Category Archives: Social Media

Let’s use audio to spread best practice

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

My thoughts on using audio to spread best practice from conferences and events

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Social Housing – Sleepwalking into the digital nightmare?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Another post inspired by a conversation on Twitter, which followed on from my previous post about disruption from the bottom up. The conversation turned to the UK Government’s Department for Work and Pensions having a target of 80% of Universal … Continue reading →

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More about Storytelling

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

You may remember I wrote this post about Storytelling after I delivered a workshop on Digital Storytelling for One Blackpool in January. Since then, Storytelling has become something of a theme for me, and I have returned to it for presentations … Continue reading →

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Conference Venues and Connectivity

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

I’ve been prompted to write this post by my experience live streaming Commscamp yesterday in Birmingham. It was an illustration of my frustrations with the inability of many conference venues to offer decent connectivity. I know it is a frustration … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadband, Social Media | 9 Comments

Storytelling

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

I’ve always been a great fan of storytelling. I loved having stories read to me as a child, I loved reading them to my own kids, and I ended up studying English Literature at university, largely due to my great … Continue reading →

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Social Media is not anti-social

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Today’s phone-in on BBC Radio 4′s “You and Yours” programme was entitled “Is social media making us more anti-social”. You can listen to it here. It was all a bit predictable really, a succession of luddites rang in to complain … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media, Twitter | 2 Comments

National Smartphone Recycling Scheme

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

More evidence from Leeds Social Media Surgery last night of the need for a National Smartphone Recycling Scheme. My “patient” was someone who had been charged by her employer with communicating with young people, but was struggling to do so … Continue reading →

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Interesting use of Linkedin

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Here’s a quick social media case study. Over the last couple of days, I’ve been in Lincolnshire, delivering Broadband for Business Workshops as part of the work I am doing with CDI Alliance for Lincolnshire County Council via their OnLincolnshire … Continue reading →

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Day 1 (for me) of Nominet Trust’s “Our Digital Planet” Exhibition

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

Today was my first day as Internet Station Manager on Nominet Trust’s Our Digital Planet Exhibition. Our Digital Planet is a touring exhibition highlighting the benefits of the internet, and the Internet Station is an portacabin where people whose interest … Continue reading →

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Social Media from the inside (of 10 Downing Street)

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

This week I was part of an interesting, and not a little exciting, first. Monica Tailor, who runs Leeds Social Media Surgery with me, and myself were asked by Nick Booth, the originator of the of the Social Media Surgery concept, … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Society, Social Media, Social Media Surgeries | 5 Comments