Networked Participation

conference_call_planning

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:12:46 +0100

Conference Calls

At our June meeting we hope to be presenting back completed outputs from the Action Learning Set.

To help your action groups pull together your planned outputs, and to trouble-shoot any practical technology or resource-finding issues you may have, we suggested having an opportunity for a mid-month conference call on Friday 12th June.

If you would like to take part, please dial in on the day. See the schedule below and add your name if you are planning to take part in a given slot.

Please check back to this page on the 12th - as any changes to the plan will be shown here

(To add your name you need to click the 'Edit Page' button, add your name in, and then save the page.)

How to join the conference call

To join the conference call phone: 0870 22 333 33

You will need to use the following PIN: 041358

Proposed schedule

10am - Technology troubleshooting

Join this slot if you want more support on using our Wiki to share learning, or if you have a technical question about particular tools and technologies.

Participants

Tim D

I will be on the line until 10.20 for group conversations. After then if you want to call - please contact me on my mobile (07834 856 303) anytime between 10.20 and 11.30am.

1pm Participation Toolbox

For the group putting together details of different social networking tool practitioners can use in their youth participation.

Participants

Tim D

1.30pm Practitioners Toolkit

For the group putting together resources to help practitioners integrate social networking into their participation practice.

Participants

Tim D

Kallum Taylor

2pm Social Networks and Commissioning

For the group exploring commissioning and SNS

Participants

Tim D

2.30pm Social Network App (The Bleets)

For the group working on the development of a Social Network Site application.

Participants

Tim D

3pm Children in Care Network

Exploring and updating on the development of a network supporting practitioners working with Children and Young People in care.

Participants

Tim D

new_page

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:47:16 +0100

The Bleets

participation_toolbox

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:42:27 +0100

Latest

See the Guide Toolbox

Participation Toolbox

The Participation Toolbox will include useful resources for social-network enabled youth participation.

Rating Tools - tools for rating services

Mapping Tools - tools for working with maps for participation

Survey Tools - tools for running online surveys

Getting Access - making the case

See more toolbox entries

Technical Toolkits

A quick draft list of toolkits that may prove useful.

Gigya Socialise provides tools for authenticating users against Facebook or MySpace and posting messages back to their walls / friends-lists.

JS Kit provide social-network aware Comment and Rating widgets.

Daikon Apps can be used to build Facebook Apps with no need to coding.

resource_index

Wed, 13 May 2009 11:29:02 +0100

Introduction

The LGIU Action Learning Set on Youth Participation and Social Network Sites aims to create and collate a range of resources.

Below is an index of some of the resources we've found, created and shared so far. If you spot any omissions, please do edit and add to this page.

The Business Case for Participation through SNS

We need to be able to make a clear business case for Youth Participation using SNS.

Resources

What is Social Networking (Louise Piper)

An overview of Social Network Sites for Kent County Council concluding that “There are currently great opportunities for reaching people on SNS in new and innovative ways.”

Research from Leicester (Davey Ivens)

Available from June 2009. Identifying how young people are using SNS in the local area. (See the brief here)

Hear by Right (Bill Badham)

Available for £10 or free download. Hear by Right is a participation standards framework - and includes elements on the importance of a wide variety of participation approaches.

Baseline Survey

We need tools for creating a baseline survey of SNS use in local authorities.

Resources

Suggested Questions

For a survey. From the Participation Toolbox group.

Youth Work & Social Networking Interim Report (Davies & Cranston)

Includes details of a National Survey of youth workers in December 2007/January 2008.

SNS Survey of London Boroughs (Denise Drake)

Denise shares her baseline survey of SNS use in London Boroughs.

Policy and Guidance

We are seeking to create model policies on safe and effective use of Social Network Sites for participation and engagement. In the long run - we hope that safe social networking and online engagement will be integrated across local authority policies.

Resources

Draft Guidance on Effective Engagement with SNS for Youth Work Professionals (Tim Davies)

A summary of practical learning from the Youth Work & Social Networking research.

(Action Learning Set members are welcome to adapt this into their own draft policies).

Policy Elements from Norfolk (Tom Gaskin)

To be uploaded/shared soon.

Digital Outreach Procedures and Guidance (Katie Bacon)

Shared learning and documents by Katie Bacon, online engagement worker in Devon.

Risk Assessment Responses (Joy Jenkins)

Documenting objections that may be raised to using SNS, and establishing possible responses.

Skills Guides and Training

We have identified a need for really practical skills training and resources.

Resources

One Page Guides (Tim Davies)

A series of practical guides on a range of different Social Media tools.

MySpace & Bebo Getting Started Guides (Kallum Taylor)

Practical notes and walk-through details on getting started with Bebo and Myspace.

SNS Participation Guides

We have identified a need for guides which outline how to use SNS for participation.

Resources

Ning Briefing Paper

Support for Young People

We have identified a need for resources that support practitioners to support young people in using SNS.

Social Network Site Application Development

We are exploring the development of a Social Network Site Application.

Examples of effective commissioning

session_reports

Fri, 22 May 2009 10:13:24 +0100

January

January Slides

Kallum's Notes

February

March

March Slides

Kierra's Notes

Reflections on Ning

April

Slides and Peer Assist notes

Tom Gaskin's notes on Carl's Presentation

May

We watched the Us Now film. The film is available to watch online or download.

sns_commissioning

Sat, 02 May 2009 11:53:51 +0100

SNS & Commissioning

A space for drafting SNS & Commissioning Related stuff…

start

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:11:06 +0100

Networked Participation

This is the Wiki of the LGIU Youth Participation & Social Network Sites Action Learning Set.

Wiki Index

Youth Engagement & Social Media Guide - building upon the early draft guide originally developed on this wiki.
Session Reports - Slides & notes from meetings of the Action Learning Set…
Resource Index - All the things we've already created and are working on…

SNS & Commissioning

Editing pages

(Update: As of 13/09/09 this wiki is closed for editing. See the Youth Engagement & Social Media (YES) wiki for future developments.)

You can use this area of the network to draft collaborative documents.

Just hit the edit button above and then create a link to a new page. You can then start writing on the new page you have created.

If you've not used a Wiki before - then check out this introduction, or this one page guide.

Whenever you make a change, all previous versions of the page are stored - so you can't permanently mess anything up - so just dive in.