Learning to listen:
beyond surveys and focus
groups




Dominic Campbell
23rd June 2009             #FGL2L
This Morning                                 #FGL2L

• Making sense of the noise – Paul Taylor 6 Consulting

• Case study of Greater Manchester Police – Matt Brazil 6
  Consulting

• Practical bit

• The Obama Campaign - gauging local opinion and the
  impact of social media - Merici Vinton, North Carolina
  Director of New Media, Obama for America

• A new kind of relationship? – Carrie Bishop, FutureGov

• Questions, conclusions and next steps
FutureGov: our focus
• Community engagement
   – Communication
   – Democratic engagement
   – Consultation through conversation
• Collaboration
   – Enterprise 2.0
   – Joined up working within and across organisations
• Change management
   – Coproduction of services
   – Encouraging peer to peer relationships
   – Internalising and making use of feedback
Us Now
convergence



Custengagemications
         ?
a new world…

Recent communications shift:

• 11 text messages sent daily on average (mobile)
• 23.5 million UK adults (69% of the adult population) use
  the internet “every day or almost every day” (Source:
  ONS August 2008)
• c.146 million people visit a blog hosted by either
  Blogger, Word Press or Live Journal each day (Source:
  Alexa.com)
• Facebook 2nd most visited site in the UK (after Google).
  120 million active users worldwide (Source: Alexa.com)
vertical model
(new) horizontal model
expectations and opportunities


• Rising/changing customer expectation around
  voice (consultation to conversation) and access
  (come meet me in my world)
• Organisations need to co-exist equally in this
  ‘virtual world’ as well as the ‘real world’
• Making best use of all the information and
  potential customer involvement/coproduction
  opportunities
• Effective use of web 2.0 breeds high levels of
  loyalty and involvement
but where to
start?
user contributions via the web

Content               Annotations
• Blogs                • Comments
• Photos               • Tags/bookmarking


• Online community     • Ratings


  contributions
• Wikis


• Audio and video
first – reach out and listen
conversation dashboards
tools for participation
dealing with the good…
the bad…
and the ugly…
trolls and mischief
makers
reach out and find
your voice
just don’t do a Habitat, ok?
This Morning

• Making sense of the noise – Paul Taylor 6 Consulting

• Case study of Greater Manchester Police – Matt Brazil 6
  Consulting

• Practical bit

• The Obama Campaign - gauging local opinion and the
  impact of social media - Merici Vinton, North Carolina
  Director of New Media, Obama for America

• A new kind of relationship? – Carrie Bishop, FutureGov

• Questions, conclusions and next steps
stay in touch
http://futuregovconsultancy.com
http://futuregovnetwork.com
http://twitter.com/futuregov

Learning to Listen FutureGov

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    Learning to listen: beyondsurveys and focus groups Dominic Campbell 23rd June 2009 #FGL2L
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    This Morning #FGL2L • Making sense of the noise – Paul Taylor 6 Consulting • Case study of Greater Manchester Police – Matt Brazil 6 Consulting • Practical bit • The Obama Campaign - gauging local opinion and the impact of social media - Merici Vinton, North Carolina Director of New Media, Obama for America • A new kind of relationship? – Carrie Bishop, FutureGov • Questions, conclusions and next steps
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    FutureGov: our focus •Community engagement – Communication – Democratic engagement – Consultation through conversation • Collaboration – Enterprise 2.0 – Joined up working within and across organisations • Change management – Coproduction of services – Encouraging peer to peer relationships – Internalising and making use of feedback
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    a new world… Recentcommunications shift: • 11 text messages sent daily on average (mobile) • 23.5 million UK adults (69% of the adult population) use the internet “every day or almost every day” (Source: ONS August 2008) • c.146 million people visit a blog hosted by either Blogger, Word Press or Live Journal each day (Source: Alexa.com) • Facebook 2nd most visited site in the UK (after Google). 120 million active users worldwide (Source: Alexa.com)
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    expectations and opportunities •Rising/changing customer expectation around voice (consultation to conversation) and access (come meet me in my world) • Organisations need to co-exist equally in this ‘virtual world’ as well as the ‘real world’ • Making best use of all the information and potential customer involvement/coproduction opportunities • Effective use of web 2.0 breeds high levels of loyalty and involvement
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    user contributions viathe web Content Annotations • Blogs • Comments • Photos • Tags/bookmarking • Online community • Ratings contributions • Wikis • Audio and video
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    first – reachout and listen
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    reach out andfind your voice
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    just don’t doa Habitat, ok?
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    This Morning • Makingsense of the noise – Paul Taylor 6 Consulting • Case study of Greater Manchester Police – Matt Brazil 6 Consulting • Practical bit • The Obama Campaign - gauging local opinion and the impact of social media - Merici Vinton, North Carolina Director of New Media, Obama for America • A new kind of relationship? – Carrie Bishop, FutureGov • Questions, conclusions and next steps
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