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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 2010

(UPDATED) Search engines are predicting human behaviour and the future for government & citizens
September 30, 2010 – 12:40 pm | No Comment
(UPDATED) Search engines are predicting human behaviour and the future for government & citizens

Recently I’ve been more and more consumed with understanding human behaviour and wondering what makes us tick. Or more accurately is, I’m concerned with how we can correctly predict people’s needs when it comes to …

A collection of my recent blog posts
September 27, 2010 – 7:48 am | No Comment
A collection of my recent blog posts

Hi guys and dolls,
Thought I’d update you with some of the links to my most recent blog posts. I know how I am, I don’t blog for a long time then I get the sudden …

Government agencies can now learn social media best practices from the Giants: Verizon Case Study – How to Avoid an Epic Failure! (Audio Podcast Available)
September 26, 2010 – 7:25 pm | One Comment
Government agencies can now learn social media best practices from the Giants: Verizon Case Study – How to Avoid an Epic Failure! (Audio Podcast Available)

Verizon Communications Social Media Strategy.

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EpicStar SuperPost: Ten Top Tips for Creating an Engaging Online Consultation Space
September 25, 2010 – 2:24 pm | 5 Comments
EpicStar SuperPost: Ten Top Tips for Creating an Engaging Online Consultation Space

I recently was contacted by Matthew Crozier, Director of Bang The Table Ltd, a specialist provider of online stakeholder engagement services in Australia. They work at the intersection of the latest web technologies …

My presentation in Birmingham 22/9/10. Slides and recorded live web cast available.
September 25, 2010 – 1:39 pm | No Comment
My presentation in Birmingham 22/9/10. Slides and recorded live web cast available.

Title of presentation: Moving Paper Processes to More Cost-Effective Online Usage
When: 22 September 2010
Where: Birmingham Science Park Aston
Faraday Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4BB

It seems this presentation has already been viewed 54 times. Hope those …

(UPDATED) My future prediction on how brick and mortar businesses will catch up with social media and survive
September 25, 2010 – 12:31 pm | 2 Comments
(UPDATED) My future prediction on how brick and mortar businesses will catch up with social media and survive

I know this is a bit off topic from government related topics, but I feel I really wanted to share my future prediction for brick and mortar business when it comes to social media. You …

Looking at some challenges of User-Generated Content (UGC) for organizations
September 24, 2010 – 3:29 pm | No Comment
Looking at some challenges of User-Generated Content (UGC) for organizations

Defining the relationship you want to create
Its important to understand that in the context of user-generated content (UGC), the relationship you currently have your community and what type of relationship you wish to create, are …

Gift Government: My RADICAL IDEA (UPDATED) for BigSociety!
September 24, 2010 – 8:37 am | No Comment
Gift Government: My RADICAL IDEA (UPDATED) for BigSociety!

Predictably Irrational Behaviours.

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I’m presenting in Birmingham at the Science Park today on Government-to-Citizen communications. Live webcast available.
September 22, 2010 – 7:35 am | No Comment
I’m presenting in Birmingham at the Science Park today on Government-to-Citizen communications. Live webcast available.

Hello,
Sorry for the short notice, but I’ll be presenting in Brum today on the topic of Government-to-Citizens Communications. If you would like to catch my presentation, you can do in real-time here.
Please join me. The …

EpicStar SuperPost: Faith in the Cloud – the missing link
September 16, 2010 – 12:50 pm | No Comment
EpicStar SuperPost: Faith in the Cloud – the missing link

So here we are, LGEO Research’s first guest blog post! Hooray! Its such a pleasure for me to host this post by Andrew Beeken, a good friend of mine on Twitter who’s doing fabulous web …