I’ve been out braving the snow across the UK to present at a couple of great events. Neighbourhoods The first was the networked neighbourhoods event where Kevin Harris and Hugh Flouch presented the findings of their Capital Ambition funded research on ‘hyperlocal’ sites – basically neighbourhood networks. This includes a survey of council officers and [...]
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We had a handful of prizes for people participating in the Local by Social online conference. Generally awarded for humourous contributions to the icebreaker thread, we also had a copy of Charlene Li’s Open Leadership for the participant-started topic that got the most views. I don’t think Jamie Kirk, of the Improvement Service (Scotland) was [...]
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We’ve had an excellent first three days of the Local by Social online conference – and there are now over 1000 members. We’ve covered everything from members and social media, open data and knowledge management in the face of public sector cuts. (See all the topics in the agenda). And the great thing about unconferences [...]
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Calling all councillors – We also have a Councillors and social media open session running today, hosted by Carl Whistlecraft. Carl of Kirklees Council has been supporting social media surgeries for councillors – this session will be starting in just a few minutes. Anything about councillors and social media – but Carl’s suggested in particular: [...]
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Can social media and open data be the powder keg in the basement of your town hall? About eighteen months ago, we ran a dedicated online conferences on councillors and social media. It was really good (if I do say so myself) and was the foundation of the Connected Councillors guide – which to me [...]
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The Local by Social online conference opened this morning – and we’ve already had some fabulous conversations. And I’ve been taken to task by one delegate who reminds me that this isn’t a conference about social media and open data in local government, but for local public services and localities in general. Too right! Councillor [...]
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via flickr.com I went to University in the US and the array of financial aid options, public and private scholarships and majors was complicated to say the least. The State of Texas has just launched a social media clearinghouse (I’m guessing this means a hub and spoke model – central website with links back and [...]
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via flickr.com It’s been in the news (see this Guardian article). Manchester police have been tweeting all calls over a 24 hour period. It’s been an interesting and effective way to show the range of police calls – it’s not all break-ins and bust-ups. A lot of it is what’s been described as ‘social work’ [...]
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via cllrsocmed.wordpress.com CllrSocMed is a series of hands-on sessions exploring social media for councillors, brought about by some great folk from that ever-innovative Kirklees Council. I had the pleasure of attending an early run of this concept at LocalGovCamp Yorkshire and Humber – and it was a really great introduction to social media for councillors. [...]
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Es9tWXZgw&hl=en&fs=1] via youtube.com Here’s a fun social media example for a Friday. The City of Toronto lets its residents know how to recycle old electronic equipment in style (maybe not good style, but that’s in the eye of the viewer). It’s entertaining, informative and it made me want to search my house for unwanted electronic [...]
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