http://kingstonrichard.uk/Richard Kingston20202020-07-05T21:55:00ZIT Manager at Barnsley Council. Member of BarnsleyIO. Maker. Web. Electronics. MTB rider. Man parent of two.http://kingstonrichard.uk/posts/secured-ims-alpha-bidWe've secured our IMS Alpha bid!2020-03-13T00:00:00Z<p>This page has moved. If you are not redirected automatically, click the link below:</p>
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<p>This page has moved. If you are not redirected automatically, click the link below:</p>http://kingstonrichard.uk/posts/psfa-ims-shortlistedPublic Finance Awards 20202020-01-30T00:00:00Z<p>We've just learned that our Income Management System has been shortlisted at the <a href="https://publicfinanceawards.co.uk/2020-shortlist/">Public Finance Awards 2020</a> in the Digital Finance Project of the Year category!</p>
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<p>Having just completed our <a href="/tags/Local-Digital-Fund">Discovery project</a> the timing could be better and the team are thrilled.</p>
<p>We're up against some tough competition by the looks of things with DWP, DEFRA, NHS Shared Business Services, Tewkesbury Council and Caring Together in the mix.</p>
<p>The ceremony for this is on April 23rd, just a month after the ceremony for the <a href="/20191117">LGC Awards 2020</a> that our <a href="/tags/Innovation-Group">Innovation Group</a> has also been nominated for.</p>
<p>Fingers crossed at both events!</p>
<p>We've just learned that our Income Management System has been shortlisted at the <a href="https://publicfinanceawards.co.uk/2020-shortlist/">Public Finance Awards 2020</a> in the Digital Finance Project of the Year category!</p>http://kingstonrichard.uk/posts/ims-discovery-week-20IMS Discovery - Week 202020-01-24T00:00:00Z<p>This page has moved. If you are not redirected automatically, click the link below:</p>
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<p>This page has moved. If you are not redirected automatically, click the link below:</p>http://kingstonrichard.uk/posts/our-new-apprentice-rocksOur new apprentice rocks!2019-11-19T00:00:00Z<p>Robyn joins us from <a href="https://barnsley.ac.uk">Barnsley College</a>, working 4 days a week split between my web team and our SAP team. On Monday's and Tuesday's she creates SAP programs using ABAP and on Wednesday's and Thursday's she builds websites and digital media tools. She spends her Friday's at college.</p>
<p>Before she joined us we'd discovered that she had a talent for developing websites and that she was keen to learn as much as possible during her time with us. As it happened, we needed a new website developing and it was the perfect task for a ground up training exercise. It covered HTML, CSS, JavaScript, design and layout work, familiarisation with <a href="https://umbraco.com">Umbraco</a> (our WCM of choice), logo creation and everything in between.</p>
<p>Robyn is now in her 8th week with us (so 16 days, or 3 working weeks) and so far she has wireframed her designs, adopted changes in response to critique from our in-house graphic designer, set up an empty Umbraco instance and began building the website in it AND she's developed a logo and brand identity for it.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/images/2019-11-19-blog-design.png" class="img-fluid" alt="Barnsley.Digital website design" /></p>
<p>I'm honestly blown away. Robyn's commitment and enthusiasm is infectious!</p>
<p>The website she's working on is a collaborative blog that we hope to use to showcase the digital economy in Barnsley. There are lots of fantastic digital projects happening across the borough and we want to provide an online space that can bring them all together.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/mwtsn">Matt Watson</a> of <a href="https://www.makedo.net/">Make Do Ltd</a> who donated to us a very fitting domain name, we're calling it Barnsley.Digital which incidentally mirrors similar concepts in other cities and towns - see <a href="https://croydon.digital">Croydon Digital</a> and <a href="https://digital.gateshead.gov.uk">Gateshead Digital</a> for example.</p>
<p><img src="/assets/images/2019-11-19-brand-identity.png" class="img-fluid" alt="Barnsley.Digital brand identity" /></p>
<p>Robyn is due to be with us for some time yet and I'm very much looking forward to what else she'll be able to achieve. As her studies progress and her learning with us does too, she'll only improve further and further. Absolutely outstanding! Nice work Robyn!</p>
<p>Robyn joins us from <a href="https://barnsley.ac.uk">Barnsley College</a>, working 4 days a week split between my web team and our SAP team. On Monday's and Tuesday's she creates SAP programs using ABAP and on Wednesday's and Thursday's she builds websites and digital media tools. She spends her Friday's at college.</p>http://kingstonrichard.uk/posts/iot-award-shortlistLGC Awards 2020 Finalist2019-11-17T00:00:00Z<p>I learned today that a submission made to the LGC Awards 2020 has been shortlisted for an award in the Innovation category.</p>
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<p>I've been running an Innovation Group for a little over a year now at Barnsley Council in which individuals from around the organisation are invited to prototype technology solutions to problems that aren't being tackled otherwise. One day per fortnight, we open up the doors to our Innovation Lab that contains a variety of useful equipment including 3D printers, soldering irons, voice assistants and more.</p>
<p>The problems identified so far have related to inefficiency in council processes and the solutions have been commercial in the sense that they could be made available to other councils. I've <a href="/tags/Innovation-Group">blogged about them</a> all previously.</p>
<p>The group, we think, is a fairly unusual thing amongst council's and its benefited hugely from new ways of working that are being tried and tested in the organisation. It's these ways of working, these new innovative approaches that are the subject of the submission. Our innovation group is a beneficiary of them - an example of what can and has been achieved. And incidentally the council is then a beneficiary of the group as it implements the solutions that are developed by it.</p>
<p>It'll be interesting to see if the judges see the value as we do and I'm looking forward to the results.</p>
<p>I learned today that a submission made to the LGC Awards 2020 has been shortlisted for an award in the Innovation category.</p>http://kingstonrichard.uk/posts/ims-discovery-week-10IMS Discovery - Week 102019-11-15T00:00:00Z<p>This page has moved. If you are not redirected automatically, click the link below:</p>
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