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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Blogging Tsar
The advert is up for the UK government’s Director of Digital Engagement. It looks like an exciting role with stacks of potential. Steph has already started to crowd source what it is that whoever gets the job should start doing. … Continue reading
Convening through reporting
David Wilcox has published another great thought-piece on social reporting and exactly what it is and where it fits: I’m delighted to find there’s increasing interest in social reporting around events … which may start with an enquiry about how … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Social Media
Tagged david wilcox, ning, social learning spaces, social reporting, wordpress
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Social media skunkworks?
My good friend Robert Brook – one of the most active and entertaining people I follow on Twitter – was recently interviewed by Chris Dalby, and it was caught on video. In it, Robert discusses the work he does at … Continue reading
Posted in Government IT, Social Media
Tagged cisco08, innovation, parliament, robertbrook, skunkworks
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Working better together
An awful lot of the posts I write here on DavePress are focused on external communication and collaboration – how organisations can engage and consult better with other people using the web. But there is massive potential in using social … Continue reading
Posted in Working Better Together
Tagged collaboration, communcation, internal, intranet, Social Media
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Upgrading WordPress
With the release of WordPress 2.7.1, I realised it is about time I upgraded this blog to the latest version – not least since having played with it on some other sites I work on, I have realised how awesome … Continue reading
