Community Development Online, Future Developments
Now is the time for the Christmas break. It is an exciting time because I am at the point where I am planning major developments for this site. This blog will return in the New Year in a new context.
I am planning to offer support to people and organisations active in the local economy, particularly those who are collaborating in real life and want to promote their joint venture online. This will allow me to bring together 30 years experience in community development with knowledge of online approaches to collaboration. There are many ideas out there that deserve wider promotion. I hope this site will become a hub where ideas and good practice in the local economy can be shared.
It’s an enormous challenge to plan do something on this scale as a one person, low-budget enterprise. I want to show what is possible with modest resources, an idea that is at the centre of some of the most inspiring initiatives in the local economy. Online resources offer opportunities to local businesses and community projects that have never existed before. This will be one place where they come together. The challenge will be to get the conversation started.
So, what changes will you see? I’m planning
- new content for the website
- a new look for the site
- the blog to continue with a new approach
- more promotion of the site, initially through social media
- new products and services, including free offers.
This will take a few weeks to put into place. I’ll post updates as I add new features to the site and then re-start the blog when everything is in place.
Watch out for new developments in the New Year!