One of the things most people worry about with social media is what’s the risk?
Here’s Ross McCulloch, Third Sector Lab, talking about the risks and how to manage them.
Ross will be taking our workshop on “Getting the most out of Twitter” at our Community e-Ngagement event.
If you’re new to twitter it can be a bit daunting. Firstly there’s a whole glossary of jargon to get your head round, what exactly is a “hashtag” and why are One Direction “trending”?
The folks at mashable.com have compiled a handy beginners guide which should help you get a handle on twitter.
Jennifer Jones, Digital Common-Wealth, will be joining us to talk about citizen journalism and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Here is a bit of background on the Citizen Relay work she did last year.
Have you ever been involved in citizen journalism? Do you think social media has changed the way news is reported?
This year The Guardian launched an app, “Guardian Witness”, calling for submissions from readers. So what do we think is that a move towards better and greater engagement or simply unpaid content and a way for them to ensure they always get the exclusive news? Guardian Witness
The folks across at The Social Penguin Blog have pulled together five blogging fails. Worth having a look over if your a beginner or even if you have been blogging for years.
You can also hear Claire Connachan, Youth Scotland, talking about blogging for beginners at our Community e-Ngagement event on the 8th of October 2013.
http://communityengagement2013.eventbrite.co.uk/
Leah Lockhart will be taking one of our workshops at #CommEng13 here she is talking about how to make social media a normal part of your routine.
Gordon Scobbie, Former Deputy Chief Constable at Tayside Police and UK Police Lead for Social Media, talks about police use of social media.
He will be speaking at #CommEng13 on why community engagement workers can no longer ignore social media.
You can find him on twitter here @GScobbie
What do you think , is it important for the police to be using twitter to engage? How best should they do that?
A few hints and tips on using personal pages on Facebook.
Even if you have used Facebook for years its always good to look at it through a beginners eyes. Especially if you are thinking about using it to engage with people for work.
Lauren Currie and Sarah Drummond won an Enterprise award for their service design agency Snook last year.
Sarah will be speaking at #CommEng13 next week, this video gives you a quick insight into Snook and what they do!
There are still spaces left at our Community e-Ngagement event http://communityengagement2013.eventbrite.co.uk/ sign up now!
Some interesting analysis of the follower counts of various Police twitter accounts by @LessCrime.
Police Scotland hasn’t made it into the top ten most followed forces yet, but a number of the ‘basic command units’ are up there.
No-one from Police Scotland is among the most followed police individual accounts. Are we missing that ‘big voice’ in social media in Scotland? How has the change to a single force changed the relationships built up by previous ‘tweeting cops’ in Scotland? For better or for worse?
Might be interesting to look at the tweeting style of the 86 Police Scotland accounts to see which ones get the most followers, but, more importantly, the most meaningful engagement.
Engaging Communities in Scotland 