This is the presentation I gave at the Building Perfect Council Websites 2010 at Olympia in London on July 14th 2010. The second slide includes the 5 basic points I wanted to make about what a council website should be doing to make it work well with civicly engaged citizens who use the social web for civic purposes.

1. Social Media, Citizens and
the “Perfect” Council
Website
Nick Booth
Podnosh
Building Perfect Council Websites 2010
#bpcw10
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2. Please can we have:
Permanent links to everything
RSS by place and service
Commentable pages
Embeddable content
Share your data openly - with its flaws
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5. Git Citizen
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15. They are engaging you
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16. Text
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coconino/4356566791/
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17. Text
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18. Please can we have:
Permanent links to everything
RSS by place and service
Commentable pages
Embeddable content
Share your data openly - with its flaws
Wednesday, 14 July 2010

19. nick.booth@podnosh.com
@podnosh
Wednesday, 14 July 2010