Andrew, Edna, Joe and You: Local Government Superteam

Andrew, Edna, Joe and You !

Local Government Superteam

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Andrew, the translator


Edna, the networker


Joe, the motivator


You, the connector


No Andrew: long live the eloquent


No Edna: an empty parish hall


No Joe: death by procedure


No You: nothing


So what does this have to do with democracy?


The local democracy problem


A thousand years of history or ...


… the people who brought you those

roadworks on the bypass


Democratic networks


Service redesign with people


Managing overlapping citizenships


A little plug for NHS Citizen


• Multi, media

• A connected public conversation

• Opening the bridges

Helping Andrew


• News she can use

• Local localism not county hall localism

• Support for community action

Helping Edna


• The real story, good or bad

• Partner not parent

• Breaking the barriers

Helping Joe


• Making small things big

• Neither timid nor reckless

• Remembering who it’s all for

• (Still) making places, together

Go, Local Government Superteam! Go!


Presentation by Anthony Zacharzewski for the Democratic Society. May 2014.

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@anthonyzach


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