I thought the UK Cabinet Office’s template Twitter Strategy (posted in full below) was so full of great content that, not content with just posting it, I would highlight some of my favourite points. Here they are, in no particular order but please, if you are in Government and are considering Twitter or are already … Continue reading
Archive for July, 2009
Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments
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by Matthew Crozier - July 27th, 2009
This Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments is sourced from the UK cabinet Office’s Digital Engagement Blog. It’s a fantastic document and well worth a read. I will highlight some of what I think are some of the more salient points in a seperate post.
Still think you can control the message?
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by Matthew Crozier
- July 24th, 2009
I am always explaining to risk averse media specialists that the ability of organisations to control the message has gone in these days of interactive media. By way of example I show them sites like Qantas Sucks and Council Gripe. This eveining I came across this wonderful example (thanks to Bob Crawshaw whose Twittering alerted … Continue reading
Rudd takes on Obama and Brown at their own game
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by Matthew Crozier
- July 24th, 2009
I’m so proud of our PM just now. Not because of any national pride (I am cheering for England to win the ashes), or through political loyalty, but because he has ventured into the world of Government 2.0 with some style. We’ve all heard the hype around Obama’s online presence which has undoubtedly been ground … Continue reading
SAP Social Media Guidelines
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by Crispin Butteriss - July 18th, 2009
Reposting SAP Social Media Guidelines from Social Media Today for the interest of community engagement folks…
Is Facebook a Community Engagement Tool?
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by Crispin Butteriss
- July 11th, 2009
I spent most of yesterday pondering the use various social networking sites as tools to support a community engagement process and thought a few of the findings might be of interest to the broader world. I’ll limit this post to thoughts on Facebook and more specifically Facebook in Australia. First up, Facebook is HUGE in … Continue reading
Is Participatory Democracy a Lottery? A few thoughts on Stratified Random Sampling.
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by Crispin Butteriss
- July 8th, 2009
This post is a long time coming. Ever since we got into the business of providing open access online forums for community engagement, I have been confronted with the comment that the results are not “representative” and by inference, not quite valid. There is a growing mood within the world of community engagement to adopt … Continue reading
Community Budgeting
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by Matthew Crozier
- July 8th, 2009
I always tell groups that I speak to about online engagement that a blog is not the place for plugging products. Well it’s not, we all hate blogs that shamelessly promote the writer’s business. The thing is, this time I just can’t help myself. Maybe some people might be really interested in the first proper … Continue reading
Community Radio
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by Matthew Crozier
- July 6th, 2009
We are always looking for ways to get the message out to the community about an online engagement. I think getting the word out there is just about the hardest task for our clients. This is especially the case in suburban and urban areas. Community radio is potentially a potent tool in this battle to … Continue reading
A picture paints a thousand words
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by Matthew Crozier
- July 4th, 2009
I saw a post in one of our forums this morning (about the new Sydney Metro Rail Line) today. As I was moderating I followed the link in the posting. It is to a Google Streetview of Holborn Station in London. This contributor wanted to get a point across about something he had seen on … Continue reading
