Ideas for local councils to push social media to the public
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 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.
I have been getting an overwhelming response to my websites revamp and appreciate your feedback greatly. Thank you!
I have been getting an overwhelming response to my websites revamp and appreciate your feedback greatly. Thank you!
I’m aiming to speak to as many local councils web managers/comms teams/social media team, to talk about local councils online activities for my research. I would deeply appreciate your participation and will share the results of this research with you.
This discussion paper from author Allison Fine explores the ways a new generation and new technologies are changing our civic landscape.
I found this presentation to be extremely useful in understanding why we need to change the way we communicate. For instance traditional top-down messaging no longer rules the day and organizations must adapt their messaging and empower their supporters to drive the message.
The video discusses the “joining up” of website information to meet customer needs rather than reflecting Governments organisational structure and will cover the architecture and development of the single Government wide shared service based on Microsoft technologies, enabling common components such as Authentication and back-end adaptors that can be re-used.
This quote was taken from a brilliant article written by Lisa Manfield from “This is your brain on technology” titled “Are digital technologies actually changing the way your brain works? Some neuroscientists say yes”.
I’m glad to announce that this website has now had 500 visits after just 23 days!
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.
Simon Grice @simongrice from Ideas.org recently asked me a few questions on mashups, so I thought I’d include the compilation of information I found on this blog.
Its been a great few weeks since the launch of this blog. My cup was empty but now its half full! I’ve learnt a lot and continue to learn from all of you who have kindly taken some time to talk to me, leave comments and give me some feedback.
I often think that in order to encourage dialogue, we must talk through the problem in a manner that our audience can understand.
I woke up this morning and the term ‘social government’ sprang to mind. With all the efforts of ‘getting social’ with citizens, isn’t this what everyone is striving to achieve?
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 Wandsworth Council!
Final Year?: Since this may be my last year in the UK, I’m hoping to make the best of it. Travel, going out and making new friends.
In my research, I talk to local authorities, asking them what are their main hurdles in engagement with citizens online. And one of the most common answer I get from young local council staff is the resistance of local authorities to adapt to the new ways of connecting with citizens through social media.
I have a few books on my shelf now regarding web 2.0, social media and social government. I found Don Tapscott’s Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World(released 1 October 2008) view on the direction of government online particularly interesting.
I was recently thinking about how people use search engines/google to help solve their problems. Based on an interview with close to 50 people, I found that the only way that people tend to find information to solve a problem or find a solution online, came down to 3 references which are friends & family, online newspapers and most referred to is Google.
In efforts to include as many participants in this survey, I am launching a nationwide search for participants. But in order to do this, I’m going to need your help. So far a lot of you have already done my survey (and I thank you O so much!), but now its time to take it to another level.
After reading Carl Haggerty’s great “Draft1.0 for Social media & Online Participation Policy and Guidelines” post, I was inclined to google and check other blogs to see other policies and guidelines and see what I come up with.
Some of you might have been to my other website at http://lizazyanresearch.wordpress.com last week and possibly wondered why I now have a new website so soon.
This section was last updated on 10th February 2009
Being a research student, I often held my interviews in public places like coffee shops or museums, wherever I’d think that it is possible to chat without much distraction.