Archive for May, 2008 Page 2 of 3

Video will be shot


Facilitator Gene Payne explains we will be shooting video during the day

Research briefing

John Craig, director of the Innovation Exchange, offered a briefing on background research at the Festival of Ideas on April 30

Opening communication channels

Cabinet Office Ed Miliband, responding to comments from participants in the Festival of Ideas on April 30, agreed on the need for better channels of communication between innovators, services commissioners and policy makers.

Balancing the formal and informal

John Craig, director of the Innovation Exchange, reflects at the end of the morning session of the Festival of Ideas on April 30 on the need to balance structured discussion and informal conversation. Sometimes, he said, it is best to just get out of the way and let people talk.

Locked up information


Information that could underpin the development of innovative services is often locked up inside the public sector, and inaccessible to the third sector

Sharing information


Ken Clemens of Age Concern, Cheshire, makes a plea for easier access to information held in different service providers