Twitter in the Public Sector

Last month Kable had a very interesting article on how the public sector is using Twitter: ‘The public tweet‘.
The article discusses how local and national government are slowly beginning to embrace this platform as a means of communication with their constituents.
The government’s director of digital engagement, Andrew Stott, has been posting tweets since the spring, [...]

Social Networks – Useful or Not

Social media is the topic of an interesting discussion on the NCVO website –  to discover whether it is of benefit to organisations, especially those in the voluntary and community sector.  Social networks/media are online spaces such as facebook and twitter.
The general consensus is that it is of benefit and one of the participants has submitted [...]

Can social media help you find a job?

The City University London thinks it can: Using social media to find a job.
The article features Linkedin, a professional orientated social network for making contacts etc, and using Twitter for job hunting.
If you’re not familiar with Linkedin take a few minutes to watch this video by Commoncraft.

Twittering Adult Learning

A recent survey reports that 40% of all tweets are “pointless babble” and that only 8.7% of messages have some form of value.  Well we found one of those useful messages on NIACE Dysgu Cymru’s twitter page: http://twitter.com/NIACEDC.
They have created a great fun video promoting adult learning.

More tweets

Social Media and in particular Twitter is certainly becoming very popular.
This week we read that Labour have given Kerry McCarthy MP the job of improving their presence in social media sites such as facebook and twitter.  She will train MPs in the use of these tools and promote best practice.
The BBC have quoted Ms McCarthy [...]

Civil Servants encouraged to use twitter

A twitter template strategy has been created by Neil Williams, of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), to encourage government departments to embrace the microblogging site as a means to improve communication.
The template strategy is a good read if you’re thinking about twittering on behalf of your organisation.
Read the original post on the [...]