government

A quick start guide to Twitter

Twitter Guide You will all be delighted to know that I have written a handy quick-start guide to Twitter for people who work in and around government!

I have had loads of requests for this, from people who can see that Twitter is taking off in a big way, but who also just can’t quite make their way around the service enough to make the most of it.

The guide takes absolute beginners to Twitter right from the start – explaining what Twitter is, and how to sign up – right through to replying, retweeting, hashtagging and using tools to measure success.

It’s free to download, just click the cover graphic or the text link below!

Download Learning Pool’s Twitter Guide

I’d love to know what you make of it, and if you have any suggestions for an updated version. Maybe you have an idea for another subject crying out for the Briggs treatment. Drop me your comments using dave@learningpool.com or send them via Twitter to @davebriggs.

And don’t forget, you can follow Learning Pool on Twitter too – @learningpool.

Government 2010

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Government 2010 looks like it will be a lot of fun.

It’s a conference about the future of government:

Government 2010 is about improved government communications and more rapid delivery of services to citizens via the web, and web-enabled channels.

It also features some people I really respect on the speaker list:

…amongst a host of others.

Another great thing about this conference is the lengths they are going to to make it accessible – including the live streaming. Having a company like Switch New Media involved certainly helps – their streaming of Aprils Digital Inclusion conference was superb. As I can’t make it, I will certainly be making the most of this live feed.

Google blogs to follow

One of the things I like about Google is the number of blogs they have, used by many of the teams at the company to document their work and share some good stuff.

Here are some of the ones I follow that I think might be of use to others who read this blog.

You can find a directory of official Google blogs here.

Unofficial blogs about Google that I read include:

UKGovCamp 2010 taking shape

After just one day, interest is already starting to build up for January’s barcamp. We have had a tonne of responses to the register of interest form, which is awesome, and have made significant headway in getting the venue arranged.

More on that as soon as I know it.

In the meantime, I’ve been doing some gardening on the community site we have set up on Ning. Deleting spammers, starting new conversations and creating some new groups.

We now have specific groups to discuss government data sharing and cloud computing – both hot topics. Make sure you sign up and jump into the conversations about these two topics.

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