In the LinkedIn Digital Leaders group I posted the story about a local authority banning its staff from participating in work related discussions on a Yammer network (see previous… Read More »Let’s educate rather than regulate

…  everybody who wishes to access the internet should be able to and … it is the role of government to ensure that everybody in our… Read More »Yammer? Not here you don’t.

What, asks Steph Gray in his Postbureaucrat blog, holds people back from using digital tools and techniques at work?  Do they need someone to tell them what… Read More »What’s holding us back?

The Royal Society of Edinburgh this week published the results of its inquiry into digital participation. According to the report, Spreading the Benefits of Digital Participation,… Read More »Shhh! There’s an elephant in the room

(Post by Michelle Drumm, Media Manager at IRISS) Pearltrees is a creative and visual way to save and manage your favourite websites or ‘pearls’ as… Read More »Save and manage your information on ‘Pearltrees’

In mid 2012 the Finch Report heralded the ‘’the most radical shakeup of academic publishing since the invention of the internet‘. By 2014 all publicly… Read More »Research Unbound: the future of research dissemination

(Post by Michelle Drumm, Media Manager, IRISS) If you often need to collect feedback on an event, create a noticeboard, take notes, brainstorm ideas or… Read More »Collaborate creatively with Padlet

The interim report of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s inquiry into spreading the benefit of digital participation in Scotland – published on 4 December 2013 –… Read More »An undeniable right to digital inclusion?

Guest blogger, Alan McGhee from North Lanarkshire Council tells us how he worked with social services staff to showcase best practice and encourage the development… Read More »Showcasing best practice through film making