It was the fourth anniversary of the first social media surgery last month. Looking at the stats in socialmediasurgery.com – which we started in 2010 to help people administer their own surgeries as the movement spread across England and abroad – there have been more than 500 events. 500 events is a great milestone and testament to the …
Fair Brum: Using Social Media For Consultation – Have your say about Social Inclusion in Birmingham
For the last few months we’ve supported Birmingham City Council with their Fair Brum social inclusion process. We worked with groups and individuals to show them how they could take conversations they were having with residents of Birmingham about social inclusion over to online places, to try and engage with even more people. We supported …
7 principles for digital mentors
Last week I worked with VCS Learning Solutions in Manchester to train a group of people who are, or will shortly be, running social media surgeries in different areas of north west England. A slide I showed describes seven principles for digital mentors, originally created by Stuart Parker. The principles aren’t online now, so I’ve reposted them here …
Birmingham Hyperlocal Website for sale on e-bay
Jon Bounds has a talent for the unusual. He’s just listed Birmingham It’s Not Shit – on e-bay. Stating price £1000.00. Previously he’d been asking for offers over £5000.00. The site is one of the longest standing of it’s kind and gave Jon a remarkable platform over the years to innovate in using the web …