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Socitm's year ahead
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Well, once again it's time to 'ring out the old' and 'bring in the new'. This seems to be coming round more quickly each year - scary! However, as is the custom I have been reflecting on the last...
January 11, 2010 11:16 AM Read Full Post
Three months as Socitm president
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Some thoughts after 3 months as President.......... So far I have managed to attend part of the Regional meetings for Eastern, Yorks and Humberside, West Midlands and London. I have dates in the diary for all other Regions except...
August 15, 2009 2:51 AM Read Full Post
Professionalisation KPIs
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An early start (week commencing 13 July), as I met with Glyn Evans over a coffee to prepare for the Socitm Futures meeting later on Monday morning. Amongst other things, we considered how Socitm Futures might follow-up the Digital...
July 20, 2009 2:31 PM Read Full Post
Our response to the Operational Efficiency Programme
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So, my challenge over this week was to prepare a ‘local response’ to the Operational Efficiency Programme: final report. One of the immediate observations about the report is that it focuses hard on infrastructure improvements and efficiency, but fails...
July 20, 2009 11:37 AM Read Full Post
Council of the future
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I’ve been thinking for some time about what the council of the future will look like – we gave that as a strapline to our new brochure earlier in the year, and it is the focus of the series...
June 21, 2009 12:08 PM Read Full Post
Gateway reviews for local government?
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On Monday morning, a pre-meeting with Gill Beighton of CESG introduced me to the scope and purpose of the Information Events Advisory Board. Gill has recently taken over from Kevin Hayes who had been effective in helping to connect...
June 19, 2009 12:12 PM Read Full Post
On the road
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I attended the Yorkshire and Humberside meeting today (19th June) and am grateful for the warm welcome I received. It was encouraging to see another well attended meeting covering issues that really matter in achieving the day job. It...
June 19, 2009 9:23 AM Read Full Post
Operational efficiency - what it means for us
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Richard Steel mentioned the workshop-style discussion that I facilitated about the implications of the Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP) for Socitm and our members. On 16 June, I participated in a Guardian Society roundtable with further discussion around this, in...
June 18, 2009 12:26 PM Read Full Post
