{"id":620,"date":"2020-12-17T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/?p=620"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:15:18","slug":"digital-dorset-christmas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/2020\/12\/17\/digital-dorset-christmas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Dorset Christmas Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam McLaren in the Digital team has been reflecting on the year using rhyme with a very festive accompanying video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Digital Dorset Christmas Story\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJFjEFjRlxQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This holiday tale you are about to be told, begins with the ways of new and old.<br \/>\nA tale of\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIGITAL DORSET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our tale begins a long time ago,<\/p>\n<p>early 2020 but little did we know\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Teams &amp; Zoom was something new,<\/p>\n<p>having virtual meetings was a taboo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We got locked down and had to act fast,<\/p>\n<p>adapting at home so we could outlast.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the community we rattled our heads,<\/p>\n<p>#DorsetTogether to provide food and meds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year has been up and down like Dorset\u2019s hills,<\/p>\n<p>but we won an award for Digital skills.<\/p>\n<p>Digital champions at work and in the community,<\/p>\n<p>learning new skills, bringing people together and creating unity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 5 weeks we planned an amazing event,<\/p>\n<p>the Festival of the Future and all its content.<\/p>\n<p>We had 65 speakers and 100s attend,<\/p>\n<p>showcasing Dorset and its Digital trends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our vision from last year got out of date fast,<\/p>\n<p>we ran Dorset Reloaded and put Alex May on the task.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Make a new graphic, everything\u2019s changed now\u2019,<\/p>\n<p>the importance of data, customer needs and a texting cow!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2021 is coming round fast,<\/p>\n<p>we have some big plans which we will soon broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>A new customer platform and a Dorset digital academy,<\/p>\n<p>more service design, innovation, and pilots for 5G.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have a great Christmas full of cheer,<\/p>\n<p>we look forward to seeing you all next year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam McLaren in the Digital team has been reflecting on the year using rhyme with a very festive accompanying video. This holiday tale you are about to be told, begins with the ways of new and old. A tale of\u2026 DIGITAL DORSET Our tale begins a long time ago, early 2020 but little did we&hellip; <span class=\"kuorinka-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/2020\/12\/17\/digital-dorset-christmas-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Digital Dorset Christmas Story<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}