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The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understanding it’s a ‘day …

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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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Why user testing is important for local council websites
July 25, 2011 – 5:01 pm | 3 Comments

The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understanding it’s a ‘day …

Live Coverage of the ‘Really Useful’ Event – Data Discovery Workshop #RU11
July 1, 2011 – 3:42 am | No Comment

#RU11 on Storify – Find out the stories that came out from this #opendata event… http://storify.com/liz_azyan/ru11-data-discovery-workshop

Sheenagh Reynolds from Local Directgov welcomes #RU11 attendees to the ‘Really Useful’ event – 1st July 2011 from Liz Azyan …

Ideas for Facebook and Twitter: Facebook article search, Twitter group tweet and hashtag filter
June 7, 2011 – 1:28 pm | No Comment
Ideas for Facebook and Twitter: Facebook article search, Twitter group tweet and hashtag filter

WARNING: This is strictly from a business strategy point of view and observation.
Facebook article/blog post search and page
There is one thing specifically on how I think Facebook can leverage on news, content/information or interesting articles …

Reshaping public services online by getting the basics right for local government websites
April 7, 2011 – 2:56 pm | One Comment

Frustration
There is nothing more frustrating than being in government right now if you are looking for change or motivation in your work. With almost no funding available, fewer colleagues to carry …

UKGovCamp11: Video production on the cheap for local government (Andrew Beeken – Lincoln City Council)
January 24, 2011 – 7:43 am | No Comment
UKGovCamp11: Video production on the cheap for local government (Andrew Beeken – Lincoln City Council)

Andrew Beeken presented a very useful session at UKGovCamp11 this year discussing how we can produce corporate videos on the cheap. A lot of good tips were shared and thoughts were exchanged during Andrew’s session …

E-Democracy: You can now translate LGEO Research in 48 languages!
October 11, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
E-Democracy: You can now translate LGEO Research in 48 languages!

I was recently asked if its possible to get LGEO Research to be translated into another language. I was wondering hmmm…. how can I make that happen? And serendipity, today I came across Steven Clift’s …

Tom Steinberg talks about how MySociety.org has created Transparency in Government
December 23, 2009 – 11:22 am | One Comment
Tom Steinberg talks about how MySociety.org has created Transparency in Government

Tom Steinberg runs MySociety which is a small open-source virtual non-profit. A well known example of MySociety in the UK is FixMyStreet. He also talks about MySociety newest website “WhatDoTheyKnow?” at the Personal Democracy Forum Europe 2009.