Comments on: Local government on Twitter! http://davepress.net/2008/06/16/local-government-on-twitter/ Open government and everything else Tue, 08 May 2012 15:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Journalism from the UK Parliament Twitter Stream | Podnosh http://davepress.net/2008/06/16/local-government-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-7369 Journalism from the UK Parliament Twitter Stream | Podnosh Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:34:54 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=430#comment-7369 [...] Dave Briggs and Ewan McIntosh alerted me to Stratford on Avon District Council starting to use twitter. As Dave says “sometime you just have to give things a go. And it’s great that someone in local government is doing just that.”  What I like is that the council uses the description of the feed as “Short, simple news” which is a more honest description of how man bodies use twitter – subverting the orignial use of “what are you doing now”. [...] [...] Dave Briggs and Ewan McIntosh alerted me to Stratford on Avon District Council starting to use twitter. As Dave says “sometime you just have to give things a go. And it’s great that someone in local government is doing just that.”  What I like is that the council uses the description of the feed as “Short, simple news” which is a more honest description of how man bodies use twitter – subverting the orignial use of “what are you doing now”. [...]

]]> By: Simon Berry http://davepress.net/2008/06/16/local-government-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Simon Berry Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:35:53 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=430#comment-1003 Hi Dave - thanks for highlighting this. I will be able to use this in my lunchtime session today at CLG which, coincidentally, is on Twitter. Simon Hi Dave – thanks for highlighting this. I will be able to use this in my lunchtime session today at CLG which, coincidentally, is on Twitter.
Simon

]]> By: Dave http://davepress.net/2008/06/16/local-government-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Dave Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:05:11 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=430#comment-991 Hi Paul Yeah, it's great stuff. Let's hope other folk in the Stratford area take it up. What will be really interesting is if people start to use it as a feedback tool! Next time you want to know when your bins are being emptied, text a tweet to @StratfordDC! Hi Paul

Yeah, it’s great stuff. Let’s hope other folk in the Stratford area take it up. What will be really interesting is if people start to use it as a feedback tool!

Next time you want to know when your bins are being emptied, text a tweet to @StratfordDC!

]]> By: Paul H http://davepress.net/2008/06/16/local-government-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Paul H Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:03:16 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=430#comment-990 Excellent - my tax dollars at work (Southam bizarrely is in Stratford DC) I'm following them now Excellent – my tax dollars at work (Southam bizarrely is in Stratford DC) I’m following them now

]]> By: Podnosh Blog » Archive » Journalism from the UK Parliament Twitter Stream http://davepress.net/2008/06/16/local-government-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Podnosh Blog » Archive » Journalism from the UK Parliament Twitter Stream Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:25:15 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=430#comment-989 [...] Dave Briggs and Ewan McIntosh alerted me to Stratford upon Avon Dictrict council starting to use twitter. As Dave says “sometime you just have to give things a go. And it’s great that someone in local government is doing just that.”  and [...] [...] Dave Briggs and Ewan McIntosh alerted me to Stratford upon Avon Dictrict council starting to use twitter. As Dave says “sometime you just have to give things a go. And it’s great that someone in local government is doing just that.”  and [...]

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