Tag Archives: Social Media

Tweeting the live local challenge

Twitter, the latest social networking tool to reach global proportions, offers a great deal of potential, and also a great deal of hype. Media outlets around the world took notice of Twitter this year, and its use as an organising and information tool in Iran after elections in June put to rest suggestions that the microblogging [...]
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Digital communication – ignore it at our own peril

The days when Local Government could rely on their local newspaper and radio station to get their message to their community are long gone. Recent events in Iran and China have highlighted the power of electronic media and social networking as a communications tool.
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Does your council even need a website?

We love the web. But we don’t love council websites.
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