In the warm up to the 2010 election campaigns, the future of Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) is becoming a hot issue. If the Conservatives win, the future looks cold for these supposed drivers of economic development and even under a Labour government serious reform and funding cuts seem certain. Continue reading
From the view of a larger company it is crucial to effectively manage the conversations in the social media channels to ensure that you manage the reputation of your brand online.
If your brand is quite well established there is going to be some volume of traffic in the tweets, facebook fan pages posts and community.
The question I have had posed many times is how do organisations manage the workflow, business process and customer relations around this emerging channel?
Virtual vs Real World Conversations
There are differences between what people say on the internet and what people say in the real world.
The main difference is what people feel they can say to someone online compared to face to face.
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The backchannel are the people in your audience who are using social media sites such as Twitter to collaborate, chat, share information either prior / during / after your presentation.
I have been to a few seminars / barcamps / workshops where there’s an unofficial backchannel chatting throughout. Continue reading
Last Monday (22nd February), Martin Dean, Deputy Director, Leeds Initiative joined IoD Members over lunch to discuss The Vision for Leeds 2030. Continue reading
I was on the train last Wednesday coming back from the RSA Social Media Surgeries in Sheffield with Rob Greenland. Continue reading
I’ve been following Andrew Stott, Director of Digital Engagement on Twitter for sometime.
Taking the digital age to core government and setting best practice for communications and marketing is a job that I am sure we all would admit sounds like hard work.
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