Comments on: Who’s coming to the Birmingham Social Media Surgery, BAD08 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/ Social media, active citizens, government, neighbourhoods and more. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:10:16 +0000 http://podnosh.com/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Digbeth is Good » Links for October 14th http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Digbeth is Good » Links for October 14th Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:09:01 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-1607 [...] Blog Action Day social media surgery at BVSC tomorrow - Nick Booth serves a reminder by taking stock of who’s coming and what’s on offer for voluntary and community groups coming in need of advice. Social media surgery is tomorrow (Wednesday, October 15th 2008) at BVSC 5.30pm to 7.30 pm. ‘Come when you can for some free, friendly, one to one support.’ [...] [...] Blog Action Day social media surgery at BVSC tomorrow – Nick Booth serves a reminder by taking stock of who’s coming and what’s on offer for voluntary and community groups coming in need of advice. Social media surgery is tomorrow (Wednesday, October 15th 2008) at BVSC 5.30pm to 7.30 pm. ‘Come when you can for some free, friendly, one to one support.’ [...]

]]> By: Podnosh Blog » Archive » Social Media and Social Housing http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Podnosh Blog » Archive » Social Media and Social Housing Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:04:34 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-948 [...] I used very simple examples. I was facing an audience of 100 people, none of whom blog, only one had heard of twitter.  Even though I was amongst many lawyers only a smattering had come across Linkedin.   I needed to show how building networks of trust can help make good things happen.  I used the example of the Birmingham Bloggers group and the Social Media Surgeries. I used the volunteer effort that mysociety can apply to ventures like  fixmystreet (and not a soul in the room  had heard of the site). I also talked to them about the open innovation exchange experiment and how it’s model of open collaboration to pitch for contracts is using trust to disrupt existing ways of doing business and improve the outcome for the public. Responses were mixed.  Some went for the very human (my favourites) such as getting good at saying sorry, takings flowers when you’ve messed and having street meeting with contractors. Others talked specifically about  procedures and software to track transactions.  One reported how law firms use facebook to recruit people for court cases. [...] [...] I used very simple examples. I was facing an audience of 100 people, none of whom blog, only one had heard of twitter.  Even though I was amongst many lawyers only a smattering had come across Linkedin.   I needed to show how building networks of trust can help make good things happen.  I used the example of the Birmingham Bloggers group and the Social Media Surgeries. I used the volunteer effort that mysociety can apply to ventures like  fixmystreet (and not a soul in the room  had heard of the site). I also talked to them about the open innovation exchange experiment and how it’s model of open collaboration to pitch for contracts is using trust to disrupt existing ways of doing business and improve the outcome for the public. Responses were mixed.  Some went for the very human (my favourites) such as getting good at saying sorry, takings flowers when you’ve messed and having street meeting with contractors. Others talked specifically about  procedures and software to track transactions.  One reported how law firms use facebook to recruit people for court cases. [...]

]]> By: Blog Action Day: Making the link : Chris Unitt http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Blog Action Day: Making the link : Chris Unitt Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:20:48 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-947 [...] Nick Booth posted in advance of the event here but the reality must have far exceeded his expectations.  I arrived 15 minutes late to find the scene in the pic above - several people crowded round each ‘expert’ with some serious learning going on (on both sides). [...] [...] Nick Booth posted in advance of the event here but the reality must have far exceeded his expectations.  I arrived 15 minutes late to find the scene in the pic above – several people crowded round each ‘expert’ with some serious learning going on (on both sides). [...]

]]> By: Blog Action Day happened : ASH-10 weblog http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Blog Action Day happened : ASH-10 weblog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:15:16 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-946 [...] But I’m knackered now. It was a great evening and we really must do it again, which of course we will. Thanks to Nick, my fellow surgeons and everyone behind the scenes who brought out patients to us. Onwards! [...] [...] But I’m knackered now. It was a great evening and we really must do it again, which of course we will. Thanks to Nick, my fellow surgeons and everyone behind the scenes who brought out patients to us. Onwards! [...]

]]> By: Wild Apricot Blog : Reaping the Rewards of Blog Action Day http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Wild Apricot Blog : Reaping the Rewards of Blog Action Day Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:19:57 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-929 [...] And one of the pleasant surprises this year has been the emphasis that bloggers are placing on the action part of Blog Action Day. (Try a Google Blog Search on “blog action day” to see what I mean.)From Skelliewag’s suggestions of 30 Simple Ways to Battle Poverty with Technology for Internet users, to the group of Podnosh bloggers who offered free one-on-one social media tutoring to voluntary and community groups in their home city, to an international Design for Poverty Contest at Yanko Design web magazine — the sheer variety of initiatives is inspiring.   [...] [...] And one of the pleasant surprises this year has been the emphasis that bloggers are placing on the action part of Blog Action Day. (Try a Google Blog Search on “blog action day” to see what I mean.)From Skelliewag’s suggestions of 30 Simple Ways to Battle Poverty with Technology for Internet users, to the group of Podnosh bloggers who offered free one-on-one social media tutoring to voluntary and community groups in their home city, to an international Design for Poverty Contest at Yanko Design web magazine — the sheer variety of initiatives is inspiring.   [...]

]]> By: Blog Action Day 2008 « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Blog Action Day 2008 « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:19:39 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-945 [...] Birmingham social media surgery - http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/ [...] [...] Birmingham social media surgery – http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/ [...]

]]> By: Michael Grimes http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Michael Grimes Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:12:16 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-944 Sadly I won't be able to make it today; I am joining in though, here at the Citizenship Foundation (http://tinyurl.com/3jnvur). I hope it goes well. Best of luck. :-) Sadly I won’t be able to make it today; I am joining in though, here at the Citizenship Foundation (http://tinyurl.com/3jnvur).

I hope it goes well. Best of luck. :-)

]]> By: Blog Action Day - what are you doing? | Online Journalism Blog http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Blog Action Day - what are you doing? | Online Journalism Blog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:57:07 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-928 [...] And if you’re in the Midlands, here’s an 89th: go to the Birmingham Social Media Surgery, to support voluntary and community groups in the city. Credit to Nick Booth for getting things going; credit to the Birmingham blog community for demonstrating once again what a fantastic bunch of people they are. [...] [...] And if you’re in the Midlands, here’s an 89th: go to the Birmingham Social Media Surgery, to support voluntary and community groups in the city. Credit to Nick Booth for getting things going; credit to the Birmingham blog community for demonstrating once again what a fantastic bunch of people they are. [...]

]]> By: Blog Action Day - Little Actions make Big Changes « watfordgap’s travels http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Blog Action Day - Little Actions make Big Changes « watfordgap’s travels Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:42:50 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-943 [...] The Social Media Club in Austin, Texas have been busy raising awareness of Poverty situations in their community and this evening I will be joining the BrumBloggers at their “Surgery” to help voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham use Social Media, (blogs, flickr, facebook etc.) in their outreach to the community causes. (Pictures and an update to follow here - or on the blog of Podnosh) [...] [...] The Social Media Club in Austin, Texas have been busy raising awareness of Poverty situations in their community and this evening I will be joining the BrumBloggers at their “Surgery” to help voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham use Social Media, (blogs, flickr, facebook etc.) in their outreach to the community causes. (Pictures and an update to follow here – or on the blog of Podnosh) [...]

]]> By: Rob http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Rob Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:14:35 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/10/13/whos-coming-to-the-birmingham-social-media-surgery-bad08/#comment-942 Not sure if there'll be any need for a social media architect, but I thought I might come along for an hour or so to meet a few folks. I'll have to be away by 7pm but should be able to get there in good time for the start. Not sure if there’ll be any need for a social media architect, but I thought I might come along for an hour or so to meet a few folks. I’ll have to be away by 7pm but should be able to get there in good time for the start.

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