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SUMMARY:Where Red and Blue Meet
DESCRIPTION:The Anglia Ruskin University is hosting the event “Where red and blue meet; the role of intermediate institutions between the family and the state in British society?” on Tuesday 12th March\, with ResPublica Director Phillip Blond and Lord Glasman. \nLord Glasman and Phillip Blond have both challenged their own political parties and\, through them\, the country to look beyond the traditional left-right split over economic issues. They have encouraged us to look at the social structures to which people belong and in which they are formed and develop virtue. They have challenged the notion that – there is no such thing as society – lying between the family and the state. On this evening they will each present their ideas\, including identifying what they have in common and the distinctive contribution each of them makes. There will then be time for audience interaction\, not merely questions and answers.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/red-blue-meet/
LOCATION:Lord Ashcroft Building\, Lord Ashcroft Building\, Anglia Ruskin University\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Staff Appearances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130305T021500
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SUMMARY:Chartered Institute of Housing: Conference and Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:CIH’s South East conference will this year be held in Brighton 5th-7th March. \nResPublica’s Director Phillip Blond will be speaking at the keynote session ‘What kind of society do you want to live in? – levelling up or levelling down?’ on Tuesday 5th March at 2.15pm. \nOther speakers include: Bill Randall\, Brighton and Hove Green Party; Richard Wilkinson\, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology\, University of Nottingham Medical School and Non- Executive Director and co-founder of The Equality Trust.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/chartered-institute-housing-conference-exhibition/
LOCATION:Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel\, Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel\, Brighton
CATEGORIES:Staff Appearances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130304T160000
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SUMMARY:How Will Welfare Reform Affect Local Communities?
DESCRIPTION:ResPublica’s event ‘How Will Welfare Reform Affect Local Communities?’ will take the form of a 90 minute panel discussion with Q&A. It will explore the community implications of welfare reform and ask whether we need localism policies that take into account reciprocal welfare measures and local employment markets which include informal work and volunteering. \nThe ‘strivers and shirkers’ narrative underscores a widespread desire for a fairer economy which rewards hard work and participation in society\, yet all too unfortunately is a debate fuelled by individualism. Meanwhile the recent Public Accounts Select committee report and the Court of Appeal ruling on the work programme have exposed contradictions in public attitudes and expectations of employment\, welfare and work. \nThe event will ask whether a more community-based approach\, which takes into account the economic implications of localism\, would provide solutions that work for local communities and labour markets. \nThe discussion will provide an opportunity to discuss the findings of ResPublica’s latest report\, Responsible recovery: A social contract for local growth. This report is based on the premise that economic growth must be balanced with social prerogatives\, and that addressing growth and employment on a local level requires a deeper and more widespread application of localism. \nSpeakers include:\n\nStephen Timms MP\, Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions\nKate Green MP\, Shadow Minister for Equalities\nJess Steele\, Director of Strategy\, Locality\nShiv Malik\, Correspondent\, The Guardian\nJulian Dobson\, author of ResPublica report Responsible Recovery: A social contract for local growth\nMatthew Gardiner\, Chief Executive\, Trafford Housing Trust\n\nKindly supported by: Trafford Housing Trust\, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing\, Cross Keys Homes\, and Placeshapers.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/will-welfare-reform-affect-local-communities/
CATEGORIES:Society
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130226T121500
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SUMMARY:What Is the New Role for Housing Associations?
DESCRIPTION:The National Housing Federation’s Leaders’ Forum and Exhibition 2013 will this year be held over the 25th and 26th of February at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel\, Tower Hamlets. \nThe Leaders’ Forum is a gathering place for chief executives and chairs of the housing sector to network and learn from a range of high-profile and inspirational speakers from media\, political and housing backgrounds. \nAs part of this event ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will feature on a panel titled “What is the new role for housing associations?“. \nWhat is the point of the existence for housing associations if providing affordable\, social housing is placed out of reach by government reforms in large swathes of the country? With the further sell off of social housing\, is social housing still a viable option in the UK? This session examines the future for the sector\, both politically and economically. \nOther panellists include Geeta Nanda\, Chief Executive of Thames Valley Housing and Grainia Long\, Chief Executive of the CIH. The panel will be chaired by David Orr of the National Housing Federation.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/new-role-housing-associations/
LOCATION:Grange Tower Bridge Hotel\, Grange Tower Bridge Hotel\, Tower Hamlets\, London
CATEGORIES:Staff Appearances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130212T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130212T153000
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SUMMARY:The Future of the Press: Does hyperlocal deserve the hype?
DESCRIPTION:Local newspapers play an important social role in our communities\, reporting on local issues which would otherwise go unnoticed by the national press and holding local services and politicians up to close scrutiny. In his investigation of the British press Lord Leveson warned that their demise would be a huge setback for democracy. However\, despite their position in the heart of the community\, sales of local newspapers are in free-fall with the latest figures showing a 10% annual decrease. \nIs it now time for a re-think into the way that local media interacts with society? As social media and citizen journalism become ever-more present in everyday social\, political and economic interactions\, how can local media make better use of new technology and innovative practice\, and harness crowd-sourced and civic platforms to inspire a collective exchange? \nIn partnership with the Carnegie UK Trust\, panellists were asked to explore how local media currently interacts with public life\, and to consider innovative ways in which communities can take control of and transform the social\, political and economic spheres through ground-breaking citizen journalism. They were also invited to discuss the challenges for local media in maintaining the ethical standards in reporting and governance that have singled it out from much of the criticism levelled at the national press\, as well as to examine how local media can continue to enrich and uphold our democratic system. \nThe panel:\n\nMartyn Evans\, Chief Executive Carnegie Trust UK (chair)\nHelen Goodman MP\, Shadow Minister for Culture\, Media and Sport\nGeoff Mulgan\, Chief Executive\, NESTA\nJoanna Geary\, Head of Social Media and Online Communities\, The Guardian\nDavid Minton\, Director\, The Leisure Database\n\nThe importance and value of local journalism\nThe panellists were of a shared opinion that local media has a very valuable role to play in society. The Shadow Minister for Culture\, Media and Sports\, Helen Goodman MP\, stressed its important contribution to the local community and identity\, as well as its role in holding people to account. Hyperlocal media can also include those who are otherwise excluded from mainstream debates\, and appeal to issues that people really care about. She made the case that local news outlets should be identified as ‘community assets’ under the Localism Act. \nHelen Goodman was more doubtful about reporting of an extremely localised nature\, positing that this would often be better done face-to-face; this point was disputed by Geoff Mulgan\, who maintained that there is demand for such reporting on a scale even smaller than traditional local media. More generally\, he cited the work of OfCom over the past 15 years which highlights the fact that local (rather than national or international) news can be identified as the main gap in the news market\, which the public wish to see filled. \nThe Guardian’s Joanna Geary focused on the great variety to be found among those involved in local news reporting\, and made the point that use of the blanket term ‘hyperlocal’ for their work creates a problem by not reflecting the diversity of local media outlets. In addition\, she and David Minton\, Director of The Leisure Darabase\, both drew attention to the influence of mobile technology in this arena\, and the difficulties and opportunities which this has raised for large news companies and smaller local enterprises. \nDavid Minton in particular emphasised the impact of the mobile phone in enabling people to reach out to a highly targeted audience and offer them information very specific to their location with immediate effect. He provided an illustrative example of this based on his own involvement in setting up the Splashpath website and app. Many subscribers use Splashpath to give feedback on their experiences of swimming pools\, including by indicating their own personal challenges\, and providing comments and criticisms. This information\, once compiled\, is not only a helpful service and community for pool users\, but is also of significant value to pool operators. \nStarting up and scaling up hyperlocal media\nThe difficulties of establishing a workable capital model for hyperlocals formed a significant part of the discussion. All of the panellists were broadly optimistic that there is a viable economic future for local journalism\, but the varied nature of the sector generated similarly varied opinions and conclusions about which would be the most fertile direction. \nHelen Goodman MP concentrated on the underlying popularity and positive economics of local newspapers\, despite their apparent decline in circulation. In terms of practical solutions for funding\, she indicated that public subsidy for local journalism was not on the agenda; instead she showed an interest in pursuing structural changes in order to facilitate greater co-operation between local journalists and news companies\, and to rework the existing competition rules. On the latter point\, she proposed a new system based on thresholds\, so that papers whose overall circulation (whether online or in print) falls within a particular bracket should be subject to a corresponding level of regulation – such a system could thereby address the existing problems both of treating online and hard-copy publication differently without justification\, and of subjecting local newspapers to excessive and unworkable levels of regulation similar to the national press. \nGeoff Mulgan echoed Helen Goodman MP’s remarks in stressing the need to ‘rewire’ the economy of hyperlocals\, and asserting that this did not mean implementing any public funding. He then went further by criticising recent governments for being blind to the transformation required in regulation of the sector due to the internet. \nBeyond regulation\, he expressed interest in experimentation with various capital models\, and pinpointed a number of potential streams of revenue (including classifieds\, other advertising and subscriptions)\, although he was sceptical about finding a model which might encourage professional journalists to report on extremely local issues. He also reflected on the financial success of The Guardian’s model\, which involves aggregating a number of local news pieces with other material and advertising. Finally\, he commented that there is promise in the future emergence of co-operatives and new business structures for hyperlocals. \nDavid Minton expanded on the topic of the ability to generate revenue from subscription sites\, based largely on his experience of the targeted audience model which he outlined in the Splashpath example. According to this model\, if a site can offer the free subscription and targeted material which people want\, then it will be able both to retain an audience and to look for a way to make money out of the content generated by its users\, which may be valuable to others. \nOn the other hand\, a large number of so-called ‘hyperlocal’ news providers are set up by local reporters who are perhaps unaware that there is any money to be made from this activity\, and who are motivated by a passion for journalism or a particular subject rather than for any monetary reason – a point that was made by Joanna Geary. So although increasing numbers of people do appear to be trying to develop successful businesses out of hyperlocals\, funding may be only a side issue for these voluntary providers. \nThe future of hyperlocal media\nThe general conclusion of the panellists was optimism about the future of hyperlocal media\, although perceptions of their future character and confidence on specific issues varied between individuals. David Minton envisaged a future where hyperlocals find business success by exploiting the significant avenues open to them for growth through providing useful and relevant information to exceedingly targeted audiences. \nGeoff Mulgan was similarly optimistic that\, in light of the popular disposition to experiment with business models and the latest media and technology developments\, someone is going to find a way to make hyperlocals profitable and the industry will become consolidated\, which may well mean that in the future the sector will look very different. New structures\, potentially in the form of co-operatives\, could become the key local hubs of the future\, supplanting actual physical locations and even challenging the legitimacy of local councils. In terms of wider issues in national reporting and accountability\, Geoff posited the question: what type of intervention is needed to draw out the ‘public good’? Could hyperlocal media\, and a diverse range of outlets\, play a role in re-establishing trust and positive participation with the local and general population? \nHelen Goodman MP laid particular emphasis on the ability of technology to give small groups of people a tremendous voice and the power to respond to issues which concern them\, and despite having had initial reservations prior to the panel event\, ultimately expressed confidence about potential for growth in this area.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/future-press-hyperlocal-deserve-hype/
LOCATION:Westminster
CATEGORIES:Virtue
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130208T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130208T161500
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SUMMARY:Local Public Services Conference and Excellence Awards
DESCRIPTION:This year’s CIPR Conference will be held between the 7th and 8th of February at City Hall in Bristol. \nThe conference is structured so delegates can build their own programme to make sure that it’s relevant to their work. Whether delegates are from a rural or urban area\, district\, county\, city\, or London borough\, whether they are a Head of Communications or just starting out in their first job\, they will be able to choose the sessions that best suit their personal development. \nAt 3.30 pm on Friday the 8th of February ResPublica Director Phillip Blond – the author of Red Tory\, and the brains behind David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ – will deliver the closing keynote speech about the evolving role of local public services and the implications of the Social Value Act\, which he played a large part in developing.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/local-public-services-conference-excellence-awards/
LOCATION:City Hall\, City Hall\, College Green\, Bristol\, LA1 1TH
CATEGORIES:Staff Appearances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130130T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130130T220000
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SUMMARY:Red Toryism: Has Cameron Delivered?
DESCRIPTION:ResPublica’s Director Phillip Blond will be appearing as the guest speaker for the first Conservative Future Young Professionals event of 2013\, held at the exclusive Aura Mayfair Club on Wednesday 30th January 2013 at 6.30pm. \nThe subject of Phillip’s speech will be: “Red Toryism: Has Cameron Delivered?” \nTickets are £10 (excluding a small transactional fee)\, and include a complimentary drink on arrival\, canapés\, and complimentary entry to the Club for the remainder of the evening. If still available\, tickets will be £15 on the door. A cash bar will be available throughout the evening. Tickets are limited so buy early to avoid disappointment. \nMore information on Aura Mayfair can be found here here.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/red-toryism-cameron-delivered/
LOCATION:Aura Mayfair\, Aura Mayfair\, 48-49 St James's Street\, London\, SW1A 1JT
CATEGORIES:Staff Appearances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130129T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130129T203000
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SUMMARY:Has the Traditional Family Had Its Day?
DESCRIPTION:Intelligence Squared and Google are proud to launch the second in their new series of monthly ‘Versus’ debates. A panel of world experts will debate the motion: ‘The Traditional Family Has Had Its Day: gay parents\, single parents\, communes – anything goes!’ \nCan children thrive in any type of loving domestic set-up? Or do children need the stability of the nuclear family in order to flourish? Our audience will decide. Make your voice heard online via Google or vote on the Versus YouTube page. \nResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking Against the Motion alongside Ann Atkins. Writer and actor Charlie Condou and psychotherapist Phillippa Perry will be arguing For. The speakers will be joined by a panel of experts including Professor Susan Bolombok\, Roman Catholic Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Glenn Stanton\, Director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. \nCheck out the trailer below then cast your vote!
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/traditional-family-day/
CATEGORIES:Staff Appearances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130122T080000
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SUMMARY:Europe of Tomorrow: The new way of thinking
DESCRIPTION:Held on the 22nd January 2013\, the 10th Vienna Congress com.sult will bring together prominent figures to discuss future-relevant topics\, and form a highly attractive network of executives and decision-makers. The Congress will discuss the issue of how to create a new way of thinking with the objective to overcome impediments to reforms and taking right decisions while competing for the brightest minds and tomorrow’s products. The multifaceted agenda including panel discussions and workshops with experts offers a wealth of topics and is the ideal meeting place for managers\, consultants and the media. \nResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be giving a keynote speech at 11am. \nPhillip Blond stated:\nWe have to restructure Europe in a way that will allow us to deal with the region’s divergent economic development and competitiveness. Centralised reforms will compound rather than address the problem because they will further penalise those countries at the periphery of Europe’s economy and make it even more impossible to tackle the capital and trade imbalances that lie behind the current crisis. A one-size-fits- all approach to the euro crisis will only lead to anti-European populism and a political revolt against the centre. Instead\, we need to give countries the ability to be responsible for themselves again. \nOther speakers include H.S.H. Prince Hans- Adam II of Liechtenstein\, President Václav Klaus\, Jerzy Buzek\, Nabeel Shaath\, Jan Zielonka and many more.
URL:https://www.respublica.org.uk/event/europe-tomorrow-new-way-thinking/
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