Interactive MPs

Found this on the BBC website It’s a short 4 minute video about social media usage by MPs and quite interesting. It also features someone I know, Alastair Smith from Newcastle City Castle, who has done a hell of a lot to increase the usage of social media for councils, and as such Newcastle CC’s [...]

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October WMCSMS in Solihull on the 6th

This will be the 2nd SMS for Solihull Councillors, and we’re expecting more people this time, so please leave a comment if you will be able to come along as a surgeon, or just interested in being part of the conversation about why blog or use social media/networks, and how it’s helped you etc. As [...]

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Blogging, as it happens!

I’m sitting with Cllrs Allport and Rebeiro talking about WordPress, and how easy it is to post articles, and comment! I can see Kate, and Gavin helping 3 other Cllrs, but I bet I’m the only one posting an article about it

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Well now the introductions are out of the way..

The first one is at least. But the response was very positive, so I have decided to go ahead and book the first real SMS sessions. 10 Councillors turned up on Monday evening (plus 3 SMBC staff with an interest in Democratic Services, and communications), and another 10 have expressed an interest (some of these [...]

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