Tuesday night niche parts of the internet went a little bonkers when the season 6 trailer of Game of Thrones was released, a week earlier than any fan anticipated. HBO released the footage simultaneously on Facebook and Youtube. Both platforms quickly racked up millions of views, but I was really interested to see the what the …
Facebook, Profiles, Pages and Groups. What’s the difference?
We were running an Awareness Session today for the East Birmingham Community Safety Partnership and it came up in conversation again about the different ways you can use Facebook – profiles, pages, open groups, closed groups – and how confusing it can be to the casual user. There is a lot of choices and not always …
The future of local government: being human.
In the past few days I’ve been fortunate to meet some fine people thinking about public services and democracy. On Saturday I was in Huddersfield thanks mainly to Carl Whistlecraft of Kirklees Council for #notwestminster. Last week – thanks to Pete jackson of IEWM WM-ADASS I was at a session with senior social services officers run …
Trailblazers: Stans Cafe, Birmingham City Council and Young People
Stans Cafe ( globally successful Birmingham theatre company) has been working with a 120 young people for last few weeks to help the City Council connect in new ways. Groups from different schools have been walking their neighbourhoods and walking the wider city. Some of their reflections are captured in a set of animations (find …