Surepoint blog » social networking http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog Trusted knowledge services helping people work better together Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:25:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Twitter Search in Plain English http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/10/twitter-search-in-plain-english/ http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/10/twitter-search-in-plain-english/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:32:45 +0000 Rowan Purdy http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/?p=208 Useful animation from Lee Lefever at http://www.commoncraft.com that explains how Twitter Search creates new opportunities for business feedback, tracking news in real time and discovering trends.

 

Watch in pop-out window driven by Apture.

]]> http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/10/twitter-search-in-plain-english/feed/ 0 Forces encouraged to blog, tweet and engage online http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/08/forces-encouraged-to-blog-tweet-and-engage-online/ http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/08/forces-encouraged-to-blog-tweet-and-engage-online/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:54:23 +0000 Rowan Purdy http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/?p=175 Via Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Defence Policy and Business | Forces encouraged to blog, tweet and engage online

New ‘Online Engagement Guidelines’, published by the MOD today, make clear that Forces and MOD personnel can make full use of websites such as Facebook and YouTube as long as they follow the same high standards of conduct and behaviour online as would be expected elsewhere.

In an interesting development staff are being encouraged talk about their work online without prior authorisation from their chain of command, as long as they stay within the advice. Whether this will continue remains to be seen but for now this development should be welcomed.

]]> http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/08/forces-encouraged-to-blog-tweet-and-engage-online/feed/ 0 Social networking and youth participation http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/01/social-networking-and-youth-participation/ http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/2009/01/social-networking-and-youth-participation/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:23:35 +0000 Rowan Purdy http://www.surepoint.co.uk/blog/?p=121 Social networking has the potential to revolutionise how councils engage with children and young people. The Local Government Information Unit’s (LGiU) Children’s Services Network are running an Action Learning Set between January and June 2009 for local authorities, voluntary sector organisations and the private sector. It will explore how local government can harness the potential of social networking sites to promote youth participation in the democratic process and in the delivery of children’s services.

The project will encourage local authorities to work with other public, private and third sector service providers to develop their capacity and commitment to engaging with young people through social networking.

The Action Learning Set is aimed at anyone interested in enabling local authorities to work with social networking sites and young people in order to encourage young people’s engagement in civic society, including: youth workers, policy officers and councillors.

Download full details and a joining form from the LGiU’s Children’s Services Network website.

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