Yammer time

One of the most talked about sessions at last weekend’s LocalGovCamp was about Yammer. (For those who don’t know, Yammer is basically a private version of Twitter with knobs on that works within an organisation.) Tom Phillips, who led the session, wrote it up on the group blog: I have a firm view, echoed by … Keep reading

The Preston Social Media Toolkit

A bit of a flurry on Twitter about Preston City Council’s ‘Social Media Toolkit‘ which describes itself as a complete guide to joining the social media revolution It costs £199 (plus VAT). I wish them luck. I do this stuff for living and it’s very, very hard to make money from content. Apparently newspapers and … Keep reading

Telling tales

One of my favourite sessions at LocalGovCamp was Lloyd Davis talking about his trip across the States and his upcoming project to go where the work is in the UK. Here’s a video (if you can see it): I speak up with a few minutes to go at the end, making the point that I … Keep reading