An online notebook
An online notebook
DotSpots looks interesting: DotSpots is an annotation platform that allows users to add text or video comments to any piece of text on the web. Dotspots searches through millions of online news articles, indexing paragraphs of text and using an…
Brighton and Hove City Council are advertising for a Social Media Officer! You are a Facebook pro, the fastest Twitter tweeter on the planet? Do you love nothing more but connecting with folks online? Are you one step ahead of…
There is a lot of discussion about social media policies, especially in government. People want documents to set out how staff can and should use social networks and other websites to engage with citizens and groups, and what the protocol…
I was lucky, in a sense, to get this through the post today as a reward for subscribing to a magazine: “In a sense”, because I already own it. ‘So!’ I thought. ‘Here’s a chance for a competition!’ If you…
I have run the social media game many times now, and it always turns out differently and is always rewarding, and interesting. Basically, it is learning and FUN! Here is a PDF of the cards I used, which I put…
Image credit: Steven Tuck I had a remarkably fun time up in Manchester last week, chairing the Public Sector Forums event at Old Trafford about local government web 2.0 strategies. There was a whole lot of Twitter action during the…
On Monday and Tuesday of this week I will be spending a couple of days at the Digital Inclusion Conference, helping to make the event a little more, well, inclusive by doing some social reporting. It won’t just be me,…
Helen has launched a new community blogging project over at digtialengagement.org which aims to be: a collaborative space for all those interested in digital engagement to share ideas and agree priorities for action around digital engagement This is of a…
Accessible Twitter takes Twitter and makes it more, er, accessible. Excellent work! Thanks to @littlelaura for the tip.
Effective Social Media & Web 2.0 Strategies for Local Authorities is a new event from Public Sector Forums, happening at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester on 30 April 2009. I have the pleasure of chairing the event, as well as giving…