I know we’ve all long been trying to make sense of Twitter and on how best to capitalize from its increasing potential.  Being a researcher, I definitely hear alot of strategies but very rarely do …

Are you trying to convince your colleagues/organization on the benefits of social media? Are you looking for good examples, great inspirational lines to help you in your bid to sell social media? Were you hypnotized and bawled over when you heard Obama speak? Did you know that some of his key inspirational lines came from the great leaders and inspirational individuals before him? If you are and were, then read on.

I’ve been speaking to several local councils recently and noticed that alot of local council websites are still not Web 2.0. Although many were already on their way to apply Web 2.0 to their websites, I fear to think of those who haven’t even considered it…

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.

I recently caught up with Simon Wakeman at Medway Council and asked him about Medways digital engagement activities. Simon is the Head of Marketing at Medway Council as well as a freelance communications consultant.

A short piece describing why government (specifically NOAA) needs to take advantage of social media in order to better serve its constituents. If you agree with the video’s message consider voting for the idea at …

WARNING: This post is hot out of the oven and comes with a new idea. Taking a break from local gov posts…
I woke up this morning and the term ‘social government’ sprang to …

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that lists the Twitter status of local councils  in the UK. I had been told today that the link for Wandsworth Council http://twitter.com/wwcouncil was in fact not …