The lighter side of local government Now we know just how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall If you work at a council then you know that what follows snow and ice is potholes! The roads will be torn up. We even had an explanation of the science of potholes in our [...]
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I’m speaking at another one of these social media and council events coming up and I was asked to do some basic discussion of the tools. The fabulous Councillor Mary Reid will also be speaking, so I won’t be going on too much about blogging as she’ll cover that just fine – but I thought [...]
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via flickr.com It’s a winter wonder land! Wish I’d had the foresight to hide the compost bag on the right and the inflatable children’s pool on the left. Still the snow covers an amazing amount of failing-to-tidy the garden Some people said I spent too much thought, money and energy on my shed. (Paul Barlow) [...]
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via tennessee.scout.com In the winner of the “Stating the bleedin’ obvious” headline of the year. Posted via web from Ingrid’s posterous
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Our head coach has gone and quit on us after only 14 months. Tennessee has been struggling for quite some time and this past season under Kiffin’s leadership hasn’t left me exactly over-brimming with hope for the next couple of years, but I was willing to wait and see what his ‘recruiting genius’ would bring. [...]
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You will first need to be registered at www.communities.idea.gov.uk and a member of the Social Media and Online Collaboration Community of Practice to follow these links. Registration is easy and anyone with an interest in social media and local public services can join the community. I’ve been a longstanding member of the Social Media and [...]
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Last week’s links. Social media for councils and councillors: How Twitter is breaking the ice How the use of social media in the recent snow is an important development for local authority communications and customer relationship management – and a potential money saver, too. WoMN Focus » Blog Archive » How To Tweet – A [...]
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I saw you Remember David Kelly, the UK government scientist who, was the inside source for exposing the dodginess of the dodgy dossier? Just after he testified before the Parliamentary committee I saw him on the Underground, somewhere on the District line. My guess is Embankment. I’m notoriously poor at recognising celebrities so I stared [...]
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via flickr.com While most of the UK has been covered in a thick blanket of snow, our neighbourhood seemed to have about a half hour of fluffy stuff which semi-melted and then froze into something completely unuseful for snowballs or snowmen or such. I was very glad to get out to Richmond Deer Park where [...]
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Just testing to see if this autoposts to my personal blog. Which I don't want it to! Posted via email from LocalGov 2.0
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