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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