Entries with tag social media .

Sarah Jennings
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04 Sep 2014 - 18:27

null How to better engage employees with social intranets

In many organisations, social media is still the preserve of the communications team and, where it's embraced, tends to be used for external engagement only. The social networking tool Yammer has been used internally by some organisations but with differing degrees of success. It's at least a start but what if you're looking to bring together people, exchange knowledge and expertise,... See more
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Sarah Jennings
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04 Aug 2014 - 11:07

null Using social media to grow your community

We recently ran a discussion in the Online Facilitators' Community on KHub about using social media to grow your group. Dimple Rathod helpfully summarised the main points. Anymore tips to add? Q1. How can you identify the influencers on social media? Identify who the offline influencers are, search for their online persona, and find out who they are connected to. Use simple... See more
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Sarah Jennings
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12 Jul 2014 - 13:03

null Councillor Camp - if you weren't there, why not? If you were ... what next?

I've read some great blogs about the success of Councillor Camp. Indeed, good on Futuregov for forcing the agenda and bringing together in one room possibly the most councillors EVER to talk about the importance of social media and digital in local government. Now, I was there too and did feel truly inspired. (The hashtag, #cllrcamp, trended at number 1 for a while - amazingly, above... See more
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Sarah Jennings
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:34

null Sound advice from Tom Riordan at Leeds City Council on social media and the resilience of local government

I was delighted to meet Tom Riordan (Chief Executive of Leeds City Council) for the first time at the LGA's 2012 Annual Conference and even more pleased that he agreed to give an interview. He's a social media giant amongst local government senior officers and offered some candid advice that is relevant to us all.  Despite many conference sessions focusing on the bleak funding... See more
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Sarah Jennings
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:21

null Uptake of social media amongst councillors - interview with Cllr Tim Cheetham

I had the pleasure of catching Cllr Tim Cheetham at the LGA's 2012 Annual Conference to talk about progress in the uptake of social media amongst councillors since last year. (He also gave me some of his thoughts on the conference too!)   See more
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Sarah Jennings
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:34

null Social media, digital inclusion ... winds of change ....

  With just over two weeks to go until the LGA's Annual Conference in Birmingham, things are getting mighty busy in the communications department here. Last year we experimented with social media properly for the first time. We admit we were a bit scattergun in our approach; blogging and tweeting about anything and everything. We think that was a bit too much. This year we have a more... See more
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