This workshop is aimed primarily at people involved with committee meetings and the production of documentation associated with these meetings.

Topics

• Case Study - Moving To A Web Based Committee Management System
  Presenter - Lashelle Reed, City of Lincoln Council
  City of Lincoln Council has spent the last 18 months developing and moving Democratic Services to a web based committee management system. Lashelle Reed will present on the experience of creating this new system as well as offering hints and tips to anyone considering embarking upon a similar project.
  

• E-democracy In Action
  Presenter - Tonya Hills, A Recipe For Success  
  Tonya Hills is a consultant who works with local authorities in the fields of eDemocracy and eParticipation. She will be presenting case studies on the latest methods of e-participation that are being used by local authorities including e-petitions, pod-casts and innovative uses of video.
  

• Getting Together Online - What can the public sector learn from academia?
  Presenter - Professor Chris Fowler, CHIMERA, University of Essex
  Professor Fowler, a psychologist, will discuss why certain methods of online interaction such as blogging and social networking sites like Facebook, are so popular. He will then draw upon the lessons that democratic services could learn to encourage online participation.