The first ReadWriteGov event is being held at Peterborough City Council, where I have been helped out by Fran Paterson in organising things. It’s happening on the 29th October between 1.30 and 4.30pm and is open to anyone who is interested, though I would seriously encourage people from local government to attend, along with folk from other parts of government and the public sector. You can sign up for the event at the Eventbrite page - it’s £25 for public sector folk and £50 for others.

It’s going to be a fun afternoon - I’ve lined up pals such as Dom Campbell, Hadley Beeman and Steph Gray to come and talk about the exciting stuff they are doing with Barnet Council and DIUS, respectively. In addition to these luminaries, I’ll be running a social media game style workshop, which will hopefully help attendees identify how they can use social media in their organisations.

I do like to practice what I preach, and this blog will be a way of letting those who can’t attend still get some value out of the event, by posting up various types of content during and after the day. I’m hoping to get the presentations from speakers up here, as well as photos, videos and audio wherever possible.

You can also interact with us all on the day, through our Twitter account. Just follow @readwritegov and post your thoughts and questions as we provide a bit of a running commentary on what is being said. We’ll do our best to respond to any comments people have.

Of course, this is just the first of what will hopefully be many such events, which could be held all over the country. So if anyone is reading who fancies hosting a ReadWriteGov event, please do drop me a line.