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What if we could give people who are very good at telling stories and communicating through visuals an understanding of how they could better work with public services & civil society and give policy makers new perspectives on how they present their policies and issues they cover and make them more engaging to the public?
Noel - 04/12/2011
The aim is re-frame the super villain using Joseph Campbell 'Heroes journey' as an adapted framework. Turning the "young person" in to a superhero. The service facilitates options for young people to get involved in street art in a non illegal way.
Amy, Gin, Matt, Tanya, Maximo, Gail, Sal - 03/29/2011
Reinventing lifelong learning by helping local authorities create local face-to-face peer learning groups.
Paul - 01/06/2011
How can we use available public resources in new ways to support the creation of great art?
Ed - 12/07/2010
Do you have an idea on how to improve your neighbourhood or your local services? Do you want to win the chance of getting people to turn your idea into reality?
Noel - 09/29/2011
Email : yasmin@byoconsulting.com
Organization : byo consulting
Role : partner
Interests : government, technology, arts, education, arts education, public policy
Organization : IntelyWay WebMedia
Role : publisher, editor, cofounder
Interests : culture, arts, humanities
Organization : Humble Bee
Role : CEO
Interests : Biomimicry, Branding, Arts and residency programmes, Yoga and the arts of creating peace through personal well being., Grassroots projects to empower communities, Changing the way we grow and manufacture our food.
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Interests : social media, social innovation, e-participation, open government, urban planning, using ideas and evidence to drive social innovation, public participation, apps, arts
Organization : The Reading Agency
Role : Programme manager
Interests : reading, literacy, libraries, publishing, arts
Email : ross.hamilton@lancashire.gov.uk
Organization : Lancashire County Council - Young People's Service
Role : Publicising Positive Activities Worker
Interests : Arts, Media, Culture, Technology, Sports, and how we use technology to improve opportunities for young people
Organization : Saith
Role :
Interests : Graphic Design, arts education, access city, apps, asset transfer, assistive equipment, bid of first., child protection, cities, citizen engagement/voice, usability, urban spaces
Email : evocal@gmail.com
Organization : Embassy of Imagination
Role : Creative Director/Founder
Interests : Education, Visual Arts, Web Technology
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Role : Projects
Interests : action, and social change, anthropological studies, anthropology, apps, app store, art, arts, arts education, arts funding, asset transfer, big society, career guidance, challenge competition, change, citizen engagement, citizen engagement/voice, citizen journalism, city space, civic engagement, co-creation, co-design, co-production, co-working, collaboration, collaborative, collaborative consumption, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, collaborative technologies, commissioning, commons, communications, communities, communities of practice, community, community assets / transfer, community buildings, community development, community management / ownership, community mapping, community media, community solutions, complexity, connecting social innovators with great resources, consumer research, consumption, creative industries, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture, culture change, democracy, design, design thinking, digital tech, disruption, doing more with less, empowerment, enabling spaces, empty buildings, engagement, entertainment and community events, entrepreneurship, event facilitation, forecasting, get togethers, government, graphic design, helping people into work, high/low/sub/all culture, human services, incentive structures, innovation, innovation platforms, innovation problem solving, innovators, intercultural communication, local, local economies, local food systems, localgov, local government, local government communities, london, london 2012, mapping, mutual education, networks, network society, new forms and styles of work, nudge, olympic legacy, opengov, open government, open innovation, open source sharing, organically grown public services, our society, participation, participative design., participatory budgeting, politics, poverty, public engagement, public participation, public policy, public sector, public service, public sector innovation, public service reform, public services, public spaces, public value, real world and online engagement, service design, shared understanding, social app store, social business, social change, social design and thinking, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, social interaction, social network analysis, social networking, social networks, social practices, social reporting, visual thinking