via modabotanicadesign.blogspot.com My cousin won Best in Show! Way to go Armas! MODA botanica, a floral design company in which he is a founding partner, just won Best in Show at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. Which is all the better, because they got some dubious press based on the unfinished installation at the show. [...]
Categories: growing things |
Tags: family, flower show, horticulture, Moda Botanica, Philadelphia | 
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This is a roundup from the Social Media and Online Collaboration Community of Practice hosted on the IDeA’s Community of Practice website. You’ll need to be logged in to www.communities.idea.gov.uk before you can follow most of these links. Big welcome! We’ve had some tremendous growth in the last month – so welcome to all our [...]
Categories: Communities of Practice, socialmedia |
Tags: CoP roundup, events, gov2.0, local government, localgov, localgov20, localgovcamp, performance, policy, research, social media | No Comments »
I’ve been working on developing councillor guidance on using social media. This means I’ve been following lots of councillors on Twitter and looking at lots of councillor blogs. The best councillor blogs are REALLY dull – unless you happen to live in their area. The blogs should be personal news reflections on their wards. Which [...]
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Councillors use social media for the same reasons that anyone would. It helps them stay connected, share information and listen to a wide range of people. Councillors are busy people and social media offers them efficiencies in communication that few other channels can offer. It doesn’t take away the need to talk to local people [...]
Categories: socialmedia |
Tags: councillors, democracy, locagov20, local government, localgov, social media, social networking | 2 Comments »
Next week, the IDeA will be hosting an online conference on online facilitation – Facilitation Now! . ( I’m really pleased to be a contributor on Thursday the 25th in a session on online conferences.) I’m really looking forward to the conference because even though I’m an old hand at community management, there is still [...]
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via firemansamonline.com My boy is currently watching a Fireman Sam marathon while I nurse a migraine. My observations are: 1. That Norman Price is a menace. He oughtta be locked up. I don’t predict good things in his future. 2. Am I the only one who’s noticed that the Pontypandy fire service seems oddly over-equipped [...]
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This week in the UK there’s been a story that keeps lingering. A survey of 1000 men and women in London found that attitudes persist that women who are raped are to blame (to some extent) for the crime committed upon them. Sad to say, but this doesn’t surprise me. Not at all. But as [...]
Categories: current events commentary |
Tags: crime, criminal justice, ITV, neanderthal attitudes, rape | 3 Comments »
I tend to buy Athletic shoes based on price and rudimentary fit. I don’t wear them anywhere but the gym and since I tend to use machines with fairly low impact, I don’t even worry too much about ‘sport science’ behind the shoe. No pumps or translucent over-engineered bouncy support things in the heel or [...]
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The Efficiency Exchange Community of Practice has been growing by leaps and bounds with new discussions and resources being added all the time. (You will need to first be logged into www.communities.idea.gov.uk to follow these links) We want this community to focus on strategic efficiency, bringing together a range of disciplines across the local public [...]
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Social Media Community of Practice How can we use the tools of social media, collaboration and innovation to help young people stay out of trouble. A new NESTA programme is looking at this. If you or someone from your LSP/CSP is interested in this, now’s the time to register your interest or share your ideas. [...]
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Tags: CoPs, local government, localgov20, roundup, social media | 1 Comment »
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