More examples of advice and guidance on using social media tools in government, this time from New Zealand. The first bit is the High Level Guidance, described as helping: organisations when they are trying to decide if they should use social media in a communications, community engagement, or a policy consultation context. It is intendedRead… Read more »
I had a mixed day yesterday at the Online Information conference, which is excellently led by Steve Dale. The good bits were the sessions I attended and the chance to meet up with good friends, old and new. The less good bit was the panel I was chairing, which was a little challenging to sayRead… Read more »
The Canadian government has shared their – somewhat lengthy – “Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0″ online. Well worth checking out if you are designing your own organisation’s policy on this stuff. Possibly related posts: What I’ve been reading ACAS’ social networking guidance What I’ve been reading Just because you can say something… WhatRead… Read more »
April may well be the cruellest month, but for me November was the busiest – and the illest (as in, I’ve been poorly. I’m not starting to talk “street”, you’ll be pleased to know*) as well. Kind of Digital seems to have had time to get settled in now, and we’ve so much work onRead… Read more »
I’ve written a couple of times about the WordPress based ideas crowdsourcing tool we’ve been working on at Kind of Digital, which is called CiviCrowd. We’re delighted that it’s now being used out in the open by South Holland District Council, to find the ideas people have to improve their local community. Ideas are enteredRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Getting the digital debate going – Jimmy Leach announces the FCO’s conference on cyberspace. Sounds interesting! Mid year review: the state of DH digital – Great honest review of activity in digital at the Dept Health Ofsted Parent View – Interesting “Parent’s Opinion” style schoolRead… Read more »
Tuesday 25th October 2011 Feedback from previous Digital Engagement workshop The workshop provided me with a better understanding of the advantages & pitfalls of social media – Tourism Development Officer, Ceredigion County Council The workshop was informative and lent itself well to interaction with well thought out activities – PR Officer, Coleg Morgannwg Useful insightsRead… Read more »
One of the more popular things I have written is the guide to using Twitter in the public sector, published by my good friends at Learning Pool. It was first produce a couple of years ago and was due an update, which has finally happened! You can download the new version from the Learning PoolRead… Read more »
Today I gave a talk at the CIPR public services communications conference. In case they are handy, here are the slides: Getting digital engagement right View more presentations from Kind of Digital. Possibly related posts: No Related Post Original post
Lovely interview with John Naughton about the themes of his upcoming book. Worth getting everyone you know to watch this! Possibly related posts: Everything you ever need to know about the internet “Kids today need a licence to tinker” What I’ve been reading Electric wok syndrome Micro-participation at ShropCamp Original post