Spent 2 days talking gov and engagement at UKGovCamp 2012. Massively inspiring unconference with lovely, passionate people. Here’s random thoughts while I’m trying to digest and organise (and rest.)
Day 1
Why aren’t The Daves (Briggs and Coplin) traveling the globe, opening tech events as the world’s first geek comedy duo?!?
Social media [...]
So I’ve pretty much made the decision to educate J at home rather than sending him back to school. Trust me, not an easy decision at all.
In this way he gets to learn from people who are good at things and who would have the odd hour to spend with him – on [...]
If you’ve followed me online, you might know that I’m the mum of a 13 year old boy with Asperger’s syndrome who’s had a bit of a traumatic time lately (see previous post).
I’m going to do what the wonderful Lloyd Davis, who is a good friend, has been doing and ask my [...]
My son was born in Sweden in April 1998. He went to nursery from the age of 15 months, and as far as I know, he was absolutely fine there.
Then, in Jan 2001, we moved to the UK – to Reading. In the nursery here, he showed the first signs of being ‘trouble’. After [...]
There’s a lot I’ve written that I’m now looking at with a new eye. A lot of it I’m not so sure about anymore.
I’m one of these people who have strong opinions. I write them down and am not afraid of starting a discussion. But – there is always an inherent flaw in not [...]
Social media. Spending most of your time trying to find people even mildly interested in what you’re doing, and helping them feel involved (all the talk about voice and content? Just bringing it back to *being a person*.) If you haven’t realised that you need the mindset of a community builder, you’re not trying [...]
Friedrich Schiller is one of the great loves of my life.
On Wikipedia you will find that he was one of the great poets we had in Germany. In fact, he and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the founding fathers of Weimar Classicism, are considered our national poets. They were both part [...]
It’s Social Media Week London, and I’m booked on a panel discussion on Monday, pitting me as ‘the Social Media Purist’ against specialists from PR, SEO, Social Technology and Digital Marketing backgrounds.
All my projects have revolved around providing social media advice and training with the objective of empowering the client to [...]
Sharing Social Media skills, either in open mornings, through consulting, coaching or structured courses, was one of the main intentions when setting up the Unlibrary.
Tomorrow will be the start of a pilot 6 session Social Media course over 7 weeks, where face-to-face sessions are limited to an hour per week, and learning happens [...]
Why not do this: Next time you see a company obviously gaming numbers, send them this mail (or something like this – feel free to comment)
Hello,
I’d like you to know that the person you hired to do your twitter account is not doing your brand any favours.
Your current strategy will result [...]
