DIY community A chat with Amplified Leicester Katherine Hui 19th May 2010
Jan 21, 2015
DIY communityA chat with Amplified Leicester
Katherine Hui19th May 2010
Social Innovation Camp brings together ideas, people and digital tools to build web-based solutions to social problems – from hacking together some software to working out how you'd sustain an idea - all in just 48 hours.
Green Thing is a public service that inspires people to lead a greener life. With the help of brilliant videos and inspiring stories from creative people and community members in 205 countries, Green Thing focuses on seven things you can do - and enjoy doing.
Today’s blueprint
• Technology to organise things differently and address social needs
• Using technology to create fundamental changes
• Engaging with stakeholders and local authorities
Using the technology to organise differently
Using the technology to address social needs
Have a Go Heroes is a web-based project that helps support carers and those cared for with simple everyday tasks.
Communities and Technology and fundamental change
• Changing the energy sector
• Community generated power
• Decentralised power systems
Technology influencing public services
Engaging with Stakeholders and funders
What about local authorities?
• A few examples and a few (unwritten) rules
The Case in Birmingham
MyPolice.org versus Mypolice.org.uk
Some things to think about
• How to address local needs
• Ways of including/ consulting ‘unamplified’individuals
• Increased collaboration and strengthening of relationships