Thursday saw me leading a lunchtime session on social media for people who work at Advantage West Midlands. I’d been invited by the Prospect Trade Union as part of the National Learning at Work Week. It wasn’t my normal audience – that would be communicators, policy makers, senior officers, politicians perhaps data people. This group …
Looking back at the first Balsall Heath Social Media Surgery
It’s been manic recently, so I’ve not had the time I really need to talk about our first social media surgery at Balsall Heath. But, now I’ve confirmed that the next surgery – again at the Balsall Heath Forum – will be on June 2 , I thought it was a good time to look …
Facebook and very local government accountability in Spain
A village of 300 people has a digital mentor. Hat-tip Cataspanglish
Digital scrutiny: the web’s the tool
While I’ve watched the election drama unfold over the last few days I’ve been busy trying to finish off the first stage of my digital scrutiny project – which is looking into how it might be possible to use the web to help the public scrutinise local government. My idea has turned into a blog …