Digital democracy: some quick and easy ideas
Following up on my earlier post on tweeting meetings, here are a bunch of quick, easy – and probably free – ideas for getting started with digital engagement.
Digital democracy: tweeting meetings
I’m giving a talk today at a conference in Norwich for parish and town councils and one of the things I want to do is just to share some really simple ideas on how councils could get some online interactivity going.
One of those ideas was to tweet meetings. I asked my network on Twitter for examples, and was deluged!
Writing an effective tweet
Writing a tweet is easy – after all, what can you get wrong when you only have 140 characters to play with?
Quite a lot, it turns out.
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Tales of the city: the rise of the local blog – "In its daily blogposts, Spitalfields Life aims to portray the full colour of life in London's East End. But who is the mysterious 'Gentle Author' behind this extraordinary work of social history?" Apache Cordova … Keep reading
The Twitter guide, updated!
One of the more popular things I have written is the guide to using Twitter in the public sector, published by my good friends at Learning Pool. It was first produce a couple of years ago and was due an update, which has finally happened! You can download the new version from the Learning Pool … Keep reading