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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Bookmarks for October 11th through October 14th
Awesomeness off of the internet for October 11th to October 14th: THE WAIST LINE: Advertising… just do it… why? Because we’re worth it! And remember… every little helps. – Lincolnshire County Council bring ads back to their site Warwickshire Localities … Continue reading
Selling the benefits
I attended the session by Liz Azyan and Simon Hume at Socitm09 on social media – which was ostensibly about the blocking of social networking sites in the workplace but which was also a general discussion around the benefits of … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Social Media
Tagged culture, engagement, local government, management, Social Media, socitm09
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The Twitter Book
This is a lovely little guide to getting to grips with Twitter: Thoroughly recommended.
Socitm09
Just a quick post as I am on my phone, but I am waiting at my gate at Stansted so I can get on a plane to Edinburgh, for the Socitm conference. I’m not speaking, which will mean I get … Continue reading
Teach us a Lesson
I’ve been working with BIS and Becta quite a bit recently on the Learning Revolution project, which is all about improving access to informal adult learning – that is, learning which doesn’t generally mean a qualification. So, stuff like book … Continue reading
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Tagged becta, bis, learning revolution, show us a better way, teach us a lesson
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