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WordPress 4.0 is on its way!
I blogged today at dxw on the topic of what can be expected from the upcoming version 4.0 of WordPress.
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
Dave Briggs
An online notebook
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Daveslist #11
Issue 11 of my newsletter was sent out this morning. You can read it on the web here to see what it’s like. If you are already getting email alerts for this blog, don’t worry – the newsletter contains completely…
Community management in digital engagement
This is a bit of a precursor to my session at CommsCamp on Monday, but also links in with a chat I was having with Stephen Hale yesterday. It strikes me that there is a clear role for community management…
Accelerators, intrapreneurs and changing organisations for the better
Lucy Watt shares an excellent, honest post on the FutureGov blog about their learning from the PSLaunchpad project. Having regularly spoken to one of the teams on the launchpad, Martin Howitt and Lucy Knight from Devon, I’m aware of the…
CommsCamp14 session ideas
I’m looking forward to CommsCamp14 in a week’s time, and have pitched a couple of session ideas on the event’s Ideascale site: User centred comms What does user centred comms look like? Who actually is the customer? How do we…
10 mistakes nobody needs to make again
Love this slide deck talking about lessons learned by a tech startup entrepreneur. [slideshare id=9628635&doc=10thingsivedonewrongennovation-111010061148-phpapp02]
Why be a councillor?
Pretty damning stuff from Cllr Roger Gambba-Jones: If somebody was to ask me about becoming a councillor nowadays, I’m not sure what I would tell them were the benefits of doing so and I don’t mean to the councillor. Government…
Podcast episode 5 – Anne McCrossan
Here’s my fifth podcast. This is becoming a thing! I’m joined in this episode by Anne McCrossan, who runs Visceral Business. Anne’s thing is getting organisations perform as genuinely social businesses. Here’s a link to download the original mp3…
LocalGovCamp 2014 thoughts #5 – tools
I found LocalGovCamp a really refreshing and cheering event this year. I’m going to spend a few quick posts writing up my thoughts. There’s a kitbag of tools and approaches that can be used to tackle the problems facing us.…
LocalGovCamp 2014 thoughts #4 – communities
I found LocalGovCamp a really refreshing and cheering event this year. I’m going to spend a few quick posts writing up my thoughts. Communities always come up a lot, in terms of engagement and also new methods of service delivery.…
LocalGovCamp 2014 thoughts #3 – collaboration is key
I found LocalGovCamp a really refreshing and cheering event this year. I’m going to spend a few quick posts writing up my thoughts. Mary McKenna brilliantly facilitated an excellent discussion on collaboration – why it is needed, why it hasn’t…
LocalGovCamp 2014 thoughts #2 – don’t panic
I found LocalGovCamp a really refreshing and cheering event this year. I’m going to spend a few quick posts writing up my thoughts. Another thread of discussion was around – as it often is – how do we engage more…
LocalGovCamp 2014 thoughts #1- culture
I found LocalGovCamp a really refreshing and cheering event this year. I’m going to spend a few quick posts writing up my thoughts. Lot and lots of discussion about culture and culture change. This discussion has been going on since…
Another WordPress blog post at dxw
I’ve blogged over at dxw on the topic of customising your WordPress dashboard with screen options.
Podcasts you might like
As well as making my own podcast, I also love listening to those created by other people. Here are some of my favourites – maybe you will like them too! Try Doorbell Robert Brook and Lloyd Davis chanter on about…
Problogging
I’m hugely envious of folks like Shawn Blanc and Ben Thompson. Their job is their blogs! How lucky is that? This year I’ve really got into the content-producing swing of things – dunno if you’ve noticed. With this blog settled…
Recording podcasts
A few people have asked how I go about recording my podcast. So I don’t need to keep repeating myself, I thought it worthwhile to write it up here. Skype So, the format of my podcast is usual an interview,…
Podcast episode 4 – Andy Mabbett
Here’s the fourth episode of the podcast, where I chat with Andy Mabbett, twitcher birder extraordinaire and Wikipedian par excellence. He’s also done a bit of web work in local government. Here’s a link to download the original mp3 file if…
Don’t try to delight the undelightable
With reference to my previous post, I was intrigued to see this pop up via Seth Godin: If you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable for no reason.
Where should internal communications efforts be focused?
I was part of an interesting discussion recently where internal communications was being debated. It was revealed that only 40% of staff were engaged with the communications coming from the corporate centre. The conversation focused on what could be done…