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Help wanted: all about the banter?
With the excitement of the recent Council elections now over the various service teams are getting down to meeting the new elected members and building good working relationships. I, however, have a...
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Twitter 24 2012 (#mycouncil) or the Scottish #ourday
Last September a large number of the local authorities in Scotland, 28 in total, took part in an event during which they all used their Twitter accounts to engage with residents and showcase some of...
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Word of the week: Twitter
It’s been a really busy week with a lot happening. Here’s a quick summary with the mains points: A Day with the SW Roads Team On Wednesday Mr Edintravel, or Jon McKay to give him is offline name, spent...
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Can’t see the teams for the tweets?
Things have been going pretty well with my work with our teams in getting them really involved with producing “our” communications. Each of the service teams in the office now has a member who is the...
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A Training Environment for Twitter (Part 1)
Over the last couple of years I’ve done a lot of work with getting our customer facing service teams to live tweet their work. Almost none of these ladies and gents have ever tweeted before so it can...
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Helping staff tell their stories – Ann’s blog
(UPDATE: Since I first posted this I’ve been given access to the blogging software and transferred Ann’s previous posts to it. Have, therefore, also updated the links below. So now you CAN comment on...
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Getting your name “in the paper”
My name is all over the internet. I’ve got numerous social media profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest, Google+, Bliphoto, you name it I’ve got it. I’ve even got a Bebo profile lurking...
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A new reason to bee excited
Over the past couple of years I’ve been working with the various teams in our office to let people know the sort of work our teams do every day. Its been a hard slog. Not because they don’t have...
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Aloha: goodbye and hello
One of my favourite books ever, non-comic book that is, is Scepticism Inc. It’s about a man who opens a metaphysical betting shop in which you can bet upon anything as long as it can’t be proved. The...
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Things I’ll miss: Cats and social media
Today I sent away my visa application to the South Korean Embassy in London and also booked my flight (one way only) to Seoul. I’m leaving four weeks today. I keep having little freak outs or moments...
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