Here is the full CivicSurf documentary.  It’s in two parts to get round the 10 minute limit to YouTube movies.  Please enjoy and give us feedback in the comments below.

Part One

Part Two

Of course if you want a copy on DVD please email shane@civicsurf.org.uk.

So many people have asked for our documentary on DVD (it’s called “Blogging - a new way to lead”) that we’re adding a super-quick request link from this website. Click the button marked “Click here for a CivicSurf DVD”, on the right side of this page, to ask for a copy.

You can embed the CivicSurf DVD button into your own blog or webpage using this code:

Large button:

<a href=”mailto:shane@civicsurf.org.uk?subject=Please send me a CivicSurf DVD”><img src=”http://civicsurf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bigcivicdvd.png”></a>

Small button:

<a href=”mailto:shane@civicsurf.org.uk?subject=Please send me a CivicSurf DVD”><img src=”http://civicsurf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/smcivicdvd.png”></a>

The link will generate an email to Shane - shane (at) civicsurf.org.uk.

That’s the first minute of the film. 14 more to follow. We ‘re almost ready to send out copies of the documentary and booklets to Local Authorities and public bodies around the country. The recipient CEOs are invited to show the film to senior officers and members. We’ll also help out with 25 events by arranging for a local blogger to attend and answer any questions about what the reality of blogging is like.

If you would like a DVD copy of the documentary (including 3 booklets), extra booklets or to arrange for us to get a blogger to you then please email.

As part of the changeover from Cllr2.0 to CivicSurf we’ve moved the blog to the civicsurf.org.uk domain and changed the design to fit in with the other material we have produced.

There will be a lot of new material appearing here over the next few weeks so please do subscribe by RSS (using the nice orange icon to the right) or by email (using the box on the right) to ensure you don’t miss something useful.

I’ve added a page to the site to describe “What is CivicSurf?” The page includes a downloadable PDF (single page A4). Hopefully this might be helpful to any officers wanting to discuss the project with colleagues.

We asked the opinion of the people on this site and a few Gallomanor friends in local government and the response was strongly in favour of civicsurf.

We’ve even started developing a logo and soon this website will transfer to www.civicsurf.org.uk with a fresh new look.

One of the reasons I particularly liked civicsurf was that it gives a label to something important that was previously undefined. civicsurf is the aggregate of online local information about a town or area. It is comprised of blogs, sites such as fixmystreet.com, local press and public bodies. In essence the civicsurf is like a public meeting occurring online all day everyday. Our project will inspire civic leaders to get involved in that meeting, those conversations through contributing and hopefully leading.

As the blog coach for Cll2.0, I’m pleased to announce that our five participating councillors from Norfolk County Council have all launched their blogs and begun blogging. The councillor bloggers, linked to their new weblogs, are:

• Jenny Chamberlin, Diss and Roydon Division
  
• Peter Harwood, Mile Cross Division
  
• Jacky Howe, Melton Constable Division
  
• Fran Pitt-Pladdy, East Depwade Division
  
• Tony Tomkinson, Clavering Division
  

We’ve now added a page on the blog called About Cllr2.0.  We’ve tried to describe what the project is about.  Have a read, leave a comment or question.

The point of this blog is to help promote the project.  It gives us a chance to keep a wider group of stakeholders current with progress on the project and to allow any one, like you, who we’ve not me, to promote the project for us.  We’ll post up useful things like the presentations and photos, logos, video clips etc.  In time we’ll also use the blog to promote the end-product; a series of events that help inspire civic leaders around the country to use the internet to communicate with their audience.

One further role for this blog will be to promote the blogs of our Norfolk Councillors.  They’ll be starting over the next couple of weeks and we’ll include them in our blogroll and pick out specific posts from time to time.

Watch for blog posts from Shane, Andrew and me… real soon now.