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Category Archives: Social Media
Why senior managers need to lead online
I wrote a thing for the Guardian’s Public Leaders’ Network: The explosion in online innovation throughout public services is seeing more and more activity taking place on the net, whether via interactive websites, or mobile applications. Networks such as Twitter … Continue reading
New Zealand government social media guidance
More examples of advice and guidance on using social media tools in government, this time from New Zealand. The first bit is the High Level Guidance, described as helping: organisations when they are trying to decide if they should use … Continue reading
Canada’s social media policy
The Canadian government has shared their – somewhat lengthy – “Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0″ online. Well worth checking out if you are designing your own organisation’s policy on this stuff.
The Twitter guide, updated!
One of the more popular things I have written is the guide to using Twitter in the public sector, published by my good friends at Learning Pool. It was first produce a couple of years ago and was due an … Continue reading
