On the SDLP's choice of Justin McNulty for Newry and Armagh

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#SluggerTalks: Unlocking NI’s potential requires a shift in priorities and resources

On Wednesday Shane Greer and I kicked off the first of what we hope will become a regular trans-Atlantic conversation on the future of Northern Ireland. We will being bringing guests into our next session but the main purpose here was to follow up on his original blog essay.

So what is Open Government Partnership?

Highlights from our #DigitalLunch on Open Government Partnership:

• +Paul Braithwaite of Building Change Trust sets the scene... 

• +Fred Logue on what OGP is and what it isn't... 

• +Davy Sims on the critical importance of participation... 

• +John Kellden on collaborative sense-making... 

• +Matilda Murday on how to do it...

Our Slideshare summary in six memos...

• Six memos on Open Government Partnership from Slugger O'Toole Ltd

Fred Logue on Ireland and Open Government #OPGDublin

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Launch of YouthBank International

 Please do join us today for an early digitallunch with a group of young people drawn from five or six different countries... The YouTube page will go live at or just after 11am:

 

The event is organised for and on behalf of Youthbank, a great organisation centred and driven by in Belfast (at the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland) and now operating in a wide range of countries overseas..

Those of you familiar with #DigitalLunch will know the format. It's a short LIVE event to launch a new network promoting youth-led grant-making. A circle of young grant-makers from various countries will help us launch YB International on a live stream YouTube event.

Changing how institutions speak to the public?

Mick talks with +Sophie O'Neill of Worcestershire Council Council... on how and why they ended up making this great music video on the major problem of pot holes in the county's roads...

Is Hyperlocal possible online?