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I’m not a mum but I subscribe to Netmums to observe what makes Netmums so special. Out of just pure curiosity and admiration for the creators, I guess… I love what they’ve done and wish to see more networks such as this. Maybe a NetDads?
I want to know what they’re doing right. So I get weekly updates sent to my mailbox and I usually have a glance to see what they’re up to. However this weeks email had a cool announcement that I thought was worth sharing. Have a look what’s going on on Netmums…
Coventry City Council has recently unveiled its City Centre’s Masterplan to the local people of Coventry. This billion pound project achieved its Final Masterplan following a massive consultation exercise with local people. The council used various ways to ensure local people were involved in the project by raising awareness through the normal media channels. But what’s interesting is they also used Facebook to run their consultation.
I have been speaking to online engagement champions in several local councils for the past 2 weeks or so. One of those councils is Cheltenham Borough Council who just launched their new and improved web 2.0 website provided by Jadu’s CMS. Upon closer inspection there were alot of features that are worth mentioning and then thought, why not share it with the rest of the local council community.
As most of you might have noticed, the growth of local councils adopting the social media route is growing by the day. The momentum and awareness is growing slowly but surely. As I was sipping my favourite caramel macchiato at Starbucks this morning, I had an light bulb moment and thought its worth sharing it with you.
Just a week ago I wrote a post on how this blog had already received 500 visits after just 23 days. Today I checked my google analytics and the number has doubled! The number of …
Social Innovation Camp II, Dec 2008 from The People Speak on Vimeo.
I’ve recently been introduced to Social Innovation Camp and have been inspired by what they have achieved. It somehow gives me great inspiration and …
Straight from the Horses Mouth
Lichfield District Council Planning Twitter: http://twitter.com/ldcplanning
Twitter stats followers: 19
Twitter stats updates: 138
Twitter Fact: Lichfield DC is one of the councils who have setup a twitter account for a specific service (Planning …
Straight from the Horses Mouth
Lichfield District photo from Steve Lightfoot
We currently have 23 members and 332 photos in the group pool, which, given that I only started the group in October is pretty impressive! The …
I’m glad to announce that this website has now had 500 visits after just 23 days! This is however according to Statpress, Google Analytics seems to say I’ve had 552 visits …. hmmm… which one …
