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	<title>Al Smith</title>
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		<title>Web refresh &#8211; my struggle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firstly, I'd like to start this post by stressing that what follows is my own personal account of the events of the last few months. It isn't the official council review of the project, just some of my observations and experiences along the way. For around a year I've been involved in some way or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2010/03/web-refresh-my-struggle/</link>
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		<title>TMIAC &#8211; what I think I said</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was invited down to Liverpool last week to speak at the Tourism Management Institute's Annual Convention. It's a great city with some similarities to my adopted home, Newcastle. The convention was titled 'Regeneration, Re-invention, Recession: Capital of Culture One Year On' which of course led me to add another 'R' in the title of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/10/tmiac-what-i-think-i-said/</link>
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		<title>Facebook vs. Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Towards the end of last week I was sent a link to an article in the Local Government Chronicle questioning those councils who favour Twitter over Facebook. The article was based on a survey by ntl:Telewest Business (which I hadn't received) claiming 40% of councils have Twitter accounts and 22% of councils have official Facebook pages. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/09/facebook-vs-twitter/</link>
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		<title>Web refresh time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Firstly, this is not a discussion of Birmingham City Council's recent relaunch. There are plenty of other people dissecting this and making suggestions about how things could have been done. I just want to let people know what we're planning, that way people know what is going to be produced and how we're going to go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/09/web-refresh-time/</link>
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		<title>Advertisement on newcastle.gov.uk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a draft proposal for advertisement on Newcastle City Council's website. There's also a very useful policy here Introduction The council homepage typically attracts around 300,000 unique visitors each month. These visitors use the council website to search for information relevant to their experience of the city. In order to offset the cost of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/09/advertisement-on-newcastle-gov-uk/</link>
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		<title>Links for 10/08 &#8211; 14/08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Adventure Generator - Picks three random activities that you may like to try out in the North East, supported by a blog from Twitter superstar The Twitchhiker What will Council 2.0 look like? - Discussion of how councils and councillors can use social media as an engagement tool blogged by Paul Jennings HR On Demand - White paper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/08/links-for-1008-1408/</link>
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		<title>Press cuttings: There must be a better way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been looking at some of the functions the communication and marketing department performs and how they can be performed with less people (we're losing staff through transformation). Specifically if by changing the way we do certain things we can save time and money, or if we can do it better. Having looked at press [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/08/press-cuttings-there-must-be-a-better-way/</link>
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		<title>Case study on Facebook engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can blog and talk about engaging with people using social media until the cows come home, but sometimes you have to walk the walk too. Here's an example of how I got involved in an anti-council Facebook group and turned around some of the negative sentiment. The group, titled 'Save the Coop' can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/08/case-study-on-facebook-engagement/</link>
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		<title>How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google's LocalGov Seminar at their London HQ had a few interesting points to consider for those attending, and those now hearing the reports from the day. Not least, it seems, that the day was not very well tailored to the audience. But it's best not to dwell on the negatives. This was (hopefully) the first step [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/08/how-did-you-like-the-chocolate-factory-charlie/</link>
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		<title>#freealncl and all that jazz!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that do not know, my Twitter account (@alncl) has been suspended. Simon Wakeman has blogged about this and gives all the basic details so far. I'm still waiting for a response from Twitter as to why the account was suspended, but am using an alternate ID (@_guy_incognito) in the meantime. Please follow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://al-smith.co.uk/2009/07/freealncl-and-all-that-jazz/</link>
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