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#To publicise a consultation or explain an issue
 
#To publicise a consultation or explain an issue
**This is the common one-to-many usage of a blog
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#*This is the common one-to-many usage of a blog
**[http://readmyday.co.uk/blogs/ Civic Leadership Weblog Project - Councillors' Blogs]
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#*[http://readmyday.co.uk/blogs/ Civic Leadership Weblog Project - Councillors' Blogs]
***[http://www.maryreid.org.uk/ Mary Reid], the Mayor of Kingston-upon-Thames. This is one of a number of councillor blogs set up under the [http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk UK Local E-democracy programme], now run by [http://www.icele.org/ ICELE]
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#**[http://www.maryreid.org.uk/ Mary Reid], the Mayor of Kingston-upon-Thames. This is one of a number of councillor blogs set up under the [http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk UK Local E-democracy programme], now run by [http://www.icele.org/ ICELE]
 
#To collect stories from the public
 
#To collect stories from the public
**The Wheel's [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/ Active Citizenship Consultation] collected personal stories about, and views on, active citizenship.
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#*The Wheel's [http://wheel.e-consultation.org/ Active Citizenship Consultation] collected personal stories about, and views on, active citizenship.
**Instead of one author, many people submitted entries to a collective blog.
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#*Instead of one author, many people submitted entries to a collective blog.
 
#To discuss issues
 
#To discuss issues
**by allowing others to comment on blog entries.
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#*by allowing others to comment on blog entries.
**Mick Fealty writes news items on the [http://www.sluggerotoole.com/ Slugger O'Toole blog] and invites people to leave comments on each.
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#*Mick Fealty writes news items on the [http://www.sluggerotoole.com/ Slugger O'Toole blog] and invites people to leave comments on each.
  
 
To start a blog, you can:
 
To start a blog, you can:

Revision as of 11:27, 8 December 2006

A weblog or blog is an on-line journal that can be read on a web site. The author can easily add new diary entries, which appear at the top of the page.

In consultations, blogs can be used in three different ways:

  1. To publicise a consultation or explain an issue
  2. To collect stories from the public
    • The Wheel's Active Citizenship Consultation collected personal stories about, and views on, active citizenship.
    • Instead of one author, many people submitted entries to a collective blog.
  3. To discuss issues
    • by allowing others to comment on blog entries.
    • Mick Fealty writes news items on the Slugger O'Toole blog and invites people to leave comments on each.

To start a blog, you can:

  • Sign up to a blogging site, like Blogspot or Live Journal, or
  • Install blogging software on your own web site, e.g.