First impressions from a Product Manager
As it’s now one month since I was welcomed into the Department of Health digital team, this seems a good time to share some thoughts and learnings so far. I...
But what if it's consistent with the proposition, but the platform doesn't do it (yet)?
I presented some of the findings of our work on the G8 dementia summit to the Digital Leaders the other week. The story I had to tell was about sustained open policy engagement over many months, using a range of …
Getting the most out of Citizen Space
We recently ran a survey of our internal DH Citizen Space users. Citizen Space is the digital tool that DH and a number of other local and central Government Departments use to run their consultations. Overall, our survey results were …
Opening up the G8 dementia summit – evaluating our digital coverage
One of the best bits of working on the digital team at the Department of Health is the chance to do new things. I don’t mean just trying out the latest technology for the sake of it – it’s about …
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Clear English at Work – how to improve your writing and be more effective at work
...if you spot any errors!), I thought I’d share what I’ve got. They will soon have a permanent home on the Department of Health’s intranet and I’m looking into the...
How to take part in online conversations
We've refreshed the policy and advice that we provide for staff on taking part in online conversations. The focus of this policy is use of social media by policy officials as part of the policy making process. The department has …
Guest blog: crowdsourcing and policy development at Monitor
Rachel Purkett, Digital Media Manager at Monitor talks about a recent crowdsourcing campaign that has helped to improve policy development in the organisation. At Monitor we recently concluded our second ever ‘crowdsourcing’ campaign. We used a new online platform to …
Approaching the summit
...that throwing traditional training at large numbers of people won't do it. Fine, it allows for a box to be ticked, but little actual learning takes place. Instead, the approach...
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