conference this summer. Thanks everyone for such terrific content.

My contract came to an end some months back, and there haven't been any offers of funding to maintain and facilitate the network. I'm now putting effort into developing the Social… Continue

Posted on December 1, 2009 at 11:05pm — 18 Comments

Local communities workshop September 21

We can now offer full details of the workshop being organised by DCLG and the Social by Social team in London on September 21, when programme leaders inside and outside government will get together with practitioners to discuss the use of social tech at local level.
We plan to do some mapping of who is doing what, and then generate some lively discussion about what national programmes can offer - and what help people running local communities and blogs need.
Even if you can't get to the workshop… Continue

Posted on September 9, 2009 at 2:47pm — 1 Comment

Government offers to convene local communities workshops

I started up a group on this site because of interest in "hyperlocal" - the use of social tech to help people find a voice and generally do good stuff locally. That got some quick support, and in order to give us the functions we need I've now created new Ning local communities network. Do come and join us - you can use the same login as this site.… Continue

Posted on August 3, 2009 at 9:40pm — 3 Comments

Local stories make the case for digital whatever

A trip yesterday to Stoke-on-Trent reminded me yet again that it's the way that individuals and groups make use of free, simple tools that brings to life the case for digital inclusion, digital mentors, digital Britain, hyperlocal ... whatever. It really shows how you can do good stuff with new stuff. The occasion was a pilot workshop run by… Continue

Posted on July 28, 2009 at 4:53pm —

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At 1:56pm on November 28, 2009, Patrick Maher said…: No probs mate just teaching myself how to use the site.

At 7:07pm on September 3, 2009, Iris Lapinski said…: Hi David,
Thank you for your message. I hope you are well.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing you on the 18th again and to get your feedback on our work. I will be posting more things about the results on the blog before the event...

At 4:05pm on July 31, 2009, Catherine Evans said…: Thanks for the welcome. Communities 2.0 is a Welsh Assembly Government initiative which aims to tackle digital exclusion. We're going to do this over the next 6 years by working closely with community and voluntary groups to help them develop 'digital inclusion initiatives'. Hope to tell you lots more about what's going on in Wales as it happens.

At 7:41am on July 24, 2009, Annette Albert said…: Hi David, thanks for inviting me to join the site. Hopefully once W14london is standing on four feet rather than three I will take part in the site.

Many thanks Annette Albert

At 5:46pm on July 23, 2009, Libby Davy said…: Thanks for the invitation David. Looking forward to more bandwidth in the not too distant future.

At 9:26am on June 29, 2009, Nicky Getgood said…: Hi David
Thanks! Nick Booth's invited me to that as well. Just need to ask work for time off, which I'm not sure will be easy with people on summer breaks and all. I'll try my damndest to be there! :-)
Cheers, Nicky.

At 12:31pm on June 28, 2009, Hugh said…: Thanks David.

At 4:57pm on March 16, 2009, Dave Briggs said…: Absolutely. I think it will help as a place to draw everything together, from which stuff can be extracted for further exploration on the blog.

At 4:35pm on March 16, 2009, Dave Briggs said…: I don't think groups can be private other than in terms of who can post to them - ie everyone can see they exist and what content in in them. I vote we make it all as open as possible!