Over the next 3 months I will be blogging about how I use Wordpress and Buddypress to create online communities. I will share tips and lessons that I have learnt since I first discovered Wordpress 3 years ago. I will be covering the following t...(read more)

How often do you see Bart, or Homer, online in the Simpsons? Not that often. Sounds like a trite point, but bear with me. Their hometown of Springfield – founded in 1796 by Hans Sprungfeld who travelled west to found the New Sodom – is su...(read more)

The local govt stakeholder engagement network is a secure video-based communications hub accessible to all staff, providers and users of services. The programme opens a direct video dialogue between: • directors • frontline staff • providers ...(read more)

Social Services Research Group Scotland held an event in June at CoSLA HQ in Edinburgh - 'Person-Centred Care: the effective use and dissemination of Knowledge' (you can see the flyer here. I was at the event, which provided an interested range of underpinning r...(read more)

This morning I was at a workshop at Suffolk Family Carers in Claydon, which looked at Self Directed Support and Direct Payments. Chris Pyburn and David Pintilie from Suffolk Adult and Community Directorate led the workshop, which included an overview from David on the policy background, and also a look at the latest Needs Assessment Questionnaire. ...(read more)

I was in Suffolk last week at a meeting of their SDS Implementation Network. Chris Pyburn, whom we're working with on the Suffolk Stakeholder Engagement project, had set up in the corner a board game produced by In Control. 'My Life, My Budget', is, according to In Control, 'a fun and interactive, cool and colourful board game for people with learn...(read more)

Welcome, We’ll be using this part of the Pavilion Interactive site to discuss the ongoing development of the CareKnowledge ’collaboration and community’ module. I’ll share the new designs, and will be asking you to input into functionality as w...(read more)

Please let me know your thoughts on the following wireframes. Please post as comments below. tks James [caption id="attachment_28" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="new homepage"](read more)

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