Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) survey on Social Media use among over 130 local authorities across the UK who were asked about how they engage with residents via social media. Amazingly, 50% of respondents said their organisations DO NOT block Social Media.
http://lgiu.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/equipped-to-engage-survey-results-from-130-local-authorities/
The best way to do it, or the most reliably I’ve found, is described below. I’ve tried using my blog’s RSS feed in the raw and it works on a one-off, but for some reason facebook doesn’t retain it and the link breaks. In addition, the twitter plugins don’t reliably work over long periods. But at work we used Feedburner and it’s been working for a long time so it seems the best solution. Here’s how.
Set up a Feedburner feed for your blog at http://feedburner.google.com/
Now you want to add your feed to Twitter. This can be done from within Feedburner. Choose the Socialize option under the Publicize tab and add your Twitter account. You will be prompted to login to Twitter (if you aren’t already) and to confirm Feedburner’s access to your account.
That’s it!
Now for Facebook…
You will use your feedburner feed address e.g. http://feeds.feedburner.com/royhair as the RSS address for facebook.
So – log into Facebook and from the Home page access the Notes / My Notes link on the left of the page. Then choose to edit notes.
Add the Feedburner address for your feed and submit then confirm.
Done!
Aug 20
A blog post by Charlotte Hayes on the CoP explains a bit about what the Khub will be. If successful it will become an essential patch of the government fabric.
The Web is Dead
Wired publishes a great set of articles this month on the future of the Internet: With the rise of apps, paywalls or partitions like Facebook taking over large swathes of internet users and their time, the once-free net is being gradually divided up between big players.
The open Web-based freedoms to create, share and enjoy are being appropriated by proprietary behemoths – or beasts, if you harbour an eschatological bent – that will stamp on real liberties while permitting apparent freedoms in order to collate our consumer habits and our very souls in their vast, intrusive databases.
It comes just as Google – yes, even Google, the “don’t be evil” custodian of inter-liberty – is proposing to redefine the principle of net neutrality so that some content (and providers) is prioritised over that of the little guys. ~So the protesters in the streets are saying. The small startups, the independent bloggers, the free-speakers, will find their ability to make their mark on the world compromised, gradually and insidiously. The big traditional media will once again own our hearts and minds, telling us what to think and who to believe and how to live, how to vote; and what to buy.
Will it come to pass? Is there anything we can do to stop it? It’s a great set of articles. Read it and weep:
ScotGovCamp was different! An unconference has no pre-agenda so it was hard to know exactly what to expect. As it turns out it we ended up with quite a lot to talk about! Open data, linked data, social media, the cuts, digital Scotland, the G-cloud, knowledge-hub etc etc. There were many clever people all trying to find the answer to their particular bugbear or strategy challenge or government gordian knot!
It was a great day with a clear thrust throughout to make our local and central government and the wider public sector more efficient, accountable, open and responsive to the future needs of our citizens. Debates arose around how best to achieve these grand objectives by overcoming barriers to progress. Of course current affairs squeezed in through the doors and trumpeted their presence loudly – the big society (whatever it really is) and the financial cuts loomed large over all. The following notes are my own thoughts and opinions.
Jun 22
From: Gail, Andrew
Live London train locations: http://traintimes.org.uk:81/map/tube/
Check the traffic on your route in London: http://stefanwehrmeyer.com/_projects/checkmyroute/
More at: http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/inspirational-uses
Article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jun/22/underground-live-map-possibilities
A nice article by Liz Azyan (http://www.lgeoresearch.com/) on her scribd page at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32362140/Government-To-Citizen-Communications-Using-Multiple-Digital-Channels-Effectively?autodown=pdf
Or just view it as a PDF here:
32362140-Government-To-Citizen-Communications-Using-Multiple-Digital-Channels-Effectively!
Jun 18
Jun 7
All elected members in Scotland were issued by a guide to blogging by the Improvement Service. See attached.
Sent: 25 May 2010 15:02 community roundup
Social media and online community of practice roundup
A roundup of the best content from the Social Media and Online Collaboration Community of Practice for Local Government (and partners and friends!). Read the rest of this entry »
May 17
Carl has a blog at : He is keeping a Google spreadsheet listing WordPress sites in the Public Sector at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tJ6xb2P1ONMsCs5lWqJlYFw&output=ht ml
useful
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