Boris Rocks!!

Boris Johnson MP for Henley recently attended South Oxfordshire Council to answer questions at the Council's Young People's Networking Event. Boris talks about why he became an MP, how he once accidentally offended Papua New Guinea, and why he thinks it is important for young people to continue into higher education. It's must watch TV!!! www.southoxon-outburst.co.uk

Presentation on Peak Oil

World-renowned American ecology journalist and Professor Richard Heinberg will be making a 15-minute presentation at Stroud District Council’s May Cabinet meeting. The meeting and Professor Heinberg’s presentation on Peak Oil theory will be available as a webcast. To view the presentation live visit http://www.strouddc.ukcouncil.net at 7pm on Thursday, 31 May 2007. Alternatively you can view the presentation at a later date when it is uploaded to their webcast archive. For more information on Richard Heinberg, visit www.richardheinberg.com

Mayor Making Ceremony

Wolverhampton City Council webcast their Annual Meeting on the 16th May. Each year the event in the Wulfrun Hall is attended by councillors, senior officers and guests representing a wide range of city businesses and organisations, both public and private sector, including voluntary and community groups. Councillor Trudy Bowen, said: “The webcast will open up this ceremony to thousands of people who would not normally get to see what goes on behind closed doors. During my time as mayor, a key theme for me will be Wolverhampton and its place in the global village. “Technology like the internet means that our city can promote itself locally, nationally and internationally which is becoming increasingly important. I hope as many people as possible will watch the webcast and see how this important part of civic life works.”

www.wolverhampton.ukcouncil.net
Chief Executive's monthly podcast

Terry Huggins, Chief Executive of South Holland District Council in Lincolnshire, believes he may be the first UK local authority chief executive, not just to have a blog, but also to publish a monthly podcast. A recent Article published in the Public Servant Daily explains all.
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=7651

As he says “The challenge is to tempt a new audience who would not normally take an interest in local affairs”. Terry Huggins is committed to continuing for at least six sessions to make this breakthrough. Each episode is recorded using portable equipment. In his second podcast he introduced a second voice through speaking to one of the Council’s head of service about his work and the intention is to enhance future podcasts further by extending his interviews to include portfolio holders and other senior members

eDemocracy in action.

A range of practical examples of eDemocracy tools and services in current use, including webcasting, were shown at the recent tGov Spring Expo in London recently. Iain Lynch (Waverley Borough Council) gave a presentation on the effect webcasting has had at the council and it's citizens www.waverley.gov.uk; Carol Hayward (Bristol City Council) a presentation on their ePetitions and Viewfinder tools ; David Buckle (South Oxfordshire District Council) on their Video Magazine "Outburst", and Terry Huggins South Holland District Council on his Blog Terry Huggins

Record viewership for a single event

A Spanish council has recently completed one of the most popular webcasts to date last month. Mostoles, a suburb of Madrid completed a live transmission of a housing lottery, a uniquely Spanish way of providing subsidised housing to the deserving. The event was unsurprisingly hugely popular with 4,976 people watching live and a further 12,767 watching the archive. With these levels of interest MSS are highly confident that there will be many more of these events coming up. MSS events.

Braintree election results announced online

Braintree's first live webcast took place from the Unex Towerlands Equestrian Centre, chosen by the Council as the most suitable venue in the district to verify and count all the votes cast in 3rd May 2007 District and Parish Elections. The webcast included each ward declaration by the returning officer, Chief Executive of the Council, Allan Reid as well as interviews with the party leaders and an insight into how the postal ballot worked. The webcast was watched by over 800 people. www.braintree.public-i.tv

Epping Forest Webcast training

With the recent election creating numerous new elected officials their annual Code of Conduct training requirement created an opportunity for one council, Epping Forest, to broadcast its training thus allowing both remote attendance and a reviewing of the presentation to refresh those parts that required it!!

www.eppingforestdc.public-i.tv

Quick links

Watch examples of Public-i client webcasts

www.cherwell.ukcouncil.net

www.devoncc.ukcouncil.net

www.bma.public-i.tv

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