guides | CllrSocMed

A Blog Won’t Do Everything

May 25, 2011 by gr8governance 2 Comments

At our cllrsocmed session in Leeds we got onto discussing the merits of blogs and the on-line / off-line conundrum. In this brief video Cllr Cooke summarises the key points and gives some helpful tips on how councillors can use blogs effectively.

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Cllrs – Why Small Talk is Important

March 16, 2011 by gr8governance 1 Comment

Another regular theme that cropped up at our sessions with councillors involved discussing why social media users felt the need to share “trivial information”. Why would anyone care what they were having to eat, where they were going, what music they are listening to. “Why do people feel the need to share this stuff?” In essence it’s the “social” part of social media, the part that forms the basis of the connections we make. In this clip @steventuck puts the case succinctly.

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So what is a blog? (Steve Tuck explains in two minutes)

March 11, 2011 by gr8governance 5 Comments

As part of the #cllrsocmed plain language and myth busting theme @steventuck explains a blog in two minutes. This video clip was pulled together at our session in Barnsley.

– How to set up a blog

– Add a new post and insert an image

– Tips for councillors blogging and using Facebook

– Connected Councillors

– Blogging Quick Guide

– 10 Reasons Why Cllrs Should Use Social Media

– 1 Page Guide to Blogging with WordPress

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The Internet and Social Media Explained (in 2 minutes)

March 7, 2011 by gr8governance 2 Comments

I’ve blogged previously about the lack of structure to our cllrsocmed sessions – it really is a case of go with the flow and see where councillors take the discussion in order to get the most out of it. That said every session needed some brief background that explained this whole social media thing in the context of the internet. @steventuck is great at making the complex totally straightforward – check out this video clip of him in action at our session in Barnsley.