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August 2009 Blog Posts (9)

The 6-Month Plan

David and I have started to discuss modifying the current content of Social by Social to match the context and needs of local communities or authorities interested in leveraging social media tools to increase communication, share information and build community. We discussed highlighting a "6-month plan" to help groups conceptualise different items that would need to be addressed when launching a new project. Here's what we've brainstormed so far - would love to hear your additions and… Continue

Added by Amy Sample Ward on August 25, 2009 at 19:00 — 1 Comment

Case Study & Example Round-Up for Local Gov Using Social Media

Here's a simple round up of links to case studies and information about local governments using social media.

Social media in a local government campaign – a case study

"An example of how we dipped our toes in the water at Southwark – and how it turned out pretty well. Not to say it wasn’t a steep learning curve but it was a fun one – and more to the point, a worthwhile one."…

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Added by Amy Sample Ward on August 25, 2009 at 18:30 — 1 Comment

5 Steps to a Successful Social Media Strategy

I'm always weary of posts that claim to pronounce the 10 Best Things You Can Ever Do, or 7 Steps to Success, or any other lofty achievement wrapped up in just a number of items. But, that doesn't stop me from doing it myself! Though, in these 5 steps, you'll see there is a lot more to do, think about, and work on - no quick tick-off on this list!

Social media, as many have said time and again, is only part of your campaigning, part of your fundraising, and… Continue

Added by Amy Sample Ward on August 25, 2009 at 17:34 — No Comments

Collaboration workshop - Invitation from CLG and Social by Social

I've been discussing how to take forward the next steps on this with David Wilcox - the merits of one big workshop versus several small ones; should 'government' and 'other' do some work amongst themselves first and then come together, or should we all come together in one big noisy event? How do we deal with the different places people are in on using social technology?

The compromise we've settled on, which also takes into account what's easy to organise in the time available, is… Continue

Added by Antonio Irranca on August 21, 2009 at 12:48 — 1 Comment

Talk About Local Unconference

You may have noticed there's a new event that's been added to Local Communities - the Talk About Local Unconference in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 3rd October.

In case you've not heard of Talk About Local, it's a project to give people in their communities a powerful online voice. We want to help people communicate and campaign more effectively… Continue

Added by Nicky Getgood on August 18, 2009 at 10:55 — 3 Comments

Digital Inclusion - scratching the itch!

I’m grateful to John Fisher, CEO of Citizens On Line, for a conversation we had about supply and demand, digital inclusion and the way that it’s supply led. I’ve been looking at the American experience; the whole social media idea appears to be far more embedded there than here. That may be just an impression but I think it stems from the social media phenomenon being driven by consumers. The desire to influence products and product quality has taken hold so that the social media environment is… Continue

Added by Paul Nash on August 11, 2009 at 7:19 — 1 Comment

Government offers to convene local communities workshops

The Department for Communities and Local Government - which funds both community-based programmes and local government projects - is offering to convene one or more workshops in the autumn to help join-up the many innovative programmes in the field of social tech for community benefit.

I highlighted the main ones on our wiki and… Continue

Added by David Wilcox on August 3, 2009 at 17:22 — 4 Comments

Media Trust recruits for Community Voices - was Digital Mentors

Over on the original localcommunities group - where this network started - Jessica Medling of the Media Trust reports that they are recruiting for the Community Voices (formerly… Continue

Added by David Wilcox on August 2, 2009 at 21:30 — No Comments

Talk About Local in Stoke

Last week the the Talk About Local project ran a pilot workshop in Stoke-on-Trent for local people. The national programme will help activists in hundreds of communities use blogs and other social media for information, campaigning, organising and having fun.

Here Will Perrin - who runs the TAL programme - explains the plans and asks local people… Continue

Added by David Wilcox on August 2, 2009 at 17:30 — No Comments

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