Al Smith Social media in local government

Links for 10/08 – 14/08

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 from the Berkshire Institute on how web 2.0 behaviours can enable employees to work smarter, useful answer to those "social media is just people wasting time" types

Capital Funding for social media…how to get it - If you're not interested in how to get your hands on some money to develop your projects then you probably won't be interested in Ingrid Koehler's advice

Recipe – How to make a Social Media Surgery - Finally, Podnosh has spilled the secrets of his social media surgery success (a bit of alliteration there). Good model to build on for people like Sarah Lay (who's planning a similar event for Derbyshire) and something for me to copy develop here in Newcastle