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I’ve recently decided to try my hand at compiling a list like the one created by @barryearnshaw and Glenn Taggart with @uklocalcouncils for the USA and Canada . @b3rn from the Stap isi website (Local government, the internet & community engagement online) has also done the same for Australia, @OZGovLocal and also one for Australia Councillors twitter stream @OZGovLocalClrs (similar to @CllrTweeps here in the UK) around the same time I created @USALocalGov and @CanadaLocalGov. This is a little experiment to test my theory on whether or not lists like this can help the increase in local gov twitter accounts.
Its been a while since I’ve updated this list. Much to my surprise the numbers of council on twitter has doubled since the last time I looked. Hopefully by end of the year all local councils will have a twitter account. I’m very interested to learn how you are using your twitter accounts so please do leave your comments on your experiences with twitter. Good or bad! We all want to learn form each other. And if you have any great annecdotes, why not share those too!
ATTENTION: You can now update your own local council details at LGEO Research’s Wiki Page! Please find latest updates there.
Local Councils on Flickr
This is a list of local councils or identified local council related accounts …
There is a new updated and reformatted list of UK local council twitters. A data has been refitted into a table for a better view of details. This list now can be found here.
I’m interested to know how this list is helping your council. Is it helping the social media bid for your local council? Or does it help you to consider how you wish to use Twitter for your organization? Please tell me what your thoughts are and hopefully I can improve the output of this research.
This post features the list of UK Local Councils on Youtube.
Here is a list of UK councillors on Twitter as of 17th April 2009
UK local councils tend to use fan pages rather than groups to deliver their services through Facebook. The differences between fan pages and groups are listed in the table below. This informational table was created by Authority Domains and the link can be found here.
FYI – This list was not compiled to measure a twitter accounts success by its followers, it was merely created so it can automatically update the details for me since numbers can change daily. It …
Reasons for conducting this observation
1. To create better practices when using twitter for local gov.
2. To create a ring of network between local councils to share information and solutions for improvement.
3. To understand how and why we choose a certain methods and not others.
4. To allow other councils to learn from each other and add on to the list if they wish to be apart of this ring.
5. To develop a standard of practice that we all can follow that is tested and proven.
6. To conduct a content analysis for my citizen engagement online research.
7. To demonstrate to colleagues and other relevant individuals of the potential or benefits of this approach to engage citizens, if any.
