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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!

Investigating the perceptions & challenges of using social media for informal e-learning and collaboration within the NHS trust
May 19, 2010 – 9:11 am | One Comment
Investigating the perceptions & challenges of using social media for informal e-learning and collaboration within the NHS trust

This blog post looks into those perceptions, both good and bad of why people want to resist or embrace social media within the medical e-learning environment within the NHS.

Cool Health Related Web 2.0 & Social Media Stuff by and for Patients
May 18, 2010 – 3:42 pm | 14 Comments
Cool Health Related Web 2.0 & Social Media Stuff by and for Patients

The first on the scene was the empowered patient. Patients are participating in online communities to share and discuss daily life struggles to coping with rare diseases. Here I’ve compiled a list of inspirational web 2.0 and social media stuff by patients for patients

How Scottish public agencies are using social media to engage with citizens
May 18, 2010 – 10:07 am | No Comment
How Scottish public agencies are using social media to engage with citizens

This blog post includes some slides with examples of how Scotland is using social media to engage with citizens.

How formal e-learning can be improved within the National Health Service (NHS) trust
May 18, 2010 – 9:31 am | No Comment
How formal e-learning can be improved within the National Health Service (NHS) trust

This blog post highlights the challenges faced by all these stakeholders and hopefully better inform e-learning practices for medical students within the NHS trust.

E-Learning: Web 2.0 & Social Media examples and quotes for Health Informatics
May 17, 2010 – 8:40 pm | One Comment
E-Learning: Web 2.0 & Social Media examples and quotes for Health Informatics

This blog post highlights some of the useful and valuable social media and web 2.0 examples in e-learning for health informatics from around the world. Hope these examples will help inform the health community of interesting and effective e-learning practices out there.

Election 2010: How will citizens win this election?
May 6, 2010 – 12:28 pm | No Comment
Election 2010: How will citizens win this election?

This blog post talks about the election and features a video on vote on power and useful websites to help you decide your vote.

Citizens ‘wish list’ and frustrations with local government websites
April 27, 2010 – 2:17 pm | 2 Comments
Citizens ‘wish list’ and frustrations with local government websites

This blog posts outlines the citizen’s wants and needs of Camden’s council website and some of their frustrations as well.

Usability Testing and Research Findings
April 20, 2010 – 11:56 pm | One Comment
Usability Testing and Research Findings

It was important for this project to carry out usability testing’s that accurately explored the problems and barriers users face when using our website.

Questionnaire Design for Website Redesign Project
April 20, 2010 – 11:53 pm | No Comment
Questionnaire Design for Website Redesign Project

For Camden’s Website Redesign Project, we conducted some user interviews and contextual enquiries for this project and you might be wondering what sort of questions we asked.

Camden’s Website Redesign Project User Research
April 20, 2010 – 11:50 pm | No Comment
Camden’s Website Redesign Project User Research

For the past few months on this project, we have been going through several user research sessions using different approaches. From focus groups to individual user testing’s in the users home.