It’s another social media community of practice roundup. You’ll need to be a member of the Social Media Community of Practice to follow these links, it’s quick and easy to register and anyone can join. Time for a little housekeeping Alerts: Whether you’re a member old or new, please check your alerts. These were ‘broken’ [...]
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The scandalous memo from the Foreign Office about the Papal visit reminds me of that old communist era ‘joke’. Don’t think it. If you must think it, don’t say it. If you must say it, whatever you do, DON’T write it down. And for goodness, sake – if you do write it down for a [...]
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Before my son was born, I made my husband promise that he would never, ever, ever let me cut the boy’s hair. I have a bad history with barbering. I’ve cut my brother’s hair a few times. Mostly when I was a teenager and he was just a little kid. It never turned out well. [...]
Categories: Family fun, Remembrance of things past |
Tags: Bill, diy, haircut, Simon, toddler, will | 2 Comments »
All flights are cancelled. The ferries are full. Eurostar is standing room only. The ancient fire gods of Iceland have spewed their wrath as well as a great deal of ash and steam. The eruption of the absolutely unpronounceable Eyjafjallajokull volcano has stranded passengers across Northern Europe, but perhaps nowhere more so than on this [...]
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Disclaimer: although I do work on some of these issues – this is a personal post, on my personal blog and done in my own time and does not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. In a hotel in central Doncaster five or six years ago, I was sharing a meal with a colleague. [...]
Categories: bee in my bonnet, expatica |
Tags: data, government, transparency | 2 Comments »
Before the general election was even called there were panels galore saying that this was the first election where social media was going to make a difference with a range of people saying on the one hand “Of course social networking will be influential in getting out the vote and getting in the contributions.” and [...]
Categories: socialmedia |
Tags: campaign, councillors, general election, local electons, local government, social media | 4 Comments »
Hot links from the Efficiency Exchange and the Policy and Performance Communities of Practice Policy and performance Really exciting workshop announcement on working together on strategies and policy frameworks to be hosted in Northampton on 26 May. (Scroll all the way to the bottom – or peruse the really interesting discussion that led up to [...]
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It’s been a little while since I’ve done a weekly roundup as I’ve been mad busy getting Local by Social and Connected Councillors published and then I took a little well-deserved time off. To follow these links you’ll need to be a member of the Social Media Community of Practice and logged into www.communities.idea.gov.uk Community [...]
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The WorkTogether site is one of the ways we’re trying to bring case studies, emerging practice and community conversations together. Practitioners like Cambridgeshire’s Michele Ide-Smith are using it to share emerging learning on projects, including questions and lessons not yet resolved and it’s also being used to showcase the more ‘traditional’ case studies through the [...]
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I just made my very first complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency. I feel like rolling my eyes at myself and muttering “You’re some kinda crazy outraged moral guardian complaining about something that doesn’t even directly affect you.” But then I say to myself “Well, somebody has to stand up for standards and decency.” And [...]
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Tags: ads, complaint, shoes | 1 Comment »
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