Demos is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Reeves to the post of Director.
Demos has recently published two reports
- Changes afoot.. It is very exciting news that the writer and thinker Richard Reeves was appointed new Demos director yesterday. continue reading 18th July 2008
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Podcast: Hello everybody...Clay Shirky at Demos
Demos Podcasts
We had the pleasure of hosting Clay Shirky in the Demos event space this lunchtime. He was in conversation with Demos associate Paul Miller, talking around the ideas thrown up by his book Here Comes Everybody.
We recorded the event, and you can listen in here. continue reading on 15th July 2008 Comments (1) - Clay Shirky, knife crime and the self policing society Clay Shirky spoke at Demos today (get the podcast here). Unfazed by jet lag and our infamous coffee, Clay answered a flurry of questions including one I managed to sneak in on knife crime. Could social software, I asked, help stop the current spate of knife crimes in London? Before I’m accused of suggesting that Twitter may be the missing tool in the Government’s fight against knife crime, consider the subject of Clay’s new book Here Comes Everybody. In a nutshell it’s about what happens when people are given the tools to do things together. continue reading on 15th July 2008 Comments (2)