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A trip to Exeter to deliver 2 events to the fine people of the South West of this wonderful country of ours taught me a number of things but 2 that stand out for me are as follows: 1. That the South West has been ignored by us and many others when it comes to [...]
by Andrea Di Maio | December 1, 2011 I just browsed through two documents that were published by the New Zealand government: Social Media in Government: High Level Guidance, targeted to organizations that “are trying to decide if they should use social media in a communications, community engagement, or a policy consultation context”; and Social Media in [...]
In this month’s edition… The top 20 UK councils for new online buzz Spotlights stories: City of London Corporation: The protest outside St Paul’s Northampton Borough Council: Nightclub tragedy and resignation of council Leader Hastings Borough Council: Row over BNP speech in village hall Buzz and Media Mix – News v Blogs v Twitter etc [...]
The Cabinet Office today published independent research which examines the motivations of young people involved in the August riots. The report is the first, and currently only, major study to be based on what young people themselves have to say about the riots. “A rapid flow of information: news and social media speeded up the [...]
Posted: October 28, 2011 | Author: Dan Slee Like it or not the public sector can’t say it’s truly got social media until it’s got Facebook right. Right now it hasn’t. All too often it’s a tumbleweed corporate page shovelling out press releases and a handful of brave people following. Often it’s nothing at all. [...]
37.4 million UK adults use Facebook regularly, 15.5 million on Twitter More men prefer Linkedin and YouTube than women LinkedIn bucks age trends with 20s/30s biggest users Northern Ireland lags behind as South East leads in social media usage More than half (55 per cent) of the UK’s pensionable population use Facebook regularly, research findings [...]
Courtesy – The Dan Slee Blog. Norfolk County Council and its partners did a rather innovative thing using Twitter recently. They told the story of five different public servants. It put a human face on what they do. I rather liked the idea. And I really liked the way they made use of Storify and [...]
Winter is coming and bringing with it rain and snow, floods and landslides, closed schools and damaged roads. Winter hits Councils hard. People don’t like their bins being left and they do like their roads being gritted. They don’t like schools being closed if they are parents, they do if they are pupils or teachers. [...]
Here are all the presentations from the event in Glasgow in September. The only one we are missing is Stuart’s about mobile apps, which will be added to this page as soon as possible! Jo Smith – Argyll and Bute Council Download the slides. Corrinne Douglas – Stirling Council Download the slides. Dan Slee – [...]
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