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Social Media Gov

There’s alot of stuff out there on social media in government. Here I’ve carefully chosen what you might need to know and other stuff that might be to your liking. So, check it out!

Straight From the Horses Mouth

Here you will find inspiring interviews with key individuals involved either directly or indirectly with local government and their take on online engagement. Very useful!

Tools for Engagement

Sometimes its hard to figure out what works, so why not look at some of the stuff here. You might find them useful to apply to your local council or community website.

Research Data

Here you will find all the research data on local government social media channels that has been collected to date, which includes Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Facebook and more to come. Keep checking!

Be Inspired!

Ever feel that you need to be inspired to do your job or just everyday life? Here I’ve hand picked some stuff that might just give you the boost that you need!

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Article Archive for September 2009

What’s a “Community Evangelist” I wonder…? Let’s find out! ;-)
September 30, 2009 – 6:57 pm | No Comment
What’s a “Community Evangelist” I wonder…? Let’s find out! ;-)

Learning Pool’s Community Evangelist: Dave Briggs from Liz Azyan on Vimeo.
Hope this was useful!
Liz xxx

Exclusive Social Media 101 video with Dave Briggs
September 30, 2009 – 2:40 pm | No Comment
Exclusive Social Media 101 video with Dave Briggs

Dave Briggs writes about digital engagement and community building for government. Dave is Learning Pool’s Community Evangelist as well as a freelance consultant.

ATTENTION!!!
September 24, 2009 – 6:42 pm | No Comment
ATTENTION!!!

Does social media work?

Let’s Party with the “L Pool” Posse!
September 22, 2009 – 9:02 am | No Comment

Ok, so for once I’m not working but instead I’ll be partying the day and night away! If you wanna see me (hehe) or have fun with the @learningpool posse … Be sure to book your places now, if you haven’t already that is! I think I’ll bring a day dress then a change of clothes later in the night to “Rock the Boat!” LOL

Digital Engagement – Empowering Citizens and Government through Digital Innovation
September 21, 2009 – 8:40 am | No Comment
Digital Engagement – Empowering Citizens and Government through Digital Innovation

An interesting affair….

Almost everyday my inbox is filled with information or invitations to attend conferences and events on digital engagement, e-government, social media, local government and everything web 2.0. There’s some interesting conferences and events coming up on my calendar and I thought I’d share one with my readers.

Social media: The misunderstood teenager?
September 16, 2009 – 2:59 pm | 2 Comments
Social media: The misunderstood teenager?

Summary of my upcoming social media presentation. Any thoughts?

I’m going to be presenting this sometime in the near future. Thought I’d share my overview of the presentation with all my readers to get an insight into what you think. Any comments welcomed!

CELEB Event Coverage on board the HMS President, London
September 15, 2009 – 12:22 pm | No Comment
CELEB Event Coverage on board the HMS President, London

As all of you might already know, I was a CELEB for a day last week on board the HMS President. If you’re still a bit clueless, you can check out the details here in …

Learning Pool CELEB Event: Liz meets Ian Laughton and talks about flexible working in local government
September 15, 2009 – 12:15 pm | No Comment
Learning Pool CELEB Event: Liz meets Ian Laughton and talks about flexible working in local government

Ian Laughton has been the Director of Nomad since its inception in 2003. As Chair of the Nomad Forum his role has been the overall delivery of the 4 million pound original project across its range of partner local authorities and the delivery of a sustainable Nomad Forum, events and activity. Previously, Ian was Head of e-Government at Cambridgeshire County Council with responsibility for the delivery of e-government, modernisation and efficiency targets. He was also previously responsible for the ICT and Information Systems of the Social Services Directorate at Cambridgeshire CC. Before joining local government Ian worked in the private ICT sector and a number of charitable organisations delivering media and technology programmes.

Learning Pool CELEB Event: Liz meets Leon Yohai and talks about change management in local government
September 15, 2009 – 12:09 pm | No Comment
Learning Pool CELEB Event: Liz meets Leon Yohai and talks about change management in local government

Leon Yohai has worked in local government for over 24 years in areas including regeneration, homelessness, tenancy services and policy. He is currently at the very heart of an ambitious modernisation and regeneration programme worth £800 million. It has 10 key strands which, taken as a whole, will modernise and regenerate both service delivery and the infrastructure of the borough.

Learning Pool’s CELEB Live Blogging Post
September 10, 2009 – 8:20 am | No Comment

Learning Pool’s CELEB event on HMS President