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A few things for you today
- Get the data you need on us this year. Started using your 1 complimentary benchmarking module yet?
- It’s annual survey time. Your answers really do help you and us: Your annual membership check-up
- June’s Change Agent course is fully booked. But keep registering!
You’ll hear about cancellations and get onto the waiting list for the next one. - Now is the time to take part in this year’s mentoring programme. And with our notebooks and brains full, the support between mentor and mentee is so worthwhile.
Take care. I hope you can have a great weekend.
Best wishes,
Alex.
Your strategic DDaT support partner
Local government reorganisation – get help, not a hefty bill.
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In Your Membership: Resource Hub
AI@Socitm
- Thu-12-Jun | 16:00 – 17:00 | Data-centric AI: Local authorities, data, and AI
- Wed-9-Jul | 13:00 to 14:00 | AI in the public sector: real-world applications for transformation
- Wed-16-Jul | 13:00 to 14:00 | 15 minutes saved, every hour: Reimagining public sector service desks with AI
What works?
Filter and find relevant case studies for what you’re doing or where you are. Is yours missing? Let us know and send it over.
If I knew then, what I know now
Madeline Hoskin, Assistant Director of Technology writes about the downs and ups of LGR in North Yorkshire (so far).
Cyber@Socitm
Get and stay secure. Find and join your local WARP.
- Tue-17-Jun | 15:00 to 16:00 | Extending ransomware resilience to your virtual environment
You will need a user account on socitm.net to access member-only resources. Let us know if need any support.
In your membership: accessibility and inclusion
Check your website’s Silktide Accessibility Score
Log in to find your personalised monthly report and advice by clicking the ‘Check your website’s accessibility score’ tile.
How’s your Digital Accessibility Maturity?
The DAMA is a comprehensive self-assessment. Hassell lnclusion send your score plus a report with next steps for how to improve your current position.
Tue-17-Jun | 09:30 to 12:30 | Course: Equality, diversity and inclusion | 1 point
Thu-19-Jun | 16:00 to 17:00 | Accessibility in marketing: the opportunities and 3 key challenges
In your membership: Courses
Leadership
Empowering Women
- Huntingdon | Thu-18 to Fri-19-Sep and Thu-20-Oct | 3 points
Place-based Leadership
- Birmingham | Mon-27 and Tue-28-Oct | 4 points
Top Talent
- Glasgow | Wed-25 to Thu-26-Jun and Thu-28 to Fri-29 Aug | 4 points
- Cardiff |Tues-9 to Wed-10-Sep and Mon-13 to Tue-14-Oct | 4 points
Core skills
- Tue-17-Jun | 09:30 to 12:30 | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | 1 point
- Fri-4 and Wed-16-Jul | 09:30 to 12:30 | Managing and motivating hybrid teams | 1 point
- Tues-8 and 22-Jul | 09:30 to 12:30 | How to be an effective coach | 1 point
Registering for training
Read your guide to using training points. Log in for the current number of available points. Don’t have enough or you’ve run out? Let us know.
Things happen. If you can’t make the date of your training course let us know ASAP and we’ll get you onto the next suitable one available. And your training points will transfer with you.
Please note: non-attendance without letting us know will mean training points getting deducted from your organisation’s annual total.
Free training with Microsoft
Get the knowledge and confidence you need to lead a change delivery
- Mon-16 and Tue-17-Jun | 09:00 to 16:30 | Change Agent | 0 points
| FULLY BOOKED But if you register you’ll get added to the waiting list in case of any cancellations. And we can let you know when the next dates are confirmed. |
This free course is a collaboration between Microsoft and Socitm. You do not need to be a Socitm member to attend this course.
Better data improves everything
For 2025 only: complimentary use of 1 benchmarking module
Choose from: cost, delivery, performance or user skills.
IFollowing significant organisational upheaval (merging 6 councils into 1) we were looking for assurances that services continued to be effective. and for help understanding any improvements we might want to make as a merged council.
James Ailward, Head of IT Operations/CTO for Dorset Council
In your membership: events
Weekly webinars take a break for President’s Conference and return in July.
- Tue-10 and Wed-11-Jun President’s Conference 2025 in Birmingham
- Thu-19-Jun | 09:00 to 15:00 | Socitm in Northern Ireland in Belfast
- Wed-9-Jul | 13:00 to 14:00 | AI in the public sector: Real-world applications for transformation
- Wed-16-Jul | 13:00 to 14:00 | 15mins saved, every hour: reimagining public sector service desks with AI
- Fri-29-Aug | 09:00 to 15:00 | Socitm in Scotland in Glasgow
- Tue-14-Oct | 09:00 to 16:00 | Socitm in Wales in Cardiff
Missed one? Recordings of Socitm webinars are available in the Resource hub.
Fill up your notebook/notes app with ideas, contacts and things to do.
Everything will wrapped by Socitm’s members’ community to create the best mix of presentations and people in a collaborative and relaxed atmosphere.
Events hosted by partners
- Wed-4-Jun
- 10:00 to 12:00 | Microsoft Innovation and Collaboration Forum
- 13:00 to 15:00 | Dolenni Digidol: Demystifying AI for public service leaders [Wrexham]
- Tue-17-Jun | 15:00 to 16:00 | Extending ransomware resilience to your virtual environment
- Wed-25 to Fri-27-Jun | Smart Places and Smart Communities 2025
- Thu-26-Jun CIVILAB Conference 2025: Connected Communities [Derby] Keynote speaker is VP Yogita Popat [Barnet Council]
- Thu-26-Jun | 09:15 to 16:30 | LGC Digital Futures [London] LSE chair Rehana Ramesh is a panellist on Future funding of digital transformation
Membership extras
Place Insight: membership add on
Place Insight blends data into a single, simple-to-use platform. 56 datasets give you a multi-layered view of social progress where you are.
Your members-only offer
Gain cost-effective access to Place Insight as an add-on to your membership.
To find out more contact Head of operations Poppy Brummell.
WeChange.AI
You’ve only got a member-only rate for WeChange.AI till 30 June.
Lots of us don’t use software to its full potential. WeChange offers tailored strategies to get the most out of services we use daily.Read more about it and join them on Friday 23 May with any and all questions.
Get Liberty Spark with 30% off
Unlock smarter process improvement with a special members-only offer.
Members can now access Liberty Spark, Netcall’s powerful process mapping and improvement tool, with an exclusive 30% discount.
Plus, the first 10 councils to sign up will receive a 12-week process improvement training and mentoring programme to kick-start your transformation (at no additional cost).
Government Technology (issue 17.2)
What are a few of the best bits?
- From plan to action: how the UK can be a world leader in AI – a techUK perspective from Sue Daley
- Transforming Britain’s geospatial future: inside Ordnance Survey’s digital evolution with Manish Jethwa
- Addressing digital poverty in UK schools: a strategic approach. Elizabeth Anderson from the Digital Poverty Alliance
- Software quality as the backbone of citizen-centric services: lessons from Scotland’s Social Security Programme
- You’ve got to get to grips with understanding and using data
- Ten Years of Cyber Essentials – a decade of making the UK more resilient
- Technology helping to predict ambulance breakdowns: OS working with South Central Ambulance Service…
Thank you for reading (or scrolling) this far! Just one more thing…
Thank you for reading (or scrolling) this far! Just one more thing…
Belbin Week: Celebrating the legacy of Dr Meredith Belbin
Meredith Belbin, founder and patron of Belbin Ltd passed away on 6 March at the age of 98.
Known as the father of Team Roles, Meredith’s seminal work into teams – why some succeed whilst others fail – has been the cornerstone of team understanding and effectiveness for more than 40 years.